Regular Past Tense Verbs

These last 2 weeks our language groups have been working on regular past tense verbs.  We have learned that these verbs change to past tense by adding an -ed at the end.  We've also learned that verbs that end in 'y' usually have a spelling change:  the 'y' changes to an 'i' and then we add 'ed' after that.  The exception is that words that have a vowel before the 'y' -- like 'play' -- keep the 'y'.

Some regular past tense verbs are:

wait, love, walk, call, paste, wave, pound, smile, laugh, hope, file, fix, like, serve, miss, slice, bake and work  (There are lots more!)

Some past tense verbs that change the 'y' to 'i' are:

cry, try, fry, hurry, worry, tidy, and reply

Your child can practice using regular past tense verbs at home!  Here are links to some homework pages you can use:

 speaking of speech 1
 speaking of speech 2
speaking of speech 3
speaking of speech 4

It's good to practice using these verbs in a sentence, because that's the way your child will use them in real life!

Have fun!

Mrs. Hurd