Adult Education English Language Arts Internet Activities

English language learners, and others, often need extra practice with irregular verb forms. With 20 different verbs that are irregular in the past tense, this self-checking activity gives students the opportunity to practice answering past tense questions correctly. Students complete the answer on each card in the past tense by typing the correct form of the verb in the question.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as children as it does not look childish.

Verbs included in this activity are:

blow - blew

break - broke

buy - bought

cut - cut

dig - dug

do - did

drink - drank

eat - ate

fly - flew

freeze - froze

go - went

grow - grew

pay - paid

put - put

run - ran

sink - sank

slide - slid

swim - swam

take - took

wear - wore

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Boom cards can be assigned via many learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, Schoology, SeeSaw, Canvas, Moodle, Powerschool, Class Dojo, Microsoft Teams, and more.

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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English language learners of all ages often need extra practice to learn the correct forms of irregular past tense verbs. With 20 different verbs (all irregular past tense verbs) this self-correcting Google Sheets activity gives students the opportunity to practice writing past tense verbs correctly.

Students have to correctly type the missing verb in a sentence. A photo and other sentences using the same verb in different forms prompt the students as to which verb to use. As they enter the answers correctly, a scratch card on the screen is revealed. If a student has a winning scratch card, they win a trip to your prize box (or whatever other prize you choose to offer.) Not all scratch cards will be winners.

Both you and your students will need a Google account for this engaging online activity, but you do not need any prior experience with Google Sheets.

Included in this resource:

• Teacher & student directions (although NO prior knowledge of Google Sheets is required for either!)
• One digital Google Sheet activity containing 20 self-checking illustrated questions
• A printable answer key
• A list of the base form of 40 irregular verbs with their simple past tense form
• A list of the base form of 40 irregular verbs with blanks for students to fill in the the irregular simple past tense form.

Ways to use this resource:

• Add to a “choice board”
• Use as an ELA center
• Homework assignment
• Reinforcement / extension activity
• Warm up activity

Verbs included in this deck are the same as in the similar activity in my store that asks the students to use these verbs in past tense questions but the photos and sentence prompts are different.

blow - blew break - broke buy - bought cut - cut dig - dug do - did drink - drank eat - ate fly - flew freeze - froze go - went grow - grew pay - paid put - put run - ran sink - sank slide - slid swim - swam take - took wear - wore

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This activity gives students the opportunity to focus on the ending sound of the simple past form of 20 regular verbs. It is particularly useful practice for those students who over generalize and read aloud every -ed ending as -id (or -did!) Students read the sentence and decide what sound the final -ed in the verb makes: -t, -d, or -id. (Multiple choice question.) They then complete the sentence on each card in the past tense by typing the given verb.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as students from grade 2 and up as it does not look childish. It is especially good practice for English language learners.

There are 20 cards total with a different verb on each card.

I have an easier version of this activity with audio support that allows the students to hear the word pronounced correctly before they make their final decision about the ending sound and I also have other decks in my store that focus on irregular past tense verbs, that would be a good follow up to this one.

About Boom Learning

Boom cards can be assigned via many learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, Schoology, SeeSaw, Canvas, Moodle, Powerschool, Class Dojo, Microsoft Teams, and more.

This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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Idioms can be tricky for English language learners or students with language learning difficulties to understand and they often need to be specifically introduced to them. This online, self-checking, activity hosted at Boom Learning℠, shows students 10 different idioms on 20 different cards, so they see each idiom twice.

The first 10 illustrated cards ask student to identify the literal meaning of the idiom in a sentence from 3 possible choices. The second set of 10 cards asks student to pick the idiom that best goes with the sentences, again from 3 possible choices.

Idioms included in this deck are: all in the same boat, like a fish out of water, break a leg, all bark and no bite, bite off more than you can chew, on top of the world, throw in the towel, let the cat out of the bag, kill two birds with one stone, pie in the sky.

About Boom Learning

Boom cards can be assigned via many learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, Schoology, SeeSaw, Canvas, Moodle, Powerschool, Class Dojo, Microsoft Teams, and more.

