English Houghton Mifflin English Unit 5: Verbs Lesson 5: More Verbs in the Past Created by: Tamara V. Russell

Objectives Students will form the past of verbs ending in e. Students will form the past of verbs ending in a consonant and y of verbs ending in one vowel followed by one consonant.

Warm-up Which verb below shows present time? Which verb shows past time? “Hooray, a piñata!” Samson clapped his hands. “I love piñatas!” -from Hooray, a Piñata! by Elisa Kleven

Some verbs end with e. Drop the e and add –ed. Lesson You can make most verbs show past time just by adding –ed. However, the spelling of some verbs changes in other ways when you add –ed. Some verbs end with e. Drop the e and add –ed. race + ed = raced joke + ed = joked Some verbs end with a consonant and a y. Change the y to i when you add –ed. cry + ed = cried worry + ed = worried Some verbs end with one vowel followed by one consonant. Double the consonant and add –ed. stop + p + ed = stopped hug + g + ed = hugged

Try it Out! The students (study, studies) history. Maria (reach, reaches) for more paper. Matt (try, tries) very hard. Roberto (guess, guesses) the correct answer. Tonya (finish, finishes) first. study reaches tries guesses finishes

On Your Own Write the correct past time of each verb in ( ). A present _____ from her grandmother. (arrive) A clerk _____ a box in front of her. (place) Tina _____ home. (hurry) She quickly ______ her present (unwrap) Tina _____to open the present carefully. (try) She _____ at the string. (tug) arrived placed hurried unwrapped tried tugged

Tomorrow’s Lesson: Verbs in the Future Nice work! Tomorrow’s Lesson: Verbs in the Future