Past Tense of Irregular Verbs Review Regular Verbs

Past Tense of Irregular Verbs Review • Regular Verbs • Spelling Rules Learn • New Irregular Verbs Practice • Selecting the Correct Irregular Verb

Review of Regular Verb Spelling Rules: Appendix 4, page 214 Add ed Started, finished, washed, helped, listened, watched Verbs ending in e, add only d Lived, cared, died, dated, shared Change the y to i and add ed Dried, cried, fried, married, spied Don’t change the y to i just add ed Prayed, played, stayed, destroyed CVC rule: double the final consonant & add ed Stopped, robbed, lobbed, napped Do not double final w or x, just add ed Wowed, mixed, jinxed, meowed, vowed, Two syllables, and the 2 nd is stressed, double the final consonant and add ed Remitted, permitted, admitted, occurred Two syllables, and the 2 nd is not stressed, don’t double the final consonant, just add ed Happened, listened, opened, earned,

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Bring Past Tense Brought Take Took Ring Rang Sing Sang Sting Stung

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Buy Bought Pay Paid Give Gave Get Got

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Eat Past Tense Ate Bit Drink Drank Make Made Sit Sat

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Draw Drew Cut Put Write Wrote Send Sent

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Feel Past Tense Felt Pet Say Said Have Had Teach Taught

Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Become Became Break Broke Build Built Catch Caught

Select the correct Verb: Go Fly Ride Drive Run Leave Went Flew Rode Drove Ran Left

Activity 6: Page 100 A Surprising Day Yesterday I decided to go to the beach because the weather was so beautiful. It took me about an hour to get ready. I found my bathing suit, towel, sunglasses and a good book. (1. ) ____________. Then I packed all these things in my beach bag. Finally, I was ready. (2. ) ______________. I saw it was raining. I waited for it to stop, but it continued. Unfortunately, I had to stay home yesterday.

Activity 7: page 101 � 1. When were you born? _________________ � 2. How did you feel yesterday? _________________ � 3. Where did you go last weekend? _________________ � 4. When did you see a movie? _________________

Activity 7: page 101 (continued) � 5. What did you buy last week? _________________ � 6. Whom did you speak with yesterday? _________________ � 7. When did you leave for school this morning? _________________ � 8. When did you do your homework? _________________

Activity 9: Practicing Negative Verbs in the Past � 1. Carmen /live (negative)/ in Connecticut / in 1997. � 2. Shelley / study (negative) / engineering. � 3. Herbert’s parents / visit (negative) / him last year. � 4. Dinosaurs / have (negative) / large brains. � 5. John / help (negative) / me with my homework!

Activity 9: Practicing Negative Verbs in the Past � 1. Carmen did not live in Connecticut in 1997. � 2. Shelley did not study engineering. � 3. Herbert’s parents did not visit him last year. � 4. Dinosaurs did not have large brains. � 5. John did not help me with my homework!

Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions � 1. Winston Churchill was a leader of Mexico. � 2. Confucius lived in Japan. � 3. Pele’ played basketball. � 4. The Beatles sang in Arabic. � 5. The Titanic sank in the Pacific Ocean.

Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions � 6. The Statue of Liberty came from Italy. � 7. Thomas Edison invented the radio. � 8. Stephen King wrote Romeo and Juliet. � 9. The prophet Mohammed spoke Hindi. � 10. Marilyn Monroe was an engineer.

Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions � 1. Winston Churchill wasn’t a leader of Mexico. He was a leader of Great Britain. � 2. Confucius didn’t live in Japan. He lived in China. � 3. Pele’ didn’t play basketball. He played soccer. � 4. The Beatles didn’t sing in Arabic. They sang in English and some German! � 5. The Titanic didn’t sink in the Pacific Ocean. It sank in the North Atlantic.

Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions � 6. The Statue of Liberty didn’t come from Italy. It was a gift from the people of France. � 7. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the radio. He invented the light bulb. � 8. Stephen King didn’t write Romeo and Juliet. He wrote Carrie and The Shining. � 9. The prophet Mohammed didn’t speak Hindi. He spoke Arabic. � 10. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t an engineer. She was an actress and a model.

Activity 11: Simple Past Tense Review Bob’s Horrible Day Bob (1. have)_____ a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be) ____Supposed to get up at 6 a. m. , but his alarm clock (3. work, negative) ______. He (4. wake up) _____ at 8 a. m. There (5. be) ____ no hot water for a shower, so he had to use cold water. After that, his car (6. start, negative) ________, and he had to take the bus. When Bob (7. get) _____ to work, his boss (8. yell) _______ at him for being late. Next, his computer (9. crash)_______, and he (10. lose)______ all of his documents. He (11. stay) __________at work until midnight to redo the documents. Bob (12. decide) __________ to stay home the next day because he (13. be) ________too tired from all his bad luck.

Activity 11: Simple Past Tense Review Bob’s Horrible Day Bob (1. have) had a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be) was supposed to get up at 6 a. m. , but his alarm clock (3. work, negative) didn’t work. He (4. wake up) woke up at 8 a. m. There (5. be) was no hot water for a shower, so he had to use cold water. After that, his car (6. start, negative) didn’t start, and he had to take the bus. When Bob (7. get) got to work, his boss (8. yell) yelled at him for being late. Next, his computer (9. crash) crashed, and he (10. lose) lost all of his documents. He (11. stay) stayed at work until midnight to redo the documents. Bob (12. decide) decided to stay home the next day because he (13. be) was too tired from all his bad luck.