Grammar Picnic
Fix the past tense
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Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence with the correction.
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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.
Example 1Fix the past tense verb.
The baby naped.
The baby napped.
nap ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: napped.
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Fix the past tense verb.
- I noded.
- Jack claped.
- The buses stoped.
- Dad stired tea.
- The teacher noded.
- The girls skiped.
- Grandpa choped wood.
- The girls cryed.
- The coach joged.
- The dogs beged.
- I nodded.
nod ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the d doubles before -ed: nodded.
- Jack clapped.
clap ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: clapped.
- The buses stopped.
stop ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: stopped.
- Dad stirred tea.
stir ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the r doubles before -ed: stirred.
- The teacher nodded.
nod ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the d doubles before -ed: nodded.
- The girls skipped.
skip ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: skipped.
- Grandpa chopped wood.
chop ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the p doubles before -ed: chopped.
- The girls cried.
cry ends in a consonant and y, so the y becomes i before -ed: cried.
- The coach jogged.
jog ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the g doubles before -ed: jogged.
- The dogs begged.
beg ends in one short vowel and one consonant, so the g doubles before -ed: begged.
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