Regular and Irregular Simple Past Tense Verbs Worksheets for Grade 2

Practice regular and irregular past-tense verbs through sorting, matching, and other worksheet tasks. Activities include choosing the correctly spelled past form.
Grades
Grades 2–3
Pages
14
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Mar 08, 2026

Subject
ELA, Grammar
Topic
Past tense verbs, Regular verbs
Resource types
Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
L.2.1

Product description

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Introduction

This Regular and Irregular Verbs Worksheet Pack helps students learn the difference between regular and irregular verbs and practise using their correct past tense forms. Through a variety of activities, learners identify verbs, match them with their past tense, and complete sentences to strengthen their grammar and writing skills.

What’s Included:

Sorting verbs into regular and irregular verb columns

Writing the past tense forms of verbs

Matching verbs with their correct past tense

Multiple-choice past tense verb practice

Identifying whether verbs are regular or irregular

Sentence completion using the correct past tense verb

Verb identification activities in sentences

Grades / Ages:

Ideal for Grades 2–6

Implementation Format:

Perfect for literacy centres, morning work, small groups, grammar lessons, independent work, or homework practice.

Answer Key:

Not included

File Type:

PDF (Non-editable)

Number of Pages:

14 pages total

License:

Paid product for personal or single-classroom use only

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students classify verbs as regular or irregular based on whether the past tense adds -ed or changes form.

  • Students write the correct past-tense form of a given verb.

  • Students select or supply the correct past-tense verb to complete a sentence in context.

Teaching tips

  • Use page 4's circle-the-correct-spelling activity as a quick check for common irregular-verb misspellings such as 'bended' for 'bent' and 'buyed' for 'bought.'

  • Assign the picture-cued page 8 to students who benefit from an image alongside the verb before writing its past tense.

  • To practice the varying formats and overlapping verb sets, spread the fourteen pages across several short sessions rather than assigning them all at once.

Skills covered

  • Regular/irregular verb classification — students sort or label verbs across the packet as regular (-ed) or irregular (changed form).

  • Past-tense formation — students write the correct past-tense form of a base verb.

  • Spelling discrimination — students choose the correctly spelled irregular past tense over a plausible misspelling, such as 'bent' versus 'bended.'

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do all fourteen pages use the same list of verbs?

The word sets and activity formats vary, with some verbs recurring across pages.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.2.1

Core concepts

  • Regular verbs

  • Irregular verbs

  • Past tense

  • Verb conjugation

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