Fun with Tense and SWBST

1. Present to Past

100

play

played

200

dine

dined

300

tell

told

400

leave

left

500

am

was/were

2. Regular or Irregular Verb?

100

use

You can add -d to the end of the word to make it past tense, therefore it is a REGULAR VERB.

use => used

present => past

200

listen

You can add -ed to the end of the word to make it past tense, therefore it is a REGULAR VERB.

listen => listened

present=> past tense

300

feel

You cannot add -ed to the end of the word to make it past tense, therefore it is an IRREGULAR VERB.

feel => felt 

present tense => past tense

400

drive

You cannot add -d or -ed to the end of the word to make it past tense, therefore it is an IRREGULAR VERB.

drive => drove

present tense => past tense

500

choose

You cannot add -d or -ed to the end of the word to make it past tense, therefore, this is an IRREGULAR VERB.

choose=> chose 

present tense => past tense

3. Regular Verbs: Present to Past

100

present => past 

play => __________

bark => __________

work => __________

help => __________

Add ed- to conjugate (cambiar)  these regular verbs from present to past tense.

present => past 

play => played

bark => barked

work => worked

help => helped

200

present progressive => past tense

jumping=> _________

barking=> __________

Add ed- to conjugate (cambiar)  these regular verbs from present progressive to past tense.

jumping=> jumped

barking=> barked

300

present  => past tense

save=> _________

taste => __________

hate=> _________

love => __________

present  => past tense

save=> saved

taste => tested

hate=> hated

love => loved

400

Present progressive => past tense

establishing => _______________

involving => _______________

Present progressive => past tense

establishing => established

involving => involved

(Subtract -ing and  add -ed)

500

Present progressive => past tense

laughing =>_______________

Present => past tense

order => _________________

Present progressive => past tense

laughing => laughed

Present => past tense

order =>  ordered

Irregular Present to Past

100

present  => past

present  => past

200

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

eat => __________

ride => __________

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

eat => ate

ride => rode

300

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

tell => __________

hear => _________

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

tell => told

hear => heard

400

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

see=> __________

feel=> __________

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

see=> saw

feel=> felt

500

Irregular ( No -ed or -d)

present  => past

do => __________

have => __________

read => __________

present  => past

do => did

have => had

read => read

SWBST

100

What does S.W.B.S.T stand for?

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

200

Who is the main character (or the character facing the big problem in the story?)

a) Somebody  

b) Wanted (or wants)

c)  But 

d)  So  

e) Then

Who is the main character (or the character facing the big problem in the story?)

a) Somebody  

300

What does the character want?

a) Somebody  

b) Wanted (or wants)

c)  But 

d)  So  

e) Then

What does the character want?

b) Wanted ( or wants) 

(Example: Then girl wants a selfie with her cat.)

400

What was the resolution? How does it end?

a) Somebody  

b) Wanted 

c)  But 

d)  So  

e) Then

What was the resolution? How does it end? 

e) Then

(Example: Then girl's cat accidentally posted her selfie and she got a lot of likes on social media.)

500

How do they solve the problem?

a) Somebody  

b) Wanted (or wants)

c)  But 

d)  So  

e) Then

How do they solve the problem? 

d)  So  

(Example: So, as she reached towards the cat, she fell and the toes of the cat landed on the "send" button on her cellphone.)