To use irregular past tense verbs

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The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: recycled story (characters and problems)

﻿Hello everybody, it is me, Miss McCartney and I am super excited to be learning with you today. We are going to continue to think about the problem in our story. We have been looking at the problem since lesson one of unit eight, and it is really important. Today, we are going to be looking at irregular verbs. Hmm, I wonder what that might mean. Let's find out together. For our lesson today, you will need a piece of paper or something to write on, a pencil or something to write with and your wonderful creative storytelling brain. If you need to go and collect anything, pause your video now. Brilliant. Let's get started and have a look at what we will be learning today. We are going to be looking at some past tense verbs, but we are also going to look at some irregular past tense verbs. We're going to look at those verbs in action. We are then go to plot some verbs onto our story map. And we're going to end with a deep thinking question. So let's get started by looking at some verbs. What are verbs? Verbs are words that describe action, state or occurrence. I would now like you to say that sentence with me. One, two, three. Verbs are words that describe action, state or occurrence. Fantastic. Now we have present tense verbs and past tense verbs. I am going to read out the present tense verbs. Jump, hug and swim. I'm going to use the present tense verb, jump in a sentence. I jump when the sun comes out. I would like you to choose one of the present tense verbs and use it in your own sentence. Pause your video now. Brilliant. Can you whisper your sentence using your present tense verb to the screen? Fantastic. One of our learners said, "I hug my teddy." Fantastic use of our present tense verb. Another learner said, "I swim at the beach." Fantastic. Now, when we are talking about something that has happened in the past, we use a past tense verb jumped, hugged and swam. Now, I would like you to find the pattern and to find the odd one out. So two of our past tense verbs have a pattern. And one is the odd one out. Pause your video now to have a little look. Brilliant. After three, can you shout the verb that is the odd one out? The past tense verb that is the odd one out. One, two, three, shout now. Brilliant. We all said swam and swam is different because it doesn't have an E D suffix. We call that an irregular verb. It's an odd one out. It doesn't fit our pattern or our rule. We are now going to have a look at some more irregular verbs that don't fit our pattern of adding the suffix ED. Hmm. I wonder what they will be. We are going to be thinking about the characters in our story to start with. And we have the verb be and the past tense of that verb is not bead. It is, was or were. So who is your character? I am going to use the past tense irregular verb was. My character was a baby shark who thought she was a fish. Now, I'm going to use the present tense verb be. Although my character wanted to be able to play with the pebbles with her shark brothers and sisters. I would now like you to practise using the present tense verb be and the irregular past tense verb was. You have got the same sentence stems that I used. Pause your video now to create your sentences. Excellent. Can you whisper your sentences to me using the present tense verb be and the irregular past tense verb was? Whisper to me now. Okay, we had some learners with lots of different sentences. So that is fantastic. One of our learners said, "My character was really confused "about who they were." Fantastic use of the irregular past tense verb. Another learner said, "Although my character wanted to be both "a tortoise and a turtle." Fantastic use of our present tense verb. You have done a wonderful job. Give yourself some shine. I'm feeling all happy. I'm ready to discover my next past tense irregular verb. Let's have a little look. We are now going to think about speech in our story and use a present tense verb and an irregular past tense verb. My turn, your turn says, present tense, your turn. Said, past tense, your turn. Brilliant. Now I am going to think about how my character speaks and I am going to use my present tense verb and my irregular past tense verb. My character says that she is a shark. When my character speaks to the starfish, my character said, "I am a shark". I have used the present tense and the irregular past tense verb. I would like you to practise using them now. Pause your video. Fantastic. One of our learners said "My character says that they feel "a little bit different to their family". Brilliant. And then they have transitioned into the past tense and said "When my character finds out the truth, "my character said she still belongs to her family. "And she has a brand new group of friends as well." Fantastic use of our irregular past tense verb said. Let's have a look at our next one. We are thinking about thoughts now. Now, the present tense is think and the irregular past tense verb is thought. Today, I think. Yesterday, I thought. How does your character think? I'm going to say, "In the middle of my character, "in the middle of my story, my character thought "that she had to test the starfish's theory "to see if it was true. "I think that that is a really good idea "because she will be able to find out who she really is." I would like you to use the sentence stems now using your present tense verb and your irregular past tense verb. Pause your video now and have a go! Brilliant learning everybody. I am going to give you some shine and share some of your wonderful ideas. I would like you to come a bit closer and whisper your sentences to the screen. Excellent. One of our learners said, "In the middle of the story, my character thought "they were going to get separated from their family. And that person said, "I think that they need to be really brave "to find out who they really are." Fantastic. You have done