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Regular past tense: -ed

Choose the past tense

10 sentences · All kinds, Change to past tense, Write the regular past tense, Fix the past tense, Choose the past tense

Read the whole sentence, then choose the word or phrase that completes it.

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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 1Choose the right word.

    The boy ____ the pots. droppeddroppingdroped

    The boy dropped the pots.

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

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The puppies ____ the socks. grabedgrabbedgrabbing

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Regular past tense: -ed: Choose the past tense

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Example · Choose the right word.The boy ____ the pots. (dropped / dropping / droped)The boy dropped the pots.

Choose the right word.

  1. The puppies ____ the socks. (grabed / grabbed / grabbing)
  2. Dad ____ wood. (choped / chopped / chopping)
  3. Grandpa ____ the kitten. (dryed / drying / dried)
  4. We ____. (chatted / chatting / chated)
  5. The boys ____ the dogs. (patted / patting / pated)
  6. I ____. (nodded / nodding / noded)
  7. The cat ____ on the bed. (napped / napping / naped)
  8. Mom ____ at the market. (shoped / shopped / shopping)
  9. Ben ____. (clapping / claped / clapped)
  10. The dogs ____. (begging / begged / beged)
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Regular past tense: -ed: Choose the past tense · answer key

  1. grabbed

    grab ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the b doubles before -ed: grabbed.

  2. chopped

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

  3. dried

    dry ends in a consonant and y, so the y becomes i before -ed: dried.

  4. chatted

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

  5. patted

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

  6. nodded

    nod ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the d doubles before -ed: nodded.

  7. napped

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

  8. shopped

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

  9. clapped

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

  10. begged

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

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