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Standard English Verbs

Use Standard English verb inflections in place of non-standard local forms

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Use the requested Standard English verb forms in an invented formal written note without judging home speech.

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Activity

Check that the learner can find the verbs in 'She has a bag' and 'We were outside'. If needed, name the subjects she and we and explain that some verb forms change with the subject. Use invented examples, not corrections to the learner's family speech.

Policy

Check readiness directly. Prerequisite availability is not attainment.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Check readiness directly. Prerequisite availability is not attainment.

Use paper or speak first and then write. Explain the audience: these are practice notes for a school display that asks for Standard written English. No account of the learner's dialect or home is needed. Treat dialect differences with respect. Read the active prompt on screen and write on plain paper; no printer, cutting or purchase is needed. An adult may read instructions without naming target forms. Record reading help, verb hints and scribing separately. Oral answers can show language choices but do not show independent written composition or handwriting. Pause or split the lesson if needed. Adult-only. Keep all keys and scripts off learner pages. Share only the active Show solution. Put Show and Guided examples aside before Try. Do not show a future-stage key. Use invented characters and ordinary paper. Do not collect names, home-language samples or private family events. All rules, clubs and events are fictional.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

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Use the requested Standard English verb forms in an invented formal written note without judging home speech.

Use the requested Standard English verb forms in an invented formal written note without judging home speech.

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KS2 English

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Before you open · source notes

KS2 English supports Standard English Verbs. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

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Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

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Public BBC Bitesize page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

BBC Bitesize. “KS2 English.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

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Check understanding

  • Correct 'we was playing' to 'we were playing' and explain why the standard form is needed in writing
  • Choose the standard form in pairs such as 'I did / I done', 'she has / she have', 'they were / they was'
  • Rewrite a short passage replacing three non-standard verb forms with their Standard English equivalents
“If your child sometimes says "we was" or "they done it" in conversation, do they know to write "we were" and "they did it" in their schoolwork — using standard written English?”

Curriculum record

Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Grammar & Punctuation
Age range
Ages 8–9

Standards

uk-nc-2013:Eng.App2.Y4.Word.2