Name: Spreading the Feast Gathering
Start: 2025-07-11T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-07-12T23:59:59-05:00
Location: LaGrange, KY

Tagged: Grammar, Language arts, tense

This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 9 months ago by Evangeline424.

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June 3, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Rebekah P
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My daughter is having a difficult time using the correct tense with certain words. For example, she’ll use sended instead of sent and stinked instead of stunk. It’s gotten to the point where younger public school children are starting to correct her (aghhhh!!) She is an excellent reader and she tends to be very good at LA, but she seems to mix up mostly the past tense endings.
In the past we have used Primary and Intermediate Language lessons, Classical Writing and a little but of First Language Lessons. I’m starting to think I need to use a more formal grammar program for next year that may cover more of the basics. I was planning on using JAG next year, but it doesn’t cover verb tense.
So…Can any of you recommend a curriculum or just some ideas on how to work with her individually? Again I am open to any suggestions, even if it’s just waiting it out especially if you had a child that overcame this at an older age.
Thanks so much
Rebekah
June 3, 2013 at 10:03 pm
Wings2fly
Participant
Do you mean verbal usage or written or both? I would be consistant and keep correcting her EVERY time she says it wrong and she should finally learn it right.
June 4, 2013 at 12:02 am
Rebekah P
Participant
Mostly it’s verbal, although I would think she would write it incorrectly as well. She was very surprised that she was incorrect. I think she is over using -ed as past tense. I guess I need to teach her the irregular past tense endings, but I would like to have a guide that contains a list of them. Any suggestions?
Thanks
June 4, 2013 at 12:31 am
Bookworm
Participant
This is very common in children under 5 but most children pick it up from hearing it by 9. You really don’t need a guide. You can find lists of irregulars online. Just pick the, say, five most commonly mistaken by her, and then ALL OF YOU USE THEM CORRECTLY. Make a point of doing it. Multiple times a day. Until she can do it without thinking about it. Then pick another 5. Does she have trouble reading irregularly spelled words? English is kind of fun because you learn a set of rules (Here is how you make past tense) and then you have to partially UNlearn it. 🙂
June 4, 2013 at 1:33 am
Rebekah P
Participant
Thanks, Bookworm. You were right about the list of irregulars online. Ohhhhhhh, there are so many.
Rebekah
September 2, 2013 at 6:22 am
Evangeline424
Member
Hi Rebekah P. I hope it isn’t too late yet. My younger sister has a hard time recognizing the verb tenses, until now. As her personal tutor, I find time to teach her with the use of flash cards. I show her cards that have the verbs with their corresponding tenses. It has been an effective method for her to memorize or familiarize with the verb tenses.

Evangeline