Simple Past Tense Form Meaning and Use Pronunciation

How do we form the simple past tense? English has two types of verbs

Let’s read the following list of past tense verbs…. . Which are regular and

Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed Simple form verbs: Past tense verbs:

Rules for adding –ed: Add –ed to most verbs l Drop the “e” and

Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t end in –ed……. . Sometimes with irregular past

Other irregular verbs have a different kind of change…. . you need to memorize

Why do we use past tense verbs? TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS COMPLETED!!!!!!

PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS…… The –ed ending in English has three different sounds: t:

How can you practice past tense verbs? l Phonemically (word sorts) l Bingo! l

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Simple Past Tense -Form -Meaning and Use -Pronunciation

How do we form the simple past tense? English has two types of verbs in the past: -regular -irregular

Let’s read the following list of past tense verbs…. . Which are regular and which are irregular? l walked l studied l taught l gave l became l cried l lived l did regular irregular regular irregular

Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed Simple form verbs: Past tense verbs: walked study studied cry cried lived

Rules for adding –ed: Add –ed to most verbs l Drop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that end with “e” (smile= smiled). l Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs that end with a consonant and “y” (carry= carried, study= studied). l Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that end with one vowel and one consonant ( drag= dragged, stop= stopped). l

Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t end in –ed……. . Sometimes with irregular past tense verbs you have to change the vowel to make the verb past tense: become give drive forget became gave drove forgot

Other irregular verbs have a different kind of change…. . you need to memorize these! teach taught bring brought leave left heard buy bought

Why do we use past tense verbs? TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS COMPLETED!!!!!! FINISHED!!! OVER!!!

PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS…… The –ed ending in English has three different sounds: t: walked, talked, jumped d: played, loved, answered id: invited, waited decided. . *With –id sounding words, there is another syllable!

How can you practice past tense verbs? l Phonemically (word sorts) l Bingo! l Modeling l Survey says…… l Nancy Fetzer……… Direct instruction + muiltiple opportunities to practice = Skill mastery!!!!!