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Subject:
Last year
In January 2008
Things to remember
Normally
We add ed to verbs when we talk about the past. We add d to verbs ending in e.
Remember:
played jumped danced
On Monday, _____________________
On Sunday, _____________________
I jump
Yesterday, _____________________
I dance at school
I laugh
I play PSP
Last week, ______________________
action game
Blackboard race
Two teams: Write down the correct past tense of the words. Do you change the word, or add ed/d?
1. dance__________________ 2. cook___________________
1. watch__________________
2. play____________________
3. kiss____________________ 4. walk___________________ 5. close___________________
3. jump___________________
4. turn____________________ 5. open___________________
Jump
Past
Shout
Dance
More examples
Present: (Today) talk walk play laugh help ask answer finish look love watch cook closed work wash
Past Tense: (Yesterday) talked walked played laughed helped asked answered finished looked loved watched cooked closed worked washed
Blackboard slide
ending sounds
-id
-t
-d
-id
decided invited needed planted posted shouted started tasted visited waited wanted
The -d sound
only used for verbs ending in a voiced sound
-d
Voiced consonant sounds: b, v, g, z, j, th, l, m, n, r You can feel a vibration when you put your fingers on your neck.
The -t sound
only used for verbs ending in an unvoiced sound
-t
laughed walked kissed finished helped danced fixed worked washed dropped
Voiceless consonant sounds: p, f, k, s, sh, ch, th. You cannot feel a vibration when you put your fingers on your neck.
and remember
Was / has
Which one is correct? 1. The robot has played last week 2. The robot played last week 3. The robot went to played last week 4. The robot was play last week
In teams of 3, use a dice to work your way around the board. For each box you land on, say the sentence in the past tense.