Active Skills for Reading 1 (Unit 1: All About Food)


CHAPTER 2 - Let's Make Blueberry Muffins!

Vocabulary Skill - Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Regular verbs are formed in the past tense by adding -ed to the end of the verb; for example, play/played, watch/watched. Irregular verbs are not formed in this way; for example, shut/shut, break/broke. Many irregular verbs are very common, so it is important to know them.

A. Look at the list of irregular verbs below. Write the simple past tense in the chart. Use your dictionary to help you. Can you think of two more?

Base form Simple past
break
bring
buy
come
cut
do
eat
feel
get
go
have
keep
know
lose
put
ride
spread
take

Can you think of two more?

Answer

Possible additional irregular past tense verbs are: catch/caught; drive/drove; fight/fought; make/ made

B. Compare your list with a partner's. Do you notice any patterns in how any of these verbs are formed?

Answer

Answers will vary. Students might notice that some verbs do not change at all: cut/cut, put/put, spread/ spread; some just change one vowel: know/knew, come/came, get/got, ride/rode; and some change one consonant: make/made, build/built. Some change both vowel and consonant, and some are simply irregular, following no pattern at all.

C. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words from A.

  1. Ken a chocolate cake to my party. It was delicious!
  2. Can I use your glass? Mine yesterday.
  3. Maria into the kitchen to get something to drink.
  4. My mother me a new cell phone so I would call her more often.
  5. I collected over 100 old newspapers off the street and I them to the recycling center.
  6. I three pieces of candy last night. It's difficult to eat only one!

Learning new vocabulary can be fun. Learning new vocabulary can be one of the most enjoyable parts of becoming a good reader. In addition to the vocabulary that is explicitly taught in this chapter, are there other words related to this topic that you would like to learn?

Let's Make Blueberry Muffins!

Muffins are pastries1 that were first popular in England, Germany, and America in the 1800s. Today, muffins can be both sweet and savory.2 Most people add fruit and vegetables to add flavor. These muffins are full of juicy blueberries and make a delicious breakfast meal.

Here's what you need:

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries

Makes 8 muffins

  • a muffin tin
  • an electric m
  • cooking spray

Step 1: Get the oven ready. _____________

Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and spray the muffin tin with cooking spray.

Step 2: Mix the dry ingredients. ___________

In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar together with a fork. When the ingredients are mixed well, make a hole in the center.

Step 3: Brown the butter. _____________

Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. When the butter melts, use a spoon to stir it. The butter will start to brown and smell nutty. When this happens, take the butter away from the stove.

Step 4: Make the batter. _____________

Pour the butter and the milk into the hole you made in the flour. Mix everything together with the electric mixer. Add the egg and keep mixing. Then, add the vanilla. Don't mix the batter too much. A few lumps are OK. Add the blueberries and use a spoon to stir. Be careful not to squish3 the blueberries.

Step 5: Get ready to bake. ____________

Pour the batter into each section of the muffin tin. Sprinkle4 the remaining sugar over each muffin.

Step 6: Bake it!

Bake for about 16 to 20 minutes. The tops of the muffins will be golden brown. Check that they're done by inserting a toothpick into the middle of the muffin. If it comes out with a few (quite dry) crumbs, they're ready. Let the muffins cool in the tin for a few minutes before serving.

1 A pastry is a kind of sweet food made of flour, butter, and water, and baked in the oven.
2 Savory food tastes salty or spicy, not sweet.
3 If you squish something, you press down on it, breaking it.
4 If you sprinkle something on something else, you put small pieces of it on the other thing.

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