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Irregular Verbs (Past Tense)

Irregular Verbs (Past Tense). What are verbs?. Verbs are action words e.g. walk, run, jump. Verbs in the past tense…. Such verbs tell us about actions that has happened in the past . e.g. walk ed , r a n, jump ed. Regular VS Irregular verbs.

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Irregular Verbs (Past Tense)

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  1. Irregular Verbs (Past Tense)

  2. What are verbs? • Verbs are action words e.g. walk, run, jump

  3. Verbs in the past tense… • Such verbs tell us about actions that has happened in the past. e.g. walked, ran, jumped

  4. Regular VS Irregular verbs • For regular verbs (past tense), we usually add ed to the verb. • For irregular verbs (past tense), we do not add ed. We usually change some parts of the word.

  5. Identifying regular & irregular verbs This owl hunted for its food at night. In the day, it slept on the best branch of its tree. Can you identify the regular and irregular verbs?

  6. Identifying regular & irregular verbs This owl hunted(regular verb) for its food at night. In the day, it slept on the best branch of its tree. Can you identify the regular verb?

  7. Identifying regular & irregular verbs This owl hunted(regular verb) for its food at night. In the day, it slept (irregular verb) on the best branch of its tree. Can you identify the irregular verb?

  8. Let’s look at more examples! talked asked played helped shouted screamed

  9. Irregular verbs do not end with ‘ed’ hid told kept swam found dreamt

  10. The present and past tense verbs have the same spelling. What do you notice about these verbs? Special Verbs cut put hit split quit hurt

  11. Underline the verb in each of the following sentences. 1. The baby looks very cute. 2. The flower smells nice. 3. I think of my mother every day. 4. Many stories for young children begin with “Once upon a time”. 5. Please wait for me at the bus stop. 6. The papayas taste sweet.

  12. hid Write the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets. 1. John ________ (hide) the toy behind the cupboard. 2. The jogathon __________ (begin) at 7 a.m. this morning. 3. I __________ (dream) that I could fly. 4. The little girl ___________ (find) a lost kitten beside the drain. 5. He _________ (shut) the door and locked it when he went out. began dreamt found shut

  13. told 6. Father ___________ (tell) Jim that he would be going away soon. 7. She __________ (dry) her hair with a hair dryer before going to sleep. 8. Grandma ___________ (keep) all her money in a box under the bed. 9. Sally ___________ (sleep) until noon yesterday because she was very tired. dried kept slept

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