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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

Grammar Notes: Past Tense 3

Starter Activity 4-5

Practice 1 6

Practice 2 7

Practice 3 8

Practice 4 9

Checklist 10

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 Grammar Notes: Past Tense

REGULAR PAST TENSE

1. Add ‘d’ – if a verb ends in ‘-e’
2. Add ‘ed’ – if a verb ends in a consonant / if a verb ends in vowel and
consonant, the consonant is doubled before ‘-ed’
3. Add ‘ied’ – if a verb ends in consonant and ‘-y’, take off the ‘y’

Add ‘d’ Add ‘ed’ Add ‘ied’

Phone Phoned Watch Watched Try Tried

Praise Praised Inform Informed Dry Dried

Decide Decided Report Reported Study Studied

Announce Announced Award Awarded Bully Bullied

Rescue Rescued Listen Listened Bury Buried

Save Saved Stop Stopped Cry Cried

IRREGULAR PAST TENSE

Unchanged ‘a’ in the past Ending with T in Ending with GHT Ending with EW
Form Form the Past Form in the Past Form in the Past Form

Bet Bet Begin Began Leave Left Bring Brought Blow Blew

Cut Cut Drink Drank Lend Lent Buy Bought Fly Flew

Put Put Run Ran Lose Lost Catch Caught Grow Grew

Hit Hit Sing Sang Meet Met Fight Fought Know Knew

Let Let Swim Swam Shoot Shot Teach Taught Throw Threw

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 Starter Activity

ROOT VERB PAST TENSE ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Walk Walked Phone Phoned

Talk Talked Inform Informed

Plan Planned Report Reported

Decide Decided Try Tried

Jog Jogged Dry Dried

Play Played Kick Kicked

Jump Jumped Study Studied

Cook Cooked Thank Thanked

Wash Washed Praise Praised

Help Helped Congratulate Congratulated

Call Called Present Presented

ROOT VERB PAST TENSE ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Come Came Tear Tore

Do Did Wear Wore

Draw Drew Win Won

Go Went Run Ran

Hang Hung Bite Bit

Lay Laid Blow Blew

Make Made Choose Chose

Swear Swore Drive Drove

Break Broke Eat Ate

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ROOT VERB PAST TENSE ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Satisfy Satisfied March Marched

Tidy Tidied Dance Danced

Reply Replied Wrap Wrapped

Copy Copied Invite Invited

Snap Snapped Monitor Monitored

Assist Assisted Supervise Supervised

Repair Repaired *Practise Practised

Lift Lifted Save Saved

Cheer Cheered Rescue Rescued

Clap Clapped Transfer Transferred

Shout Shouted Refer Referred

*Practise is a VERB in British English *Practice is a NOUN in British English
*Practice is a NOUN and VERB in American English

VERB PAST TENSE VERB PAST TENSE

Feel Felt Speak Spoke

Forgive Forgave Steal Stole

Hang Hung Take Took

Give Gave Wake Woke

Hide Hid Write Wrote

Ride Rode Arise Arose

Rise Rose Become Became

See Saw Dig Dug

Shake Shook Feed Fed

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 Practice 1 (Flood, Flash Flood)

ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Rain Rained

Fall Fell

Increase Increased

Flood Flooded

Rise Rose

Sweep away Swept away

Destroy Destroyed

Damage Damaged

Inundate Inundated

Subside Subsided

Move Moved

Take shelter Took shelter

Evacuate Evacuated

Rescue Rescued

Save Saved

Help Helped

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 Practice 2 (Flood, Flash Flood)

ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Carry Carried
Submerge Submerged
Hit Hit
Blow Blew
Transfer Transferred
Donate Donated
Return Returned
See Saw
Check Checked
Feel Felt

Clean Cleaned

Clear Cleared

Remove Removed

Repair Repaired

Rebuild Rebuilt

Change Changed

Work Worked

Prepare Prepared

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 Practice 3 (Thunderstorm)
ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Blow Blew
Fall Fell
Storm Stormed
Cause Caused
Destroy Destroyed
Damage Damaged
Run Ran
Escape Escaped
Use Used
Save Saved
Rescue Rescued
Call Called
Gather Gathered
Work Worked
Cut Cut
Repair Repaired
Rebuild Rebuilt
Reuse Reused

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 Practice 4 (other verbs)

ROOT VERB PAST TENSE

Strike Struck
Block Blocked
Hit Hit
Scatter Scattered
Cooperate Cooperated
Cover Covered
Fill Filled
Attack Attacked
Alert Alerted
Phone Phoned
Give Gave
Assist Assisted
Deliver Delivered
Distribute Distributed
Send Sent
Thank Thanked
Praise Praised
Keep Kept

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 CHECKLIST

Topic Date Started Date Finished Teacher’s Remark

Practice 1

Practice 2

Practice 3

Practice 4

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1. Verb Book 1 Family Theme

2. Verb Book 2 School Theme

3. Verb Book 3 Crimes Theme

4. Verb Book 5 Road Safety Theme

5. Verb Book 6 Good Values Theme

6. Verb Book 7 Cooking Verbs Theme

7. Verb Book 8 Sports Verbs Theme

8. Verb Book 9 Other Ways To Say Theme

9. Verb Book 10 Gardening Verbs Theme– Bonus Copy

10. Verb Book 11 Parts of the Body Verbs Theme – Bonus

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