DO YOU KNOW MY PAST?

HARD TO PRONOUNCE
PAST TENSES
WHAT HAPPENED?

EASY TO PRONOUNCE
PAST TENSES
NAME THE TENSE

100

COME

What is CAME?

100

ASK

What is ASKED? (ASKT one syllable)

100

She SEES a unicorn.

What is "She SAW a unicorn"?

100

SEND

What is SENT?

100

WAS

What is past tense?

200

SELL

What is SOLD?

200

STOP

What is STOPPED? (STOPT, one syllable)

200

You often EAT PB&J for lunch

What is "You often ATE PB&J for lunch"?

200

TRY

What is TRIED? (one syllable)

200

TAKE

What is present tense?

300
THINK
What is THOUGHT?
300

WATCH

What is WATCHED? (WATCHT, one syllable)

300

He IS very rich and BUYS expensive cars.

What is "He WAS very rich and BOUGHT expensive cars"?

300

NEED

What is NEEDED? (two syllables)

300

LEAVE

What is present tense?

400

SAY

What is SAID?

400

LOOK

What is LOOKED? (LOOKT, one syllable)

400

I RUN when I AM late for work.

What is "I RAN when I WAS late for work"?

400

RIDE

What is RODE?

400

WILL GO

What is future tense?

500

GO

What is WENT?

500

ADOPT

What is ADOPTED? (A-DOP-TED)

500

You ARE READING about a boy who BREAKS his leg?

What is "You WERE READING (or READ) about a boy who BROKE (or HAD BROKEN) his leg"?


500

GIVE

What is GAVE?

500
PUT

What is present tense and past tense?

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