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Past Tense Practice

• Regular Past Tense (-ed)

• Irregular Past Tense 1

• Past or Present?

• Was/Were

  Wasn’t/Weren’t

  Was/Were – Questions

  Past Tense – Regular Verbs

• Study the 3 pronunciations of “-ed”:
  • Please watch the video a few times and take notes
  • CLICK HERE -ed pronunciation video

• https://7esl.com/pronunciation-of-ed/

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsd0eFgU0m8

jeo labs game–good practice

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/past-tense-jeopardy-27

RULES:

• Study and learn the spelling rules for -ed

REGULAR simple past: Spelling Rules

Rule #1

If a verb ends in -e, add -d.

• like → liked

• arrive → arrived

• decide → decided

Rule #2

If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to -i and add -ed.

• carry → carried

• try → tried

• study → studied

Rule #3

If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add -ed.*

• play → played

• stay → stayed

• enjoy → enjoyed

Rule #4

If a verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern, double the final consonant and add -ed.**

• hug → hugged

• plan → planned

• stop → stopped

Rule #5

For all other verbs, add -ed.

• watch → watched

• ask → asked

• clean → cleaned

Notes

*Note 1:

There are some exceptions to Rule #3:

• pay → paid

• lay → laid

**Note 2:

Rule #4 is true only for verbs that have the stress on the final syllable. Notice the difference below:

Syllable stress (louder, longer syllable)

• prefer→ preferred

visit → visited