Past tense

Activity type: this is a reinforcement activity in which students have to recognize the different ends of regular past tense verbs

Level: Elementary and above

Teacher's notes:

1. Ask the students to think about the endings of the regular past tense verbs.
   
   Say:
   • Walked /t/
     
   • Wanted /id/
     
   • Moved /d/
     
     
2. Repeat the verbs enough times for the students to hear the different endings; ask the students what they are i.e. /t/ /id/ and /d/.
   
3. Then tell the students to write these phonemes in their books and draw three columns around them.
   
4. Tell the students that you are going to say various verbs with the ‘ed’ ending; they have to write the verbs in the correct column according to the sound of the ending.
   
5. Say the verbs, repeating the verbs as many times as the students need.
   
6. Once you have done this, ask the students to check their work in pairs and then go over the answers.
   
   
   

Booked	Helped	Remembered	Developed
Walked	Planted	Moved	Divided
Listened	Wanted	Sorted	Played
Looked	Started	Trained	Rained

ANSWERS:

/t/	/id/	/d/
Walked	Wanted	Moved
Looked	Planted	Played
Booked	Divided	Trained
Helped	Sorted	Rained
Developed	Started	Listened
		Remembered