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Regular past tense: -ed

10 groups · Change to past tense, Write the regular past tense, Fix the past tense, Choose the past tense

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Most verbs add -ed in the past: walk, walked. A final y becomes i: carry, carried. One short vowel doubles the last letter: stop, stopped.

  1. Example 1Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.

    1. rinse rinsed 2. crawl crawled 3. push pushed

1 / 10 L26Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.

1. chew 2. pack 3. visit

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Regular past tense: -ed

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Example · Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.1. rinse ________ 2. crawl ________ 3. push ________rinse → rinsed crawl → crawled push → pushed
Example · Choose the right word.Dad ____ wood on Friday. (choped / chopped / chopping)Dad chopped wood on Friday.
Example · Say it about yesterday.The artist smiles.The artist smiled. or The artist was smiling.
Example · Fix the past tense verb.The baby naped.The baby napped.
  1. Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.1. chew ________ 2. pack ________ 3. visit ________
  2. Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.1. open ________ 2. climb ________ 3. visit ________
  3. Write the past tense of each verb. Each one ends in -ed.1. scratch ________ 2. play ________ 3. milk ________
  4. Choose the right word.The vet ____ the puppies. (patting / pated / patted)
  5. Choose the right word.The train ____ in the evening. (stopping / stopped / stoped)
  6. Choose the right word.The baby ____ bubbles. (popping / poped / popped)
  7. Say it about yesterday.I chat.
  8. Say it about yesterday.The owl hoots.
  9. Fix the past tense verb.The coaches joged.
  10. Fix the past tense verb.Ann huged Mom.
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Regular past tense: -ed · answer key

  1. chew → chewed; pack → packed; visit → visited
  2. open → opened; climb → climbed; visit → visited
  3. scratch → scratched; play → played; milk → milked
  4. patted

    pat ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the t doubles before -ed: patted.

  5. stopped

    stop ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: stopped.

  6. popped

    pop ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: popped.

  7. I chatted. or I was chatting.
  8. The owl hooted. or The owl was hooting.
  9. The coaches jogged.

    jog ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the g doubles before -ed: jogged.

  10. Ann hugged Mom.

    hug ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the g doubles before -ed: hugged.

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