Regular and Irregular Verbs – JSS 2 English Lesson

Grammar: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Subject: English Language
Class: JSS 2
Term: Second Term
Week: 3
Age: 11 – 13 years
Duration: 40 minutes

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Behavioral Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Define verbs.
2. Differentiate between regular and irregular verbs.
3. Identify examples of regular and irregular verbs.
4. Use regular and irregular verbs correctly in sentences.
5. Form the past tense of regular and irregular verbs correctly.

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Keywords

• Verb
• Regular
• Irregular
• Past tense
• Present tense

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Set Induction

The teacher writes two sentences on the board:

1. “I walked to school yesterday.”
2. “She ate rice for lunch.”
   The teacher then asks: Why does ‘walk’ change to ‘walked’ while ‘eat’ changes to ‘ate’?

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Entry Behavior

Students have learned about action words (verbs) in previous lessons.

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Learning Resources and Materials

• Verb flashcards
• Verb transformation charts
• Whiteboard and marker

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Building Background/Connection to Prior Knowledge

The teacher reminds students that verbs are action words and that verbs change form to indicate tense.

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Embedded Core Skills

• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Writing
• Sentence construction

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Learning Materials

• Lagos State Scheme of Work
• English Language textbook
• Sample verb transformation exercises

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Reference Books

• Lagos State Scheme of Work
• New Oxford English for JSS 2
• Effective English for JSS 2

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Lesson Content

Definition of a Verb

A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

Examples:

• She runs every morning.
• They are happy.

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Types of Verbs

1. Regular Verbs

Regular verbs are verbs that form their past tense and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the base form.

Examples:

Base Form	Past Tense	Past Participle
Walk	Walked	Walked
Play	Played	Played
Jump	Jumped	Jumped
Work	Worked	Worked
Listen	Listened	Listened

Sentences:

1. He worked hard yesterday.
2. She played football last Saturday.

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2. Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow a fixed pattern when forming their past tense and past participle.

Examples:

Base Form	Past Tense	Past Participle
Go	Went	Gone
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Run	Ran	Run
Write	Wrote	Written
See	Saw	Seen

Sentences:

1. She ate rice for lunch.
2. They went to the park last weekend.

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Differences Between Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular Verbs	Irregular Verbs
Follow a pattern when forming past tense	Do not follow a pattern
Add -ed or -d to the base form	Change completely or remain the same
Example: Walk → Walked	Example: Eat → Ate

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Examples of Regular and Irregular Verbs in Sentences

1. He worked in the office yesterday. (Regular)
2. She ate an apple in the morning. (Irregular)
3. They jumped over the fence. (Regular)
4. He saw a bird in the tree. (Irregular)
5. We played football last weekend. (Regular)
6. She wrote a letter to her friend. (Irregular)

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Evaluation (Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense of the given verb)

1. We ____ (walk) to school yesterday.
   a) walked
   b) walk
   c) walking
   d) walks

2. He ____ (go) to the market last night.
   a) go
   b) gone
   c) went
   d) going

3. They ____ (eat) rice for lunch.
   a) eat
   b) eating
   c) ate
   d) eats

4. She ____ (write) a letter to her cousin.
   a) writes
   b) writing
   c) wrote
   d) written

5. The baby ____ (cry) all night.
   a) cried
   b) cry
   c) crying
   d) cries

6. The teacher ____ (teach) us a new topic yesterday.
   a) teaches
   b) teaching
   c) taught
   d) teach

7. I ____ (see) a rainbow in the sky.
   a) sees
   b) seen
   c) saw
   d) seeing

8. She ____ (dance) at the party.
   a) danced
   b) dances
   c) dancing
   d) dance

9. We ____ (drink) orange juice this morning.
   a) drink
   b) drinks
   c) drank
   d) drinking

10. The dog ____ (run) after the cat.
    a) ran
    b) running
    c) runs
    d) run

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Class Activity Discussion (FAQs and Answers)

1. What is a verb?
   A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.

2. What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs?
   Regular verbs follow a pattern in forming the past tense, while irregular verbs do not.

3. Give three examples of regular verbs.
   Walk, jump, play.

4. Give three examples of irregular verbs.
   Eat, go, see.

5. What is the past tense of ‘run’?
   Ran.

6. How do we form the past tense of regular verbs?
   By adding -ed or -d to the base form.

7. What is the past participle of ‘write’?
   Written.

8. Why do some verbs change completely in the past tense?
   Because they are irregular verbs and do not follow a fixed rule.

9. Can all verbs be regular?
   No, some verbs are irregular and must be memorized.

10. What is the past participle of ‘go’?
    Gone.

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Presentation Structure

1. Revision of the previous topic.
2. Introduction of verbs with examples.
3. Students give sentences using regular and irregular verbs.
4. Teacher corrects and explains common mistakes.

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Assessment (Evaluation Questions)

1. Write five sentences using regular verbs.
2. Write five sentences using irregular verbs.
3. Identify the verbs and state whether they are regular or irregular:
   a) She cooked dinner.
   b) They swam in the river.
   c) He bought a new car.
   d) We danced all night.
   e) I wrote a story.

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Conclusion

The teacher marks students’ work, provides feedback, and assigns homework on writing a short paragraph using at least five regular and irregular verbs.

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