Presentation geared for grade school English language learners.

1. Past Tense

2. Goal: I will be able to
correctly write sentences
in the past tense.

3. Rubric:
HP: I know to add “-ed” to
the end of regular verbs to
make the sentence in the
past tense.

4. Rubric:
HP: I know the past tense
of all of the irregular
verbs.

5. Rubric:
P: I know to add “-ed” to
regular verbs and I know
most of the irregular verb
past tenses.

6. Rubric:
PP: I know to add “-ed”
to regular verbs. I don’t
know the irregular verbs.

7. Rubric:
MP: I don’t know the
difference between a
past tense sentence and a
present tense sentence.

8. Past Tense Declarative Formula:
+ Subject + verb(ed) + finisher.
Ex: John jumped across the creek.

9. Past Tense Negative Formula:
- Subject + didn’t + verb + finisher.
Ex: John didn’t jump across the creek.

10. Past Tense Negative Formula:
? Did + subject + verb + finisher?
Ex: Did John jump across the creek?

11. Caution! Be careful with
the verb “to be”. Notice
how to conjugate it....

12. to be
I was we were
you were you (all) were
she was they were
he was
it was

13. Directions: Use the given
information to create
sentences in the past
tense.

14. 1.
subject: they
verb: to walk
what: to school yesterday
+
-
?

15. + They walked to school yesterday.
- They didn’t walk to school yesterday.
? Did they walk to school yesterday?

16. 2.
subject: Mom
verb: to cook
what: for hours last Thanksgiving
+
-
?

17. + Mom cooked for hours last
Thanksgiving.
- Mom didn’t cook for hours last
Thanksgiving.
? Did Mom cook for hours last
Thanksgiving?

18. 3.
subject: the dogs
verb: to bark
what: all night long
+
-
?

19. + The dogs barked all night.
- The dogs didn’t bark all night.
? Did the dogs bark all night?

20. 4.
subject: she
verb: to be
what: sad all last week
+
-
?

21. + She was sad all last week.
- She wasn’t sad all last week.
? Was she sad all last week?

22. 5.
subject: they
verb: to go
what: to the store an hour ago
+
-
?

23. + They went to the store an hour
ago.
- They didn’t go to the store an hour
ago.
? Did they go to the store an hour
ago?

24. Take Past Tense Quiz #1

25. 6.
subject: Mrs. Walter’s class
verb: to have
what: music last Thursday
+
-
?

26. + Mrs. Walter’s class had music last
Thursday.
- Mrs. Walter’s class didn’t have music
last Thursday.
? Did Mrs. Walter’s class have music
last Thursday?

27. 7.
subject: Robert
verb: to do
what: a 360 on his bike
+
-
?

28. + Robert did a 360 on his bike.
- Robert didn’t do a 360 on his
bike.
? Did Robert do a 360 on his bike?

29. 8.
subject: the girls
verb: to run
what: from the vicious dog
+
-
?

30. + The girls ran from the vicious dog.
- The girls didn’t run from the vicious
dog.
? Did the girls run from the vicious
dog?

31. 9.
subject: your brother
verb: to come
what: to get you
+
-
?

32. + Your brother came to get you.
- Your brother didn’t come to get
you.
? Did your brother come to get
you?

33. 10.
subject: it
verb: to be
what: really cold last night
+
-
?

34. + It was really cold last night.
- It wasn’t really cold last night.
? Was it really cold last night?

35. Take Past Tense Quiz #2