Past Tense Verb iSpy Activity

Looking for a fun and engaging challenge for your students? This past tense verb iSpy activity will have them searching through twelve different rows of verbs to determine which verb is in the past tense. Have students work in pairs and encourage them to work toward accuracy by going slowly and working patiently. We love this activity for an end-of-class check for understanding or as a warm-up to begin your next English Language Arts lesson. Check out all of our verb tenses lesson PDFs.
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Resource Details

Circle past tense verbs in the word list, identifying which words express actions that already happened.

Grade(s) 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Concept(s) Usage, Verb Tenses
CCSS L.1
CCSS Alignment Notes

Aligns with L.1 (grammar conventions) requiring students to identify past tense verb forms demonstrating recognition of temporal markers.

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