This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you have colleagues who wold like to use this activity, please direct them to my store to but their own copy.

Similes can be tricky for English language learners or students with language learning difficulties to understand and they often need to be specifically introduced to them. In this online, self-checking, activity hosted at Boom Learning℠, students choose the sentence or part of a sentence from the left hand side of the card that best goes with the simile on the right hand side.

There are 16 similes, with at least two different cards for each simile. 12 cards will play in each round, so each round will be slightly different. (Note that if you are using "fast pins", all the cards will be presented in each round.)

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for all ages of English language learners as it does not look childish. With only one simile per card, this deck should be easier for students than Set 2.

The similes included are: proud as a peacock, dead as a dodo, clear as mud, easy as pie, wise as an owl, weak as a kitten, brave as a lion, flat as a pancake, like a fridge, light as a feather, sleep like a log, fast as lightning, hungry as a horse, sharp as a tack, stiff as a board, eager as a beaver.

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Please do not share with others. Each purchase can only be redeemed once at BoomLearning.

English language learners often make the mistake of using the past tense verb form in the question instead of the base form of the verb (for e.g. "Did you looked for your book?") With 20 different verbs (all irregular past tense verbs) this deck gives students the opportunity to practice asking past tense questions correctly. It also exposes them to the irregular past tense of 20 verbs while only asking them to produce the base form, which they may already be more familiar with. I have other decks in my store, "Irregular past tense verbs - answering questions" that would be a good follow up to this one.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as children as it does not look childish.

Verbs included in this deck:

bite - bit burst - burst buy - bought catch - caught cost - cost feed - fed forget - forgot hang - hung kneel - knelt lose - lost make - made ride - rode ring - rang say - said shrink - shrank shut - shut sweep - swept take - took wake - woke write - wrote

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

Copyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by ONE teacher in their own classroom. Each purchase can only be redeemed at Boom one time.

English language learners, and others, often need extra practice with irregular verb forms. With 20 different irregular verbs, this activity gives students the opportunity to practice answering past tense questions correctly. Students complete the answer on each card in the past tense by typing the correct form of the verb in the question. Check out the link in the preview to see the first 4 cards in the set.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as children as it does not look childish.

Check out the other Boom card activities focused on past tense verbs in my store

Verbs included in this activity are: bite - bit burst - burst catch - caught cost - cost feed - fed forget - forgot hang - hung kneel - knelt lose - lost make - made ride - rode ring - rang say - said sell - sold shrink - shrank shut - shut sweep - swept take - took wake - woke write - wrote

Teachers like you said:

Speech With Dana says: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is one of the most useful products I have bought! This is resource is AWESOME for students who are grasping irregular past tense verbs but need more activities for generalization for using them in contexts other than just fill-in-the blank sentences in statements. This helps them to understand how to use it in a context that we use in real-life, every day situations.

melissa M says: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Love that they don't select the correct form of the verb, but have to think of it on their own!

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Each purchase can only be redeemed once at BoomLearning.

This activity gives students the opportunity to listen to and then write the simple past form of 20 regular verbs. It is particularly useful practice for those students who over generalize and read aloud every -ed ending as -id (or -did!) Students listen to the recording of the sentence and decide what sound the final -ed in the verb makes: -t, -d, or -id. (Multiple choice question.) They then complete the sentence on each card in the past tense by typing the given verb.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as students from grade 2 and up as it does not look childish. It is especially good practice for English language learners, who may not know what these verb forms sound like.

There are 20 cards total with a different verb on each card.

I have a version of this activity without the audio support, and other decks in my store that focus on irregular past tense verbs, that would be a good follow up to this one.

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Each purchase can be redeemed once. Please do not share with others.

English language learners often make the mistake of using the past tense verb form in the question instead of the base form of the verb (for e.g. "Did you looked for your book?") With 20 different verbs (all irregular past tense verbs) this deck gives students the opportunity to practice asking past tense questions correctly. It also exposes them to the irregular past tense of 20 verbs while only asking them to produce the base form, which they may already be more familiar with. "Irregular past tense verbs - answering questions (set 1)" would be a good follow up activity to this one.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as children as it does not look childish.

