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Spelling! Games for

Unusual Past- Tense Verbs

By Mandy Gregory

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Included in this packet are four spelling games on unusual past tense verbs. The first game is a simple activity that would best work with white boards. Students draw cards and one partner tells the other partner the word to write, and then the partner checks his or her work. Simple, but engaging due to those white boards! The second game is a Kaboom! game that has students spell the past tense of a verb correctly when given the present tense of the verb. The third game is a concentration game matching the noun to the plural noun. There is a recording sheet to practice spelling and writing the plurals. The fourth game is a Forest Friends Plurals board game. Students draw a card and then write the word as a plural. If the student writes the word correctly, he or she may roll a die and move forward that many spaces on the board. These games are perfect as partner activities!

I hope they are helpful! Mandy

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1. Player One draws a card and reads it to Player Two WITHOUT showing the card.

2. Player Two writes the word.

3. Player One checks the card. If the word was written correctly, Player Two keeps the card. If the word is not written correctly, it goes back in the pile.

4. Players take turns reading and writing.

5. The player with the most cards wins!

Draw

drew

keep

kept

shine

shone

sweep

swept

throw

threw

know

knew

freeze

Froze

drive

Drove

slide

Slid

Partner Game:

1. Keep all cards in the Kaboom! Can. Shake the container to mix the cards.

2. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who goes first. 3. Player one draws one card without looking from the can. If

the player can correctly tell how to make the word past tense, then the player keeps the card. If the player does not correctly tell how to make the word past tense, the card goes back in the can.

4. Player two takes a turn drawing and answering the card. 5. If a player draws a Kaboom card, ALL of the player’s cards

are returned to the can. 6. The player with the most cards at the end of the game

wins.

Independent Game:

1. Keep all cards in the Kaboom! Can. Shake the container to mix the cards.

2. Draws one card without looking from the can. If the player can correctly tell how to make the word past tense, then the player keeps the card. If the player does not correctly tell how to make the word past tense the card goes back in the can. If a player draws a Kaboom card, ALL of the player’s cards are returned to the can.

3. The challenge is to see how many cards you can win before you draw a Kaboom!

draw

keep

shine

sweep

throw

know

freeze

drive

slide

bleed

Met

write

drink

Ride

grow

Catch

pay

Forget

Kaboom! Canister Label

An Irregular Verb Game

For One to Two Players

Present tense verb Irregular past tense verb Draw Drew

Keep Kept

Shine Shone

Sweep Swept

Throw Threw

Know Knew

Freeze Froze

Drive Drove

Slide Slid

Bleed Bled

Meet Met

Drink Drunk

Ride Rode

Write wrote

Grow Grew

Catch Caught

Pay Paid

forget forgot

1. Lay all the cards face down.

2. The first player turns over two cards. If the cards are a matching pair (present tense verb and the matching past tense verb) the player keeps the match and BOTH players record it on the sheet.

3. If a match is not made, the next

player takes a turn turning over two cards.

4. The player with the most matches

wins!

Draw

drew

keep

kept

shine

shone

sweep

swept

throw

threw

know

knew

freeze

froze

drive

drove

slide

slid

bleed

bled

meet

met

write

wrote

Name __________________________

Draw Keep Shine Sweep Throw Know Freeze Drive Slide Bleed Meet write

1. Shuffle cards and lay cards word side down by the game board.

2. Play Rock, Paper, Scissiors to decide the first player.

3. Player One draws a card. The player reads the card and then writes the word as a past tense verb on a white board. Player Two checks the spelling using the answer key. If Player One writes the word correctly, he or she rolls the die and moves that many spaces. Player One writes the present tense verb and the past tense verb (correctly- using the answer key if needed) on the worksheet. If the word is spelled incorrectly, his or her turn is over.

4. Player Two repeats the steps above. 5. The first player to reach “Finish” wins!

start

finish

Go back 2 spaces

Go back 2 spaces

Go back To start

draw

keep

shine

sweep

throw

know

freeze

drive

slide

bleed

meet

write

drink

ride

grow

catch

pay

forget

Present tense verb Irregular past tense verb

Draw Drew Keep Kept Shine Shone Sweep Swept Throw Threw Know Knew Freeze Froze Drive Drove Slide Slid Bleed Bled Meet Met Drink Drank Ride Rode Write wrote Grow Grew Catch Caught Pay Paid

forget Forgot

Name __________________________

Present tense Verb Irregular past tense verb

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Thank you! Mandy Gregory

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