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Ana's Letter About the Juice Factory

Finish a letter about a class trip to a juice factory with irregular past tense verbs such as went, rode and saw, then sort and choose more past forms.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.1.d

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students form the past tense of common irregular verbs, such as go, ride and see.
  • Students choose the irregular past tense verb that fits a sentence.
  • Students sort irregular verbs by how their past tense is spelled.

How to use

Read Ana's letter aloud with the verbs in ( ) first, then have students fill in the past tense. Use the sorting question to talk about patterns such as sing and sang.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.1.d

Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs, such as sat, hid, and told.

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Ana's Letter About the Juice Factory

Use irregular past tense verbs to tell about a class trip.

Ana's letter

Ana went on a class trip to a juice factory. Now she is writing a letter about it to her grandpa. Help her use the past tense.

1.
Write the past tense of the verb in ( ) to finish the first part of the letter.

Dear Grandpa Luis,
Last Friday, my class (go)   on a trip to the juice factory. We (ride)   there on a big yellow bus. A worker named Ms. Kaur (meet)   us at the front door. Everyone (wear)   a paper hat to keep hair out of the juice.

2.
Write the past tense of the verb in ( ) to finish the rest of the letter.

First, we (see)   a machine that washed the oranges. Next, we (stand)   by a long belt full of bottles. At the end, Ms. Kaur (give)   each of us a cup of juice. I (drink)   every drop!
Love, Ana

3.
Ana added a P.S. to her letter, but one verb is wrong:
P.S. I buyed a small bottle of juice for you.
Which word should Ana write in place of buyed?
  • A. buys
  • B. boughted
  • C. bought
  • D. buy

Past tense word work

Think about how each verb changes when it tells about the past.

4.
Ana made a list of verbs. Circle every verb that is in the past tense.

madetakebringfoundcameeattoldwrite

5.
Think of the past tense of each verb. Does the i change to a, like sit and sat? Or does the past tense end in -ew, like grow and grew? Sort the verbs.
ringblowknowswimflysing
The i changes to a (sit → sat)The past tense ends in -ew (grow → grew)
6.
These sentences tell more about the trip. Write a past tense verb from the word bank in each blank. One word will not be used.
Word bank: told · sat · ate · fell · drew

1. A bottle   off the belt and rolled across the floor.
2. Ms. Kaur   us that oranges grow on trees.
3. Ana   a picture of the big machine with her crayons.
4. Jamal   a whole orange slice in one bite.

Choose the past tense

Pick the verb or sentence that tells about the past correctly.

7.
Which word finishes Ana's sentence about the ride home?
Last Friday, I ______ on the bus all the way home.
  • A. sleeped
  • B. slepted
  • C. sleeps
  • D. slept
8.
Which sentence tells about something that already happened?
  • A. Ms. Kaur takes us to the bottle room.
  • B. Ms. Kaur took us to the bottle room.
  • C. Ms. Kaur will take us to the bottle room.
  • D. Ms. Kaur is taking us to the bottle room.
9.
Write one more sentence Ana could add to her letter. Use the past tense of write or think.

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