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Irregular Verbs Classroom Game: 10 Past-Tense Tug-of-War Prompts
Use a 6–8 minute past-simple round after teaching these verbs. Teams say the complete sentence; ask the other team to explain one correction before the next turn.
No accounts or student devices required. Split into two teams, alternate turns, and rotate who answers. On each turn everyone writes or discusses before the teacher reveals and judges. A correct response pulls the rope one step. Finish all 10 turns; a tie is possible. These are original practice prompts, not an assessment of curriculum mastery.
Teacher judges each response. Scores describe this game only.
Teacher answer key
- Yesterday I ___ to the library. (go) — went. Go becomes went in the past simple.
- Last night she ___ a story. (write) — wrote. Write becomes wrote.
- We ___ lunch at noon yesterday. (eat) — ate. Eat becomes ate.
- He ___ the answer a minute ago. (know) — knew. Know becomes knew.
- They ___ a new bus last week. (see) — saw. See becomes saw.
- I ___ my book yesterday. (find) — found. Find becomes found.
- She ___ the ball this morning. (catch) — caught. Catch becomes caught.
- We ___ the game last Friday. (win) — won. Win becomes won.
- He ___ his bag on the bus yesterday. (leave) — left. Leave becomes left.
- They ___ a model last weekend. (make) — made. Make becomes made.
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