Standard English Verbs
English · Grammar & Punctuation · procedural
Use Standard English verb inflections in place of non-standard local forms
What mastery looks like
- 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
Check your understanding
If Standard English Verbs 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?
Prerequisites
Required first