3. TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS COMPLETED!!!!!!
FINISHED!!! OVER!!!
4. Verbs used to indicate something happened
at a previous point in time.
Most verbs in the past tense add “ed” to the
end.
For example: start becomes started
Some verbs in the past tense are irregular.
They totally change spelling.
For example: wear becomes wore
5. Create the past tense by adding an “ed” to the
base verb, if it is a regular verb. If it is an
irregular verb, change the verb accordingly.
For example: We create things. (present)
We created things. (past regular)
We drink water. (present)
We drank water. (past irregular)
6. English has two types
of verbs in the past:
-regular
-irregular
7. 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).
8. 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!
9. walked regular
studied regular
taught irregular
gave irregular
became irregular
cried regular
lived regular
did irregular
10. 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
11. Phonemically (word sorts)
Bingo!
Modeling
Survey says……
Nancy Fetzer………
Direct instruction + multiple opportunities to
practice = Skill mastery!!!!!
