This document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that there are regular and irregular past tense verbs. Regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb, with some spelling changes. Irregular verbs have unpredictable spelling changes in the past form. Examples of regular and irregular verbs are provided. The uses and pronunciation of regular past tense verbs are also outlined. The document encourages practicing past tense verbs through various activities to help students master this grammar skill.

1. Simple Past Tense
-Form
-Meaning and Use
-Pronunciation

2. How do we form the simple past tense?
English has two types of
verbs in the past:
-regular
-irregular

3. Let’s read the following list of past tense
verbs….. Which are regular and which are
irregular?
walked regular
studied regular
taught irregular
gave irregular
became irregular
cried regular
lived regular
did irregular

4. Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed
Simple form verbs: Past tense verbs:
walk walked
study studied
cry cried
live lived

5. Rules for adding –ed:
Add –ed to most verbs
Drop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that end with
“e” (smile= smiled).
Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs that
end with a consonant and “y” (carry= carried,
study= studied).
Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that
end with one vowel and one consonant ( drag=
dragged, stop= stopped).

6. Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t end in
–ed……..
Sometimes with irregular
past tense verbs you
have to change the vowel
to make the verb past
tense:
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot

7. Other irregular verbs have a different kind
of change…..you need to memorize
these!
teach taught
bring brought
leave left
hear heard
buy
bought

8. Why do we use past tense verbs?
TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS
COMPLETED!!!!!! FINISHED!!! OVER!!!

9. PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR
VERBS……
The –ed ending in English has three
different sounds:
t: walked, talked, jumped
d: played, loved, answered
id: invited, waited
decided....
*With –id sounding words,
there is another syllable!

10. How can you practice past tense verbs?
Phonemically (word sorts)
Bingo!
Modeling
Survey says……
Nancy Fetzer………
Direct instruction + muiltiple opportunities to
practice = Skill mastery!!!!!