Form and use the regular past tense

Key Notes:

🌟 Form and Use the Regular Past Tense 🌟

What is the Past Tense? ⏳

• The past tense tells us about actions that already happened.
• Example:
  • 🏃‍♂️ I play → Yesterday, I played ⚽.
  • 🍎 I eat → Yesterday, I ate 🍌. (Note: “ate” is irregular, we’ll focus on regular verbs here.)

(Image idea: A clock showing yesterday, a child playing.)

Regular Past Tense ✨

• Most verbs form the past tense by adding -ed.
• Example:
  • 🖍️ work → worked
  • 🎨 paint → painted
  • 🏡 clean → cleaned

(Image idea: Paintbrush, school desk, cleaning tools.)

Spelling Rules for -ed 📚

• Add -ed to most verbs:
  • jump → jumped 🐇
  • play → played ⚽
• If verb ends with e, just add -d:
  • bake → baked 🍪
  • like → liked 👍
• If verb ends with a consonant + y, change y → i + ed:
  • cry → cried 😢
  • try → tried 🏋️
• For short vowel + consonant, double the last letter + ed:
  • hop → hopped 🐸
  • plan → planned 📅

(Image idea: Small steps showing letter changes.)

How to Use the Past Tense 🗣️

• To tell a story about something in the past.
  • Example:
    • Yesterday, I walked to school 🚶‍♀️.
    • I helped my mom in the garden 🌱.
• Words like yesterday, last night, ago, in 2024 help show past tense. ⏳

(Image idea: Child walking to school, helping in the garden.)

Practice Sentences ✍️

• I played with my friends 🎉.
• She cleaned her room 🧹.
• We watched a movie 🍿.
• He painted a picture 🎨.

(Image idea: Kids playing, cleaning, painting.)

Tips to Remember 💡

• -ed = past for most verbs ✅
• Use past time words: yesterday, last week, ago ⏰
• Some verbs are irregular (like eat → ate), we’ll learn them later! 🍽️

(Image idea: Sticky notes with -ed highlighted, clock, calendar.)

Let’s practice!🖊️