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Past Tense Verbs: Adding -ed — Answers

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Past Tense Verbs: Adding -ed — Answers

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 space).

Answer: jumped

2.Today we play. Yesterday we (answer space).

Answer: played

3.Today she walks. Yesterday she (answer space).

Answer: walked

4.Today they talk. Yesterday they (answer space).

Answer: talked

5.Today he cooks. Yesterday he (answer space).

Answer: cooked

6.Today I paint. Yesterday I (answer space).

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 (answer space) 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 (answer space) 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 space)

Answer: baked

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

12.hop → (answer space)

Answer: hopped

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

13.cry → (answer space)

Answer: cried

Change the y to i, then add -ed.

14.stop → (answer space)

Answer: stopped

Double the p, then add -ed.

15.smile → (answer space)

Answer: smiled

Just add -d.

16.try → (answer space)

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 periods
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