Verbs - Past Tense

Verbs are actions words.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Verbs have tenses to tell us when the action happens.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Only verbs in present tense have singular and plural form.

(Except am, is and are)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

All verbs in past tense have singular and plural forms.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Only the past tense of the verbs “am”, “is” and “are” have singular and plural forms -> “was” and “were”.

The past tense of other verbs do not have singular and plural forms.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

What do we add behind most verbs when we want them to be in past tense?

• -s

• -y

• -d

• -ed

• -ied

Answer explanation

We add “-ed” behind most verbs when we want to change them into past tense.

e.g. play -> played

shower -> showered

cover -> covered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

What extra step do we have to take when we change most short vowel words to their past tense form?

E.g. What is the past tense of “beg”?

• Just add “-ed”

• Just add “-d”

• Just add “-ied”

• Repeat the last letter before adding “-ed”

Answer explanation

We repeat the last letter of the short vowel words before adding “-ed” behind when we want to change them into past tense.

e.g. beg -> beg+g+ed (begged)

stop -> stop+p+ed (stopped)

rob -> rob+b+ed (robbed)

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

What do we add behind most verbs that end with “e” when we want them to be in past tense?

• -s

• -y

• -d

• -ed

• -ied

Answer explanation

We add “-d” behind most verbs that end with “e” when we want to change them into past tense.

e.g. change -> changed

tiptoe -> tiptoed

smile -> smiled

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

What do we add behind most verbs that end with “y” when we want them to be in past tense?

• -s

• -y

• -d

• -ed

• -ied

Answer explanation

We remove the y and add “-ied” behind most verbs when we want to change them into past tense.

e.g. cry -> cried

try -> tried

carry -> carried

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Some verbs do not follow the usual rules. They are called irregular verbs.

What happens to them when we want to change them into their past tense form?

(More than one answer)

• Add “-d” behind.

• Add “-ed” behind

• Add “-ied” behind.

• Change the whole spelling.

• We do not change the spelling at all.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

1. He _____ coffee yesterday.

• drink

• drinked

• drank

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C