Conquer Irregular Verbs — Grades 3+
Objectives: To learn the present and past tense for irregular verbs; to practice cursive handwriting.
Materials:
• Conquer Irregular Verbs worksheet
• Pencils
Conquer Irregular Verbs
Conquer Irregular Verbs
Name:
Veni, vidi, vici!
Verb Type
Present
Irregular
Past
came
come
Irregular
see
saw
Regular
conquer
conquered
Julius Caesar
47 BCE in Zela
Complete the verbs.
Activity:
1. Introduce the page.
Caesar was speaking Latin after a battle.
He said, “Veni, vidi, vici.” That’s Latin.
Caesar spoke Latin. He was a Roman.
In English, this translates to: “I came. I saw. I conquered.”
Came, saw, and conquered are past tense verbs.
Are they regular or irregular verbs? How can we tell?
“Came” is irregular because came doesn’t end in -ed.
“Saw” is irregular because saw doesn’t end in -ed
Conquered is regular because conquered ends in -ed
Present
take
Past
-
sh
t
- sh
wear
t
feel
send
- s
b
- b
-
s
Past
-
f
kn
- w
- t
sink
Present
- kn
hide
- h
sl
- sl
keep
-
sl
k
- sl
throw
- thr
dr
- dr
bl
-
bl
st
- st
gr
-
gr
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2. Read the present tense irregular verbs, adding the past tense:
take - took feel - felt
wear - wore hide - hid
send - sent keep - kept
sink - sank grow - grew
3. Demonstrate completing the irregular verbs.
Model
take - took
shake - shook
Students copy the verbs.
Read the irregular verbs.
Just for Fun: Ask students about the past tense of “bake.” Does anyone say “book?”
4. Demonstrate tricky tow-truck connections.
wear - wore
w+ e, o+r
bend - bent
b+ e
blow - blew
b+l
Students rhyme and write together.
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Conquer Irregular Verbs
Name:
Verb Type
Veni, vidi, vici!
Present
Past
Irregular
come
came
Irregular
see
saw
Regular
conquer
conquered
Julius Caesar
47 BCE in Zela
Complete the verbs.
Present
take
sh
Past
-
t
- sh
wear
t
Present
feel
Past
-
f
kn
- w
- kn
hide
- h
- t
sl
- sl
send
- s
keep
-
b
- b
sink
-
s
sl
k
- sl
throw
- thr
dr
- dr
bl
-
bl
st
- st
gr
-
gr
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