Grade 1 Spring — Compound Sentences, Descriptive Writing, Verb Tense, Pronouns, and Workshop Revision
English · GR G1 eng.g1.s.gr.verb_tense_past_present

Use past-tense and present-tense verbs consistently within a piece

Introduce past tense via regular -ed and frequently-occurring irregulars (went, saw, came, ran, ate, said, had, was/were). Maintain consistent tense across a 5-8 sentence piece.

Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
45
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.g2.f.gr.verb_tense_future
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Common misconceptions
  • Over-regularizes past tense: 'goed', 'runned', 'eated', 'sawed'.
  • Mixes tenses within a single narrative: 'I went to the park and I see a dog and I played with it.'

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
3 Rewrite in past tense: 'I walk to school. I see a bird. I run home.' convert to past
4 Find and fix the tense break: 'Yesterday I went to the store and I buy milk and I come home.' fix tense break