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Changing Verbs From Present To Past
Changing Verbs From Present To Past
Verb Tense
Examples:
Beg = begged grow = grew
Feed = fed like = liked
Run = ran play = played
Present Tense Verbs
Actions that happen now or today
Some present tense verbs have “ing”, “s”, or
“es” on the end of them.
Clue words: now, today
Examples:
Stays plays hikes drives
Flies juggles fusses dresses
Floats jogs runs carries
Future tense verbs
Many verbs have the helping verb “will” in front
of them to show they will be happening.
Clue words to look for are: tomorrow, some
day, next time, or next week.
Examples:
Will play will lead will be happy
Will have will eat will like
From Present to Past
There are five ways to change a verb from
present tense to past tense.
1. Just add –ed.
2. Double the final consonant and add –ed.
3. Drop the final e and add –ed.
4. Change the y to i and add –ed.
5. Change the spelling.
I like to shop.
I liked shopping with you.
Changing y to i
When a present tense verb ends with a y,
change the y to i and add –ed to make the verb
change to past tense.
like
A. liked B. likeed C. likked
take
A. taked B. took C. takeed
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bury
A. buried B. buryed C. buryyed
mop
A. mopped B. moped C. mopeed
go
A. goed B. gone C. went
Future Tense
The future has not yet happened, but we
know it will.
Add will to the present tense verb to
make the future tense.