such a great job at using our present tense verb think, and our irregular past tense verb thought. You are super. Give yourself a little bit of shine. Okay. We are now looking at some action. Now, my present tense verb is take and my past tense irregular verb is took. So, what actions is your character afraid to take? Miss McCartney's example. My character is afraid to take a chance and swim with the other fish. When my character took the chance, she found out that actually the fish smiled and gave her some fin high fives. I would now like you to practise using the present tense verb take and the irregular past tense verb took. Pause your video now and have a go! Fantastic. One of our learners said, "My character is afraid to take a chance "and investigate the other character they might be." Brilliant. And then they said, "When my character took the chance, "they were surprised." Fantastic sentences everybody. You are really understanding present tense verbs and past tense irregular verbs. What a great job. Okay. We are now going to use our story map and write down a verb for each picture in the past tense. If you need to go and get your story map that we created for your recycled story, pause your video now. Excellent. So I am going to think of an action for each of my pictures. And I'm going to question whether my verb is irregular or regular. So what word could I use to describe the big shark's action when she takes the little fish egg? Hmm. I'm going to use the word saved that saved is a regular past tense verb because it uses the ED suffix. Can you pause your video and write down your verb for your first picture in the past tense? Brilliant. Now, I'm going to think about that action that happened for my second picture. Well, the mommy shark hid the egg. Now, I don't say hided. I say hid. So that is an irregular past tense verb. I wonder if your verb for your second picture is going to be a regular or irregular verb. Pause your video now to write down your verb. Brilliant. I'm going to think about picture number three now. And I know that the baby shark played with her brothers and sisters. So I am going to use the word played. Is that an irregular or a regular past tense verb? It is a regular because I have used my ED suffix. So I have got a regular, an irregular and a regular. Pause your video now to write down your verb in the past tense for your third picture. Excellent. Okay. Let's move on to my next picture. "You're a fish" said the star fish. So the starfish spoke. Is spoke a regular or an irregular past tense verb? Can you whisper to your screen? Fantastic. Spoke is an irregular. It does not have my ED suffix. So can you pause your video and write down your past tense verb? Brilliant. Now, in my next picture the fish shouts, "I am a shark." So I am going to write the past tense verb shouted. Hmm. Shouted. Is that irregular or regular? Brilliant. I heard some learners say regular because I have used my ED suffix. Fantastic. Pause your video now to write down your verb. Excellent. Now, I'm going to have a look at this picture. Now, our baby shark hid to try and scare the fish, but I've already used the irregular past tense verb hid. So I'm going to think of a different word. What was she doing? Hmm, well, she plotted. She plotted. She hid behind the rock and she plotted to scare the fish. Is that an irregular or regular past tense verb? Well done. You've spotted it has the ED suffix. So it is regular. Pause your video now and write down your verb. Brilliant. Now, my baby shark, who is really a fish, goes and swims with the other fish and they all do a fin high five. So I am going to say, Hmm, what would my verb be? If I was using the present tense, I would say she swam, but my story is in the past tense. So I need to say she swimmed? No, that's not a verb. She swam. Okay. So we have got our irregular past tense verb. Can you pause your video now and write down your past tense verb? Brilliant. Was your past tense verb an irregular or a regular verb? Excellent. Some people used a regular past tense verb and some people used an irregular past tense verb. Excellent work. Okay. I'm going to write a verb for my last picture now. And when the baby shark, who was really a fish, was reunited with her family, she hugged them. Hugged. Now, hugged is that regular or irregular? Brilliant. It is regular because I have my ED suffix. I had to change the word hug, I'm going to write hug here, to hugged. I had to use two consonants because I had a vowel before my last letter, which tells me I need to double the consonant before I add ED. Can you pause your video and write down your last past tense verb? Excellent. So I have got irregular and regular verbs on my sheet that I have written in the past tense. Can you count how many regular verbs you have and how many irregular verbs you have? Can you whisper it to your screen? We have got a really wide range of different ideas. When we are doing our writing, we can use our irregular past tense verbs to help us and our regular past tense verbs to help us. Great learning everybody. You have done such a great job at learning about regular past tense verbs and irregular past tense verbs. I have now got a challenge task for you. How do you know who you really are? How do you know who you really are? And I have got the sentence stem. People know who they really are to help you to articulate your answer. Pause your video now to answer the question. How do you really know who you are? Brilliant. I would love to collect some of your answers. Can you whisper to the screen what you think? Ooh, we had lots of wonderful ideas. One person said people know who they really are if they're honest and talk about themselves to their friends. That's a great idea. Another person said you never know who you really are because who you really are can change all the time. What a great answer that is as well. I have really, really enjoyed our learning today. Well done everybody.

To use irregular past tense verbs

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