1. Simple Past Tense
-Form
-Meaning and Use
-Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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!

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