Verbs show what a noun is doing. In the past tense, verbs end with "-ed" to show that an action happened in the past, such as danced, washed, waved, wrote, worked, cleaned, arrived, and looked in the example sentences provided. To form the past tense of regular verbs, simply add "-ed" to the base verb form.

1. Verbs
Past Tense

2. The verb shows us what
the noun is doing.
In the Past Tense, the verb
Tense
shows what happened
yesterday
I played with the ball.

3. To make a verb in the
Past Tense we add -ed
work worked
wait waited
ask asked
open opened

4. Now, fill in these
sentences.

5. danced
The girl ______ with
the music (dance).

6. The man ______ his dog
washed
(wash).

7. The grandparents
waved
______ to the children
(wave).

8. The boy ______ a letter
wrote
to his friend (write).

9. Paul ______
worked
in the garden (work).

10. Camilla ______
cleaned
her teeth (clean).

11. They ______
arrived
last Monday (arrive).

12. Everyone ______
looked
very happy (look).