Simple Past Tense-Form-Meaning and Use-Pronunciation

How do we form the simple past tense?

English has two types of verbs in the past:-regular -irregular

Lets read the following list of past tense verbs.. Which are regular and which are irregular?walkedregularstudiedregulartaughtirregulargaveirregularbecame irregularcriedregularlivedregulardidirregular

Regular verbs are verbs that end with -edSimple form verbs:walk

study

cry

live

Past tense verbs:walked

studied

cried

lived

Rules for adding ed:Add ed to most verbsDrop 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).

Irregular verbs are verbs that dont end in ed.. Sometimes with irregular past tense verbs you have to change the vowel to make the verb past tense:

becomebecamegive gavedrive droveforget forgot

Other irregular verbs have a different kind of change..you need to memorize these!

teach

bring

leave

hear

buytaught

brought

left

heard

bought

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

PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS The ed ending in English has three different sounds:t: walked, talked, jumped d: played, loved, answeredid: invited, waited decided....*With id sounding words, there is another syllable!

How can you practice past tense verbs?Phonemically (word sorts)Bingo!ModelingSurvey saysNancy Fetzer

Direct instruction + muiltiple opportunities to practice = Skill mastery!!!!!