Past Tense Verbs

Past Tense Verbs

By Travis Baker

​When you change the verb's spelling, you change the time of the action.

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A verb tense is a verb spelling.

Simple Past:

​ I

​ you

Yesterday, ​ we worked.

they

she

he

it​

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Simple Present:

Every day, I work.

Every day, she works.

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Present Progressive

Right now, I am working.

Right now, she is working.

Right now, we are working. ​

A verb tense is a verb spelling.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct verb tense?

• Yesterday, I walk.

• Yesterday, she walks.

• Yesterday, she walked.

• Yesterday, she is walking.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct verb tense?

• Every day, I work.

• Every day, she work.

• Every day, I worked.

• Every day, I am working.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct verb tense?

• Right now, she working.

• Right now, she works.

• Right now, she worked.

• Right now, she is working.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct verb tense?

• Yesterday, we listened to the teacher and took notes.

• Yesterday, we listen to the teacher and take notes.

• Yesterday, we are listening to the teacher and taking notes.

• Yesterday, we listened to the teacher and take notes.

Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is the spelling we use for actions that we have done in the past. The past is ...​

• yesterday

• last week, last weekend, last month, last year

• five minutes ago

• two days ago

• a week ago​

I travelled to Boston last weekend.

Simple Past Spelling Rules

There are four spelling rules for simple past tense.

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Irregular verbs

• 100 verbs do not follow the regular "ed" rule.

• They are irregular. ​

• You have to memorize these verbs. ​​

be --> was/were have --> had

eat --> ate do --> did

sing --> sang go --> went

drink --> drank ride --> rode

sit --> sat

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Multiple Choice

I ________ my homework last night. (to do)

• do

• does

• doing

• did

Multiple Choice

I __________ coffee with dinner last night. (to drink)

• drink

• drinks

• drinking

• drank

Multiple Choice

I __________ my bike to school yesterday. (to ride)

• ride

• rides

• rode

• riding

Multiple Choice

She __________ a song at church last Sunday. (to sing)

• sang

• sings

• singing

• sing

Multiple Choice

I _________ tired, and you ________ happy yesterday. (to be)

• were / was

• was /were

• am /are

• beed

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, we __________ pizza for lunch. (to eat)

• eat

• eats

• ate

• eating

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, we _________ a test in math class. (to have)

• have

• has

• having

• had

Multiple Choice

They _________ to France last summer.

• goes

• going

• went

• go

Multiple Choice

The students _________ at the bus stop yesterday morning. (to sit)

• sat

• sit

• sits

• sitting

Open Ended

What did you eat for dinner last night?

Open Ended

Where did you go after school yesterday?

Open Ended

How did you go to school yesterday?