Standard Alignments:

California ELD: PII.B.EEI.3.EXP

PII.B.EEI.3.EXP (EEI.3 Using verbs and verb phrases) Use a growing number of verb types (e.g., doing, saying, being/having, thinking/feeling) and verb tenses appropriate for the text type and discipline to convey time (e.g., simple past for retelling, simple present for a science description).

Arizona ELPS: 1.S10.B-6

1.S10.B-6 Using an increasing range of verbs in the simple present and simple past, including familiar irregular past forms (e.g., ate, ran, sang).