Exploring Past Tense Verbs for First Graders

This video tutorial introduces past tense verbs, explaining how they describe actions that occurred in the past. It covers the rules for forming past tense by adding 'ed' to verbs, including special cases for verbs ending in 'e', 'y', and those requiring a doubled consonant. The tutorial provides examples and demonstrates how to use past tense verbs in sentences. The lesson concludes with a preview of the next topic: irregular verbs.

What do past tense verbs tell us about?

• Actions happening now

• Actions that will happen

• Actions that have already happened

• Actions that are impossible

Which of the following is the past tense of 'wash'?

• Washer

• Washed

• Washing

• Washes

How do we form the past tense of verbs ending in 'e'?

• Add 'ed'

• Add 'ing'

• Add 'd'

• Add 's'

What is the past tense of 'smile'?

• Smiling

• Smiled

• Smile

• Smiles

When a verb ends with 'y', what do we change the 'y' to before adding 'ed'?

• Change 'y' to 'o' and add 'ed'

• Change 'y' to 'a' and add 'ed'

• Change 'y' to 'e' and add 'ed'

• Change 'y' to 'i' and add 'ed'

What is the past tense of 'cry'?

• Cryed

• Cried

• Cries

• Crying

When do we double the final consonant before adding 'ed'?

• When the verb ends with 'ing'

• When the verb ends with 'e'

• When a one-syllable word ends with one vowel and one consonant

• When the verb ends with 'y'

What is the past tense of 'flip'?

• Fliped

• Flipping

• Flips

• Flipped

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past tense verb?

• The postman hurry to deliver the mail yesterday.

• My brother walked to school on Monday.

• The baker bakes a cake for my sister's birthday party last Saturday.

• My mother shop at the supermarket yesterday.

What do words like 'yesterday' and 'last night' indicate in a sentence?

• Imaginary actions

• Future actions

• Present actions

• Past actions