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Past Tense Verbs |
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Verbs
that tell about an action that happened in the
past are called
past tense verbs. |
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The basic form of a
verb changes to make it a
past tense verb. |
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What does that
mean? |
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Here are just
a few of the rules! |
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RULE # 1 |
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The letters
ed can be added to many
verbs to show that something
happened in the past. |
Check out the chart!
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Basic Form |
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Past Tense |
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talk |
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talked |
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blink |
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blinked |
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play |
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played |
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RULE # 2 |
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When the basic form ends with a
silent e, drop the
e, then add
ed. |
Check out the chart!
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Basic Form |
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Past Tense |
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love
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loved
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smile |
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smiled |
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bake
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baked |
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RULE # 3 |
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When the basic form ends with a consonant
plus y, change the
y to
i, then
add ed. |
Check out the chart!
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Basic Form |
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Past Tense |
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fry
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fried |
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cry
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cried |
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carry
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carried |
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Keep these rules in mind when
changing the basic form of a verb
to the past tense.
*Sometimes
adding ed to a
verb will change it to the
past tense.
*When a
verb ends in
silent e, drop the
e, then add
ed.
*When a
verb ends with a consonant
plus y, change the
y to
i,
then
add ed. |
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