Past Simple Irregular Verbs and Beatrix Potter Biography

by English with Imagination

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

Subjects: ela,eslGrammar,englishSecondLanguage,elaLanguageGrammar,conventionsOfStandardEnglish,elaLanguage,womensHistoryMonth

Grades: 2,3,4,5,6

Description: Your students will have fun reviewing past simple irregular verbs while learning about Beatrix Potter, the artist and writer who created Peter Rabbit. In this engaging mystery picture reveal game, twenty sentences are presented one by one. The sentences are accompanied by audio recordings to support emergent and struggling readers. Each sentence contains an irregular verb in the past simple form, which students must type correctly to complete a piece of the puzzle. The following verbs and phrasal verbs are included: be, be born, become, buy, come, draw, find, go, grow up, have, keep, make into, read, spend, take, teach, write. A list of infinitive and past simple forms is given on the first slide to review and clarify verb forms and spellings. The text is a brief biography of Beatrix Potter, who defied the conventions of her era to become a bestselling author. Her story ties in well with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. This resource supports following second and third grade common core ELA standards: 2.1.D: Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. 3.1.D: Form and use regular and irregular verbs. 3.1.E: Form and use the simple verb tenses. This resource would also be appropriate for older English language learners who are learning to use past simple irregular verbs correctly.