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Grade 4 · Week 12 of 36

Irregular past tense

22 sentences · Monday to Friday · this week: Irregular past tense

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Grade 4, week 12: Irregular past tense

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Monday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.i spread butter on saturday.
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The milk is warm
  3. Look at the past tense verb. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The girls taked Grandma's cookies.
  4. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The dress ____ (shrink).

Tuesday

  1. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The cubs played in the forest
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The dolphins, the seals, and the sharks chased the fish
  3. Choose the right word.The dog ____ a bone. (finding / finded / found)
  4. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The octopuses ____ (swim) quickly in the sea.
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Grade 4, week 12: Irregular past tense (continued)

Wednesday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The shark the whale the penguin and the seal ate the fish.
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The lamb followed the sheep and the calves followed the cow.
  3. Look at the past tense verb. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The girls holded the chicks.
  4. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The zebra ____ (run) quickly.

Thursday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The puppy was wet, but the girl did not dry it
  2. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.does dad drive the car?
  3. Choose the right word.The octopus ____ under a rock. (hided / hid / hiding)
  4. Look at the past tense verb. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The children runned.
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Grade 4, week 12: Irregular past tense (continued)

Friday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.i will shut the window on tuesday.
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The acorn was small
  3. Choose the right word.The bubble ____ in the afternoon. (bursting / bursted / burst)
  4. Does the marked phrase tell where or when?The snake hid under the rock in the evening. (where / when)
  5. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The sailors ____ (see) the islands.
  6. Find the prepositional phrase.Grandpa will catch a fish at noon.
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Grade 4, week 12: Irregular past tense · answer key

Monday

  1. I spread butter on Saturday.
  2. The milk is warm.
  3. The girls took Grandma's cookies.
  4. The dress shrank.

Tuesday

  1. The cubs played in the forest.
  2. OK · correct as it is
  3. found
  4. The octopuses swam quickly in the sea.

Wednesday

  1. The shark, the whale, the penguin, and the seal ate the fish.
  2. The lamb followed the sheep, and the calves followed the cow.
  3. The girls held the chicks.
  4. The zebra ran quickly.

Thursday

  1. OK · correct as it is
  2. Does Dad drive the car?
  3. hid
  4. The children ran.

Friday

  1. I will shut the window on Tuesday.
  2. The acorn was small.
  3. burst
  4. when
  5. The sailors saw the islands.
  6. at noon
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