Verbs included in this deck: blow - blew break - broke buy - bought cut - cut dig - dug do - did drink - drank eat - ate fly - flew freeze - froze go - went grow - grew pay - paid put - put run - ran sink - sank slide - slid swim - swam take - took wear - wore

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

Copyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by ONE teacher in their own classroom. Each purchase can only be redeemed at Boom one time.

This activity gives students the opportunity to practice the correct form of 21 common irregular past tense verbs. A list of the verb forms is provided at the beginning of the activity but, for additional support, students can choose to listen to the verb before attempting to type it correctly. Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for adult English language learners as well as students from grade 2 and up as it does not look childish. It is especially good practice for English language learners, who may not know what these verb forms sound like.

Verbs included in this deck:

blow - blew break - broke dig - dug drive - drove feel - felt give - gave hit - hit hold - held hang - hung make - made read - read ride - rode see - saw shake - shook sink - sank sit - sat sleep - slept swim - swam take - took think - thought wear - wore

Check out the other online activities in my store for working with past tense verbs.

About Boom Learning This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

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Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Please do not share with others. Each purchase can only be redeemed once at BoomLearning.

Similes can be tricky for English language learners or students with language learning difficulties to understand and they often need to be specifically introduced to them. In this online, self-checking, activity hosted at Boom Learning℠, students will see 3 similes and 6 sentences on each card. Their job is to choose the sentences that go best with each simile and drag and drop to match. They must get all 3 right on the card to get the card correct, so this deck is harder than Set 1 that only has one simile per card.

Each round is only 5 cards as that's 15 questions. They will need to play multiple times to see all the similes. Some similes will appear more than once in different sentences to reinforce their meaning.

Illustrated with photos, rather than clipart, this deck is suitable for all ages of English language learners as it does not look childish.

The similes included are: as proud as a peacock, as sick as a dog, as busy as a bee, as tough as nails, as cool as a cucumber, as free as a bird, as easy as pie, as light as a feather, as stiff as a board, as dead as a dodo, like a fish out of water, as wise as an owl, as weak as a kitten, as strong as an ox, as clear as mud, like a fridge, as eager as a beaver, as skinny as a rake, as gentle as a lamb, as hungry as a horse, as warm as toast, as brave as a lion, as fast as lightning, sleep like a log, as slow as molasses, like a sauna, as white as a ghost, as blind as a bat, as proud as a lion, as brave as a lion, as hungry as a lion

About Boom Learning

Boom cards can be assigned via many learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, Schoology, SeeSaw, Canvas, Moodle, Powerschool, Class Dojo, Microsoft Teams, and more.

This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Do not share with others. If your colleagues would like to use this activity, please direct them to my store to buy their own copy.

Idioms can be tricky for English language learners or students with language learning difficulties to understand and they often need to be specifically introduced to them. This online, self-checking, activity hosted at Boom Learning℠, shows students 10 different idioms on 20 different cards, so they see each idiom twice.

The first 10 illustrated cards ask student to identify the literal meaning of the idiom in a sentence from 3 possible choices.

The second set of 10 cards asks student to pick the idiom that best goes with the sentences, again from 3 possible choices.

Idioms included in this deck are: all ears, under the weather, when pigs fly, couch potato, between a rock and a hard place, curiosity killed the cat, out of left field, walking on eggshells, over the moon, looking for a needle in a haystack.

About Boom Learning

Boom cards can be assigned via many learning management systems, such as Google Classroom, Schoology, SeeSaw, Canvas, Moodle, Powerschool, Class Dojo, Microsoft Teams, and more.

This is an online, self-checking, activity. To use Boom Cards™, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning℠ account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will always be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.

If you are new to Boom Learning, you may be offered a free trial. Read here for details of the current offer: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial . When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. Additional assignment options (such as data tracking) are available with a premium account. For a 10% discount on a new membership, use this referral link: https://wow.boomlearning.com/redeemReferral/9CPk5PJAhN6nXmkHZ . (I get a small payment from Boom for memberships purchased through this link.)

Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. Each purchase can only be redeemed once at BoomLearning.