PRIME ACADEMY (ICSE)

NAME: __________________________________ SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CLASS: II DIV PAST TENSE DATE: ____________________

1. Sometimes when we talk or write, we need to talk about things that have already
happened. To change a doing word so that it talks about something that has already
happened, we have to make certain changes to the spelling.

This is usually done by adding -ed to the doing word.

Look at this list:

now, today yesterday, some time ago

I talk I talked
We cook We cooked
They walk They walked

A. Add -ed to these words. One has been done for you. Remember to say it aloud and
correctly.

1. walk __________
2. laugh __________
3. look __________
4. paint __________
5. wash __________
6. stitch __________
7. clean __________
8. repair __________
9. pick __________
10.rain __________
11.kicked __________

2. For some doing words we have to repeat the last letter and then add -ed to the spelling.
 now, today yesterday, some time ago
stop stopped
shop shopped
tap tapped

B. Add -ed to these words using the rule above. One has
been done for you.

1. rip ___________
2. nod ___________
3. dip ___________
4. clip ___________
5. mop ___________
6. chip ____________
7. trim ____________
8. tin ____________
9. can ____________
10.skip _____________

3. Some doing words change completely when we are talking about them when they have
already happened.

now, today yesterday, some

yesterday,
timetime
some ago ago
see saw
write wrote
say said
is/am was
do/does did
has/have had
come came
sit sat
stand stood
give gave
 now, today
make made
speak spoke
go went
tear tore
draw drew
break broke
drink drank
fly flew
sink sank
eat ate
meet met

4. In words that end with -y we remove the -y and add -ied.

now, today yesterday, some time

ago
cry cried
bury buried
try tried
study studied
hurry hurried
cut cut
hit hit
put put
beat beat

C. Find and circle the words that tell you it has happened earlier. Use a different colour
pencil for each type of spelling.
T R I E D L O V E D
X E G J L Z N S Y B
Y A I W O N Z X W A
O D I P P E D T A K
B E A T U D I F T E
K L F S T O P P E D
D R A N K V Z O Q X
I A Q H S P O K E L
S N S A W L T E Y I
F C A R R I E D Z P