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Simple Present and Past Tense Match-Up Cards (Irregular Verbs)

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A set of 30 match-up cards to help students learn about simple present tense and simple past tense of irregular verbs.

Use this teaching resource when introducing simple present tense and simple past tense to your students.

Print, cut and laminate the cards. These could be used in the following ways in the classroom:

Give each student a card. Encourage the students to make groups of three, consisting of the image, the present tense sentence and the past tense sentence.
As a class, group the sentences according to whether they are present tense or past tense.
Using the cards as examples, allow the students to create their own present tense and past tense sentences, based on a picture they have drawn.

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NSW Curriculum alignment

EN2-8B
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELA246
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose, audience and context, including tense and types of sentences
In English Level 3 Reading and Viewing Language
VCELY258
Analyse how different texts use verb groups to represent different processes (action, thinking, feeling, saying, relating)
In English Level 3 Reading and Viewing Literacy

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELA1478
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences)
In English Year 3 Language Text structure and organisation
ACELA1482
Understand that verbs represent different processes, for exampleÂ doing, thinking, saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tense
In English Year 3 Language Expressing and developing ideas

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