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Verbs - Past Tense (Irregular) 1
He thought carefully about his answer. The word 'thought' is the past tense of 'think'.

Verbs - Past Tense (Irregular) 1

Some verbs change in surprising ways. Learn how go becomes went and run becomes ran, helping your sentences sound right when you talk about yesterday.

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Fascinating Fact:

In the playground, run flips to ran, a quick irregular past tense step to show the race is done.

In KS1 English, children meet irregular past tense verbs. These special verbs do not use -ed. Learning them helps children write and speak clearly about things that already happened.

  • Verb: A word that shows an action or a state of being, like run, jump, think or is.
  • Past tense: A way of writing or speaking that shows something has already happened.
  • Irregular verb: A verb that changes its whole form in the past, like go → went or run → ran.
What is an irregular past tense verb for KS1?

For KS1, an irregular past tense verb is a doing word that does not just add -ed. For example, children learn that go becomes went and see becomes saw.

How can I help my child learn irregular past tense verbs?

Use simple pairs in sentences, such as I run/I ran and I eat/I ate. Read stories together and pause to spot verbs that change in unexpected ways.

Do irregular verbs ever use -ed for the past tense?

No. Irregular verbs change differently, like buy → bought. If a verb uses -ed, such as jump → jumped, it is a regular verb, not irregular.

1 .
Using the verb 'to draw', which sentence is written in the past tense?
She drawed on the floor.
She drew on the floor.
She draws on the floor.
She drews on the floor.
You may hear your friends saying they 'drawed a picture' but really, they should say they 'drew a picture'.
2 .
The word 'bring' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
bringed
brought
bought
brunged
The dog brought me a stick. Make sure you don't write 'bought' as that means he went to the shop and bought it for you!
3 .
The word 'buy' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
bought
buyed
buy
brought
'Bought' is the word you use if you bought something from the shop yesterday.
4 .
The word 'begin' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
began
beginned
begined
beginning
Today I will begin to clean my house but yesterday I began to clean my bedroom.
5 .
Using the verb 'to make', which sentence is written in the past tense?
I make you something.
I maked you something.
I made you something.
I maded you something.
I will make you something similar to what I made yesterday.
6 .
The word 'catch' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
catched
catching
caughted
caught
He caught the ball.
7 .
What do we mean by 'irregular past tense'?
It is a verb.
It is a verb that changes spelling when it happens in the past.
It's a verb that you need to add 'ed' to the end of the word to show it's in the past.
It's a noun that happened yesterday.
Sometimes, to show a verb happened yesterday, we can add 'ed'. However, for irregular past tense verbs, the word completely changes.
8 .
The word 'blow' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
blowed
blowing
blows
blew
The flower the girl is blowing is called a dandelion. She blew off all the petals.
9 .
The word 'say' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?
say
sayed
said
sed
Many children spell 'said' wrong, unfortunately, it's a word that can't be spelt phonetically.
10 .
Using the verb 'to drink', which sentence is written in the past tense?
They drank their coffee.
They drink their coffee.
They drunked their coffee.
They dranking their coffee.
I will ask you to drink something, if you do, then you drank it.
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are past, present and future tense?

Author:  Finola Waller (MEd, Primary School Teacher & KS1 English Quiz Writer)

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