Lesson Plan
From Present to Past: Verbs with a “Y”
Do your students struggle with changing “y” verbs from present to past tense? Use this lesson to help your students transform the “-y” verbs that don’t follow the typical “add -ed” rule.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to use the suffixes -ed and -ied to change the verb forms of words that end in -y. Students will be able to distinguish the differences in past tense verb forms of words that end in -y.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell your students that they are going to play a game of “I Spy.”
- Write the following words on the board as follows: "cry → cries" and "cry → cried"
- Ask the students to look for any similarities and differences in the words. What changed? What stayed the same?
- Tell the students that they will be learning how to change verbs that end in “y” to past tense using the suffix “-ed.”