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Past Tense Verbs: Adding -ed — Answers

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Year 2 · English · Verbs & Tenses

Past Tense Verbs: Adding -ed — Answers

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Part A — Today and yesterday

When something has already happened, we add -ed to the verb. Write the past tense verb in the gap.

1.Today I jump. Yesterday I .

Answer: jumped

2.Today we play. Yesterday we .

Answer: played

3.Today she walks. Yesterday she .

Answer: walked

4.Today they talk. Yesterday they .

Answer: talked

5.Today he cooks. Yesterday he .

Answer: cooked

6.Today I paint. Yesterday I .

Answer: painted

Part B — Spot the past tense

Circle the correct answer.

7.Which sentence is in the past tense?
  1. AI kick the ball.
  2. BI kicked the ball.
  3. CI will kick the ball.
  4. DI am kicking the ball.

Answer: I kicked the ball.

'Kicked' has -ed, so it already happened.

8.Which sentence is in the past tense?
  1. AWe bake cakes.
  2. BWe will bake cakes.
  3. CWe baked cakes.
  4. DWe are baking cakes.

Answer: We baked cakes.

'Baked' tells us it has already happened.

9.Last week we our room.
  1. Aclean
  2. Bcleans
  3. Ccleaned
  4. Dcleaning

Answer: cleaned

'Last week' tells us it is in the past, so we need 'cleaned'.

10.Yesterday it all day.
  1. Arain
  2. Brained
  3. Crains
  4. Draining

Answer: rained

'Yesterday' tells us it is in the past.

Part C — Spelling rules

If the verb ends in e, just add -d. If it has a short vowel and ends in one consonant, double the last letter then add -ed. If it ends in y, change the y to i then add -ed.

11.bake →

Answer: baked

Bake already ends in e, so we just add -d.

12.hop →

Answer: hopped

Short vowel then one consonant: double the p, then add -ed.

13.cry →

Answer: cried

Change the y to i, then add -ed.

14.stop →

Answer: stopped

Double the p, then add -ed.

15.smile →

Answer: smiled

Just add -d.

16.try →

Answer: tried

Change the y to i, then add -ed.

Part D — Your turn

17.Write three sentences about what you did on the weekend. Underline each past tense verb.

Model answer: On Saturday I played soccer with my cousins. We kicked the ball for hours. Then we walked to the shop for an ice cream.

Success criteria:

  • Three complete sentences
  • Each sentence uses a past tense verb
  • Past tense verbs underlined
  • Capital letters and full stops
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