Spelling at a glance
Regular Past Tense Rules
Easy Irregular Verbs
Harder Irregular Verbs
More Irregular Verbs
100
the past tense of "slip" is a. sliped b. slipped c. slipt
What is b. slipped?
100
When you see this type of word SIMPLY ADD -ED. (Hint: words that work like "play+ed=played"
What are words like "work+ed=worked", "talk+ed=talked", "need+ed=needed", etc.?
100
Past tense of run
What is ran?
100
Past tense for "come"
What is "came"?
100
Past tense of "give"
What is "gave"?
200
to correctly add -ing to "type" (ex. "I hurt my wrist by type + ing too much.") a. typing b. typeing c. typping
What is a. typing?
200
One of these words does not follow the rule for words that end in a consonant +"y" a. cried b. carried c. hurried d. tryed
What is d. tryed?
200
Past tense of sit is
What is "sat"?
200
Past tense for "say"
What is "said"?
200
Past tense of swim
What is "swam"?
300
In the sentence--My brother "watch" too much TV.-- "watch" should be spelled: a. watchs b. watches
What is b. watchES
300
These are two examples of past tense verbs that you would simply add -ed to. To help you get started, think of words like "reach+ed=reached", or "wash+ed=washed.
What are, "play+ed=played, call+ed=called, walk+ed=walked, join+ed=joined, cook+ed=cooked," etc.?
300
"told" in the present tense
What is "tell"?
300
Past tense of "drink"
What is "drank"?
300
If you eat today, yesterday, you already _____.
What is "ate"?
400
Add "ing" to "bubble" (ex. "You will be bubble + ing in the answers on this test.") a. bubbleing b. bubbeling c. bubbling
What is c. bubbling?
400
These are two examples of past tense verbs you must drop the final "e" and add -ed. Words like:"baked" or "saved"
What is "hoped", "closed", "chased", "hoped", "decided", "loved" etc. ?
400
"Win" in the past tense
What is "won"?
400
Past tense for "drive"
What is "drove"?
400
I ________ (take) my little sister to the park yesterday.
What is "took"?
500
Past tense of "journey" is a. journeyed b. journeyd c. journied
What is a. journeyed?
500
These are two examples of verbs for which you must DOUBLE the final consonant when writing them in the past tense. Hint: "stop+ed=stoPPed
What are "tripped", "clapped", "trapped", "flipped", "planned", "trotted", etc.?
500
"Knew"
What is the past tense of "know"?
500
Past tense for bring
What is "brought"?
500
"I never ____________ I would meet my favorite singer, but I did!!! (Fill in with a correctly-spelled past-tense verb that makes sense in the sentence.)
What is "thought"?