Irregular Verbs & Kid Inventor of the TV Philo Farnsworth

by English with Imagination

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

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

Grades: 2,3,4,5,6

Description: Your students will have fun reviewing past simple irregular verbs while learning about Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the television. 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 are included: be born, begin, break, build, can, find, get, go, know, make, put together, read, see, send, take apart, teach, and think. 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 inventor Philo Farnsworth, who came up with his idea for building the television at age 14 and who built the first electronic television at age 21. Philo's story would tie in well with Kid Inventors’ Day on January 17th or National Inventors Month in May. This resource supports the following second and third grade common core standards for English language arts: 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 English language learners in upper elementary, middle school, or high school who are learning to use past simple verbs correctly.