CHANGING VERBS FROM PRESENT TO PAST TENSE WAC

CHANGING VERBS FROM PRESENT TO PAST TENSE WAC 107 September 28, 2012

Three Tenses of Verbs Verb Tense Past Present Future

Past Tense Verbs • Past tense verbs tell action that has already happened. • Most past tense verbs end in “ed”, but there are several rules to use while changing the present to past tense. • Some words change spelling to show past tense. Examples: Beg = begged Feed = fed Run = ran grow = grew like = liked play = played

From Present to Past There are five ways to change a verb from present tense to past tense. • 1. Just add –ed Walk = Walked 2. Double the final consonant and add –ed Stop = Stopped 3. Drop the final e and add –ed Love = Loved

From Present to Past 4. Change the y to i and add –ed. Cry = Cried 5. Change the spelling. Buy = Bought

Just add -ed • Most verbs can change from the present to the past by just adding –ed. Today I walk home. Yesterday I walked home. Did it rain today? It rained yesterday.

Doubling the Final Consonant When a present tense verb ends with one vowel and one consonant, double the final consonant and add –ed to make the verb change to past tense. Drop the ball. He dropped the ball. Hop on one foot. She hopped on one foot.

Dropping the Final e When a present tense verb ends with a sneaky/silent e, drop the e and add –ed to make the verb change to past tense. Skate with me. We skated together at the rink. I like to shop. I liked shopping with you.

Changing y to i When a present tense verb ends with a y, change the y to i and add –ed to make the verb change to past tense. Will you help me carry the groceries? We carried them to the kitchen. Eric asked me to marry him on New Year’s Day. We got married on August 2, 1997.

Changing the Spelling • Sometimes a present tense verb changes its entire spelling to make the verb change to past tense. If it helps say, “Yesterday I ______, ” to help find the right word to use in the past tense. We eat lunch at 11: 30. We ate lunch at 11: 30 yesterday. Stand straight in line. We stood straight in line.

Let’s Try a Few How can you make these present tense verbs past tense verbs? like A. liked take A. taked B. likeed B. took C. likked C. takeed

Try Some More bury A. buried B. buryed mop A. mopped B. moped go A. goed B. gone C. buryyed C. mopeed C. went