Past Tense Regular Verbs

Past Tense Regular Verbs

By Musheerah Gill

PAST TENSE (REGULAR VERBS)

​used to show events that have already happened and are not happening now

Signal Words: yesterday, last (last week, month, year), in ( in September, 2023), ago (two years ago), this (this morning)

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EX: SMILE: He smiled at me.

EX: DANCE: We dancedat the party yesterday.​

RULE 2: If the verb ends with an “e”, just add “d”​

EX: JUMP: At the beach, I jumped into the water.

EX: LAUGH: I laughedat the funny movie.​

RULE 1: jump:  Add -ed

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Past Tense Regular Verbs

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Multiple Choice

How do we make the past tense of work?

• worked

• workied

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense of love?

• loved

• loveed

EX: HUG: This morning, I hugged my best friend.

EX: JOG: Yesterday, I jogged around the block.​

​RULE 4: If the word ends with a vowel followed by a consonant, double the consonant.

EX: CARRY: This morning, I carried Maria’s books for her. 

EX: WORRY: Last year, I worriedabout my grades.​

RULE 3: If the word ends with a consonant followed by “y”, change “y” to “i”, Add -ed​

Past Tense Regular Verbs​

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Multiple Choice

How do we make the past tense of try?

• tryed

• tried

Multiple Choice

How do we make the past tense of pray?

• praied

• prayed

Multiple Choice

How do we make the past tense of study?

• studied

• studyed

Multiple Choice

How do we make the past tense of jog?

• joged

• jogged

Negatives

To form the negative, use did not +the base form of the verb.

EX: Nicole did not pass the exam last year.
EX: Jeremy did not finish his test yet.
EX: The class didn't like the story we read yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct negative past tense sentence?

• Thomas not did walk to school.

• Thomas not walk to school.

• Thomas did not walk to school.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct negative past tense sentence?

• Marcus do not text me yesterday.

• Marcus didn't text me yesterday.

• Marcus did not texted me yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct negative past tense sentence?

• Melissa hug did not her mother this morning.

• Melissa did not hug her mother this morning.

• Melissa not did hug her mother this morning.

Questions

Who:
Question word+ past tense verb

EX: Who helped mom with dinner? Who answered the door?

What, when, where, when why, how

Question word +did+subject+ base verb

EX: What did you prepare for lunch? When did Mike finish he homework?

Did
did+ subject+verb

EX: Did you finish the work?

Reorder

Reorder the following

• what

• did

• prepare

• for dinner?

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2

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4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following

• did

• you

• study

• for the

• quiz?

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2

3

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5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Pronunciation

Audio Response

Say the following words: called, helped, stayed, prayed, hopped, and grinned

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