Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs Photographic images from

Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs Photographic images from https: //unsplash. com/ Pictogram origins: http: //www. arasaac. org/ Licenses: CC (BYNC-SA) Property: Aragon Government Ethnic Minority Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement

What is past tense? • A verb is a ‘doing word’ – it is something you do. • The past tense is something that happened in the past. It has happened and ended.

These are regular verbs. We do the same thing to make them past tense – can you see what we do? walk jump ask help open walked jumped asked helped opened

-ed is added to make them past tense. Some regular verbs add –ed but the spelling changes. We are not looking at these verbs today.

walked

jumped

ask asked

helped

opened

enjoyed

whispered

worked

shouted

watched

Talking/Writing frame. Use the next slide to help you say or write sentences in the past tense. Choose one word or words from each column, except the last two columns. Choose one set of words from the last column, or next to last column, that go with your verb. You can say or write your sentence. Examples: Last week we asked the teacher. Yesterday I jumped over the rope. Once you are confident you can make it more difficult by adding in adjectives and making your sentences longer by using conjunctions (and, but, because).

I Yesterday we Last week you she Last month he walked to school. to the shop. jumped off the wall. over the rope. asked the teacher. for a sweet. opened the door. the book. enjoyed P. E. playtime. whispered to the girl. in the garden. worked in the office. in the garage. shouted loudly at him. from the window. watched television. a football match.