SNAKE AND LADDER

GAME FOR IRREGULAR

PAST TENSE VERBS

Guidelines for the game

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Pupils will be divided into four groups. Each group consists of four pupils.
Teacher will distribute a piece of snake and ladder board to each group.
Each group will get a dice and four pieces.
Pupils in the group have to take turns to roll the dice and move their pieces.
For the first round, pupils are asked to give the past tense of the word.
For the second round, pupils are asked to give the past tense of the word and spell it
.and in the last round, pupils are required to form a sentence using the past tense of the

verb.
7. After the game session, teacher will distribute a handout to test the level of pupils
mastery on the irregular past tense verbs.

Rules and regulations

1. The teacher will indicate the time to start the game.

2. Pupils should not foul play when rolling the dice or moving their pieces.
3. Each pupil in the group has to attempt to answer the past tense of the word when
their piece is on the board.
4. One pupil from each group is assigned to write down all the answers their group
mate had listed.
5. Each group will play three rounds of it adhering to the each round rules.
6. Penalty will be given if any of the pupils is caught disobeying the rule.
7. Several forms of penalty that will be charged:
a. Answer three questions asked by group mates without saying Yes or No.
b. Say alphabets in backwards motion. (eg: Z A)

c. Act out a given situation.

Irregular Past Tense Verbs Handout

1. We (eat)____________ dinner late last night.

2. I (buy) ____________ a book at the store this morning.
3. Tony (come) ___________ late to school yesterday.
4. I (meet) _________ Tina at the airport last Monday.
5. I (sleep) __________ late last night.
6. My dad (drive) __________ his new car last week.
7. What time (do) __________ you go home last night.
8. My sister (take) _________ the bus to school last Tuesday.
9. Last November, my family (fly) _________ to the United States.
10. Andrew (write) _______ a story.

Answers

1. We ate dinner late last night.

2. I bought a book at the store this morning.
3. Tony came late to school yesterday.
4. I met Tina at the airport last Monday.
5. I slept late last night.
6. My dad drove his new car last week.
7. What time did you go home last night.
8. My sister took the bus to school last Tuesday.
9. Last November, my family flew to the United States.
10. Andrew wrote a story.

List of Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Simple Present
Arise
awake
be
bear
beat
become
begin
bend
bet
bite
bleed
blow
break
bring
build
burn
burst
buy
catch
choose
cling
come
cost
creep
cut

Simple Past
arose
awoke
was, were
bore
beat
became
began
bent
bet
bit
bled
blew
broke
brought
built
burned or burnt
burst
bought
caught
chose
clung
came
cost
crept
cut

Past Participle
arisen
awoken
been
borne
beaten or beat
become
begun
bent
bet
bitten
bled
blown
broken
brought
built
burned or burnt
burst
bought
caught
chosen
clung
come
cost
crept
cut

deal
dig
dive
do
draw
dream
drink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
find
fit
flee
fling
fly
forbid
forget
forgive
forgo
freeze
get
give
go
grind
grow
hang
have
hear
hide
hit
hold
hurt
keep
kneel
knit
know
lay
lead
leap
leave
lend
let

dealt
dug
dived or dove
did
drew
dreamed or dreamt
drank
drove
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
found
fit, fitted
fled
flung
flew
forbade or forbad
forgot
forgave
forwent
froze
got
gave
went
ground
grew
hung or hanged
had
heard
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knelt or kneeled
knitted or knit
knew
laid
led
leapt or leaped
left
lent
let

dealt
dug
dived
done
drawn
dreamed or dreamt
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
found
fit, fitted
fled
flung
flown,
forbidden or forbade
forgotten
forgiven
forgone
frozen
gotten or got
given
gone
ground
grown
hung or hanged
had
heard
hidden
hit
held
hurt
kept
knelt or kneeled
knitted or knit
known
laid
led
leapt or leaped
left
lent
let

lie (down)
light
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
prove
put
quit
read
ride
ring
rise
run
saw
say
see
seek
sell
send
set
sew
shake
shave
shear
shine
shoot
show
shrink
shut
sing
sink
sit
slay
sleep
slide
sneak
speak
speed
spend
spill
spin
spit
split

lay
lit or lighted
lost
made
meant
met
paid
proved
put
quit
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
sawed
said
saw
sought
sold
sent
set
sewed
shook
shaved
sheared
shone or shined
shot
showed
shrank or shrunk
shut
sang
sank
sat
slew
slept
slid
sneaked or snuck
spoke
sped
spent
spilled or spilt
spun
spat or spit
split

lain
lit or lighted
lost
made
meant
met
paid
proved or proven
put
quit
read
ridden
rung
risen
run
sawed or sawn
said
seen
sought
sold
sent
set
sewn or sewed
shaken
shaved or shaven
sheared or shorn
shone or shined
shot
shown or showed
shrunk or shrunken
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slain
slept
slid
sneaked or snuck
spoken
sped
spent
spilled or spilt
spun
spat or spit
split

spread
spring
stand
steal
stick
sting
stink
strew
strike
strive
swear
sweep
swim
swing
take
teach
tear
tell
think
thrive
throw
undergo
understand
upset
wake
wear
weave
weep
win
wind
withdraw
wring
write

spread
sprang
stood
stole
stuck
stung
stank or stunk
strewed
struck
strove or strived
swore
swept
swam
swung
took
taught
tore
told
thought
thrived or throve
threw
underwent
understood
upset
woke or waked
wore
wove
wept
won
wound
withdrew
wrung
wrote

spread
sprung
stood
stolen
stuck
stung
stunk
strewn
struck or stricken
striven or strived
sworn
swept
swum
swung
taken
taught
torn
told
thought
thrived or thriven
thrown
undergone
understood
upset
woken or waked
worn
woven
wept
won
wound
withdrawn
wrung
written