Past Tense Verbs

Past Verb Tense Language Lesson

Part One

What is the meaning of the word "tense"?

Tense is all about TIME! It tells the reader when the sentence or story was written. There are 3 types of tenses: past, present, and future.

Multiple Choice

Tenses is all about telling ________.

• time (tiempo)

• place (lugar)

These are words that change the vowel or ending letter.

​Irregular Past Verb Tense

These verbs use the suffix -ED at the end of the word.

Regular Past Verb Tense

What are the two types of past verb tenses?

Multiple Choice

Which one uses the suffix -ED?

• Regular

• Irregular

Examples

1. Lesly ate her lunch.

2. Roman flew over the clouds.

3. Dallas caught a fish.

4. Diego built a home.

​Irregular Past Tense

1. Ivett looked over her shoulders,

2. Marlen kicked the ball.

3. Sara pushed the door.

4. Jose jumped over the fence.
   

Regular Past Verb Tense

Master past tense verbs to learn about the present and future verb tenses.

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Test Your Knowledge

Multiple Choice

What is the PAST tense of "run"?

• raned
• runned
• ran

Multiple Choice

What is the PAST tense of the verb "swim"?

• swam
• swimmy
• swimmed
• swimmeded

Multiple Choice

What is the PAST tense verb of "pick"?

• pickt
• picked
• picking
• pickeded

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows a past tense verb?

• I will walk to school.

• I walk to school.

• He walks to school.

• I walked to school.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows a past verb tense?

• He will make some cookies.

• He made cookies last night.

• He is making cookies right now.