Irregular Verbs Worksheet
This Irregular Verbs Worksheet has 3rd grade students sort past tense forms by pattern and fix verbs spelled with a wrong -ed ending. An answer key is included for quick checking.
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Most verbs show the past by adding -ed, but the verbs children use every day often break that rule, and this Irregular Verbs Worksheet helps third graders learn those special past tense forms. Some irregular verbs do not change at all, so today I cut and yesterday I cut. Others change just one vowel, so sit becomes sat and run becomes ran. A third group ends with the letters -ght, so think becomes thought and teach becomes taught. Forming and using regular and irregular verbs is a third grade language standard, and noticing these patterns makes the forms much easier to remember.
This printable irregular verbs worksheet moves from thinking about patterns to using the verbs in real sentences. Students read nine verbs in the word box, write the past tense of each one, and sort it under the rule it follows: Stays the Same, One Letter Changes, or Ends in -ght. A worked example at the top of each column shows how the rule works. Then they read four sentences in which a verb was spelled with a wrong -ed ending, such as catched or finded, and write the correct past tense on the line. This second part works as a past tense verbs worksheet for spotting and fixing a mistake young writers make all the time. A full answer key is included on the second page.
What’s Included
- One printable worksheet page with a word box of nine irregular verbs
- A three-column sorting chart with a worked example for each rule
- Four fix-the-verb sentences with a writing line for each answer
- Irregular verbs that stay the same, change one letter, or end in -ght
- A complete answer key page
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- Sorting the past tense forms by pattern turns a long list of exceptions into three groups students can actually remember.
- Writing each form by hand builds the correct spelling into memory, so brought and taught stop turning into bringed and teached.
- Fixing real sentences moves the skill into everyday writing, which is where irregular verb mistakes show up most.
Teacher and Parent Ideas
Use this 3rd grade verbs worksheet after a mini lesson on the past tense, or send it home as practice. Partners can compare their charts and talk about any verb they sorted differently before checking the key. For an extension, have students hunt for irregular verbs in a book they are reading and add each one to the right column. A class anchor chart with the three rules gives children a place to keep adding new irregular verbs all year.
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