Understanding Past Tense Verbs

The video tutorial teaches how to correctly use regular verbs in the past tense. It explains the difference between present and past tenses, providing examples and clues to identify past tense verbs. The tutorial includes a practical exercise where a personal narrative is revised to ensure verbs are in the correct tense. Viewers are encouraged to apply these skills to their own writing, ensuring clarity and correctness.

What is the primary function of verbs in writing?

• To modify adjectives

• To show actions or things we can do

• To connect sentences

• To describe nouns

Which word indicates that an action is in the past tense?

• Now

• Yesterday

• Always

• Tomorrow

How do regular verbs typically form the past tense?

• By changing the vowel

• By doubling the last consonant

• By adding 'ing'

• By adding 'ed'

In the sentence 'I cleaned my room last weekend', what indicates the past tense?

• The word 'cleaned'

• The word 'room'

• The word 'my'

• The word 'weekend'

What is the past tense of the verb 'jump'?

• Jumps

• Jumping

• Jumpt

• Jumped

Which verb in the sentence 'I sprint over to the car' needs to be changed to past tense?

• Car

• To

• Over

• Sprint

What is the correct past tense form of 'crash'?

• Crashs

• Crashes

• Crashing

• Crashed

In the revised draft, which verb was changed to 'rained'?

• Ring

• Rain

• Ran

• Reign

What is the past tense of 'knock'?

• Knockt

• Knocks

• Knocking

• Knocked

Why is it important to use the correct past tense in writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To make writing sound more formal

• To clearly show when actions happened

• To increase word count