1. Past Tense
Unit 3
Lesson 6

2. Objectives Students will:
Write the past tense form of verbs correctly.
Proofread for correct past tense verbs.

3. Definition Past Tense Verb
A verb that shows that something has already happened.
The action happened before “now.”

4. Rules for Forming the Past Tense
Most verbs:
Add “ed”
Play
Played
Suggest
Suggested
Destroy
Destroyed
Verbs ending with “e”:
Drop the final “e” and add “ed”
Believe
Believed
Hope
Hoped
Share
Shared

5. Rules for Forming the Past Tense
Verbs ending with a consonant and y:
Change the “y” to “i” and add “ed”
Study
Studied
Hurry
Hurried
Carry
Carried
One syllable verbs ending with a single vowel and a consonant:
Double the final consonant and add “ed”
Stop
Stopped
Plan
Planned
Zip
Zipped

6. What is the past tense of each verb?
Watch
Watched
Cry
Cried
Store
Stored
Review
Reviewed
Dance
Danced
Spray
Sprayed
Zip
Zipped
Yell
Yelled

7. What is the past tense of each verb?
Care
Cared
Marry
Married
Bake
Baked
Talk
Talked
Scrub
Scrubbed
Shop
Shopped
Bury
Buried
Rob
Robbed

8. Identify the past tense form of each verb in parenthesis.
A long time ago, a ship ________ a load of gold. (carry)
In those days, heavy storms _________ many ships. (destroy)
One day a band of pirates ________ the ship. (attack)
They _________ the gold and buried it. (grab)
carried
destroyed
attacked
grabbed

9. Identify the past tense form of each verb in parenthesis.
created
They ___________ a map showing the gold’s location. (create)
Years later the captain's son found the map and ___________ it. (use)
He ____________ the treasure from his fathers’s ship. (recover)
used
recovered

10. Find the incorrect past tense form
loved
Dexter the dragon lovd his life. He lived in a beautiful forest, he chewd on leaves and branches for food. He plaid with the elephants and the mice. Every morning he jumpped out of bed and hurryed joyfully into the forest.
chewed
played
hurried
jumped

11. Find the incorrect past tense form
worried
Dexter worryed about just one thing. He fearred people. Every once in a while, a knight enterred the forest and look for a dragon to slay. Dexter wonderred why.
feared
entered
wondered

12. Homework
WB pgs. 46 & 47