Simple Past Tense!!

Regular Verbs

100

What is this word in past tense:

Walk

Walked

200

What is this word in past tense:

bake

baked

300

What is this word in past tense:

grab

grabbed

400

What is this word in past tense:

enjoy

enjoyed

500

What is this word in past tense:

hurry

hurried

Irregular Verbs

100

What is this word in past tense:

are

were

200

What is this word in past tense:

eat

ate

300

What is this word in past tense:

make

made

400

What is this word in past tense:

read

read

500

What is this word in past tense:

buy

bought

Regular and Irregular

100

Change this sentence into past tense by adding a time word and changing the verb to past tense:

Every day, I learn about United States history.

Last year, I learned about United States History.

200

Change this sentence into past tense by adding a time word and changing the verb to past tense:

Every night, I do the dishes.

Last night, I did the dishes.

300

Change this sentence into past tense by adding a time word and changing the verb to past tense:

Me and my friend speak to each other every day.

Me and my friend spoke to each other yesterday.

400

Change this sentence into past tense by adding a time word and changing the verb to past tense:

I understand the plans for our trip this weekend.

I understood the plans for our trip last weekend.

500

Change this sentence into past tense by adding a time word and changing the verb to past tense:

In 2020, most people put their phones next to their beds before they go to sleep.

In 2019, most people put their phones next to their beds before they went to sleep.

What is the Rule?

100

What is the rule we use to change this word to past tense?

stop

C-V-C Rule

stopped

200

What is the rule we use to change this word to past tense?

play

Just add -ed

played

300

What is the rule we use to change this word to past tense?

write

Irregular

wrote

400

What is the rule we use to change this word to past tense?

flow

Just add -ed

flowed

500

What is the rule we use to change this word to past tense?

arrive

Just add -d

arrived

Create a Sentence

100

Make a past tense sentence using these words:

help         teacher

help -----> helped 

200

Make a past tense sentence using these words:

Come                 School

Come ---------> Came

300

Make a past tense sentence using these words:

Try                 Homework

Try ----------> Tried

400

Make a past tense sentence using these words:

Smile                  Picture

Smile -----------> Smiled

500

Make a past tense sentence using these words:

Swim              Beach

Swim -----------> Swam