English·Grammar & Punctuation·procedural
Irregular past tense verbs
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs correctly (e.g., sat, hid, told, went, came, ran), recognising that these do not follow the regular -ed pattern
Suggested ages 7–8
Learning journey
Your child is learning more sophisticated grammar — using irregular verbs and plurals correctly, punctuating speech, choosing the right pronouns and conjunctions, and understanding when to use different verb tenses.
Evidence of understanding
- Supply the correct past tense of common irregular verbs: go→went, see→saw, run→ran, tell→told
- Correct over-regularised forms in writing (e.g. change 'goed' to 'went', 'hided' to 'hid')
- Write a short recount using at least five irregular past-tense verbs accurately
Assessment prompt
When Irregular past tense verbs writes about something that happened in the past with an irregular verb — like "run" or "sit" — do they write "ran" and "sat" rather than "runned" and "sitted"?
Standards alignment
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