Identify the irregular past tense 1

Key Notes:

💡Most verbs are regular in the past tense. That means you follow a rule like “add -ed” or “add -d” to get the past-tense form of the verb.

💡Some verbs are irregular in the past tense. That means you don’t follow a rule. Instead, you must remember the past-tense form of the verb.

  • Luis did his homework.
    • (Did is the irregular past-tense form of do.)

Learn with an example

✈️ Which sentence is in the past tense?

  • I made sock puppets.
  • I make sock puppets.
  • Both sentences use a form of the verb make.
  • The first sentence uses the verb made, which is the past-tense form of make. It is irregular.
  • The second sentence uses the verb make, which is in the present tense.

✈️ Which sentence is in the past tense?

  • The children fly paper aeroplanes.
  • The children flew paper aeroplanes.
  • Both sentences use a form of the verb fly.
  • The first sentence uses the verb fly, which is in the present tense.
  • The second sentence uses the verb flew, which is the past-tense form of fly. It is irregular.

✈️ Which sentence is in the past tense?

  • In the barn, we hear owls.
  • In the barn, we heard owls.
  • Both sentences use a form of the verb hear.
  • The first sentence uses the verb hear, which is in the present tense.
  • The second sentence uses the verb heard, which is the past-tense form of hear. It is irregular.

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