Regular Past Tense Verbs and Rules

Most regular verbs form their past tense by adding '--' to the base form of the verb.

What is the past tense of "play"?

• plaid

• playied

• play

• played

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

Which is the correct past tense form of "walk"?

• walked

• walken

• walks

• walkt

What is the correct past tense form of "dance"?

• dances

• dance

• danced

• dancer

Verbs Ending in Consonant + 'y'

Example: cry

• Change the 'y' to 'ie' and add '-ed'.

  crieed

• Change the 'y' to 'e' and add '-d'.

  cred

• Change the 'y' to 'e' and add '-ied'.

  creied

• Change the 'y' to 'i' and add '-ed'.

  cried

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

What is the past tense of "try"?

• tried

• tryied

• tryed

• try

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

Choose the correct past tense form of "apply"

• applyed

• applied

• apply

• applieded

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

R_________ verbs usually follow the simple rule of adding '-ed', while irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that must be learned individually.

For Verbs Ending in '-e':

• Example: bake

• Simply add 'yd' to form the past tense.

  bakeyd

• Simply add 'ed' to form the past tense.

  bakeed

• Simply add '-d' to form the past tense.

  baked

• Simply add 'ied' to form the past tense.

  bakied

For verbs Ending in a single vowel + a single consonant and the stress is on the final syllable:

Example: stop

• Double the final consonant and add '-yed'.

• Double the final consonant and add '-ed'.

• Double the final consonant and add '-ied'.

• Double the final consonant and add '-d'.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B