{"id":693,"date":"2022-04-19T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=693"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:47:26","slug":"e-ii-3-form-and-use-the-regular-past-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ii-3-form-and-use-the-regular-past-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"E- II.3 Form and use the regular past tense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Form and use the regular past tense<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-f79afd6ea8b322268468366b8e5f7cc7\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1a9f20e96bea704b44921b79e10d467c\">\ud83d\udcdd <strong>Form and Use the Regular Past Tense<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td> <strong>What is the Past Tense?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>past tense<\/strong> tells us about actions that <strong>already happened<\/strong>. \u23f3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>played<\/strong> football yesterday. \u26bd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>watched<\/strong> a movie last night. \ud83c\udfac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Regular Past Tense<\/strong> \u2705<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most verbs in English form the <strong>past tense by adding -ed<\/strong>. \u2728<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Example verbs: PresentPastplayplayed \u26bdjumpjumped \ud83e\udd38cleancleaned \ud83e\uddf9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Rules for Adding -ed<\/strong> \ud83d\udcdd<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Normal verbs:<\/strong> Just add <strong>-ed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>walk \u2192 walked \ud83d\udeb6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cook \u2192 cooked \ud83c\udf73<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Verbs ending in -e:<\/strong> Add <strong>-d<\/strong> only<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>love \u2192 loved \u2764\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dance \u2192 danced \ud83d\udc83<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Consonant + y:<\/strong> Change <strong>y \u2192 i<\/strong> + ed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cry \u2192 cried \ud83d\ude22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>try \u2192 tried \ud83d\udcaa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Short vowel + consonant (double last consonant)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>stop \u2192 stopped \ud83d\uded1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>plan \u2192 planned \ud83d\udcc5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>How to Use Regular Past Tense in Sentences<\/strong> \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affirmative sentence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>helped<\/strong> my friend. \ud83e\udd1d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Negative sentence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I <strong>did not help<\/strong> my friend. \u274c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question sentence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Did<\/strong> you help your friend? \u2753<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Time Words Often Used with Past Tense<\/strong> \u23f0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>yesterday, last night, ago, in 2010, earlier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She <strong>visited<\/strong> her grandma <strong>last weekend<\/strong>. \ud83d\udc75\ud83d\udc90<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> <strong>Tips to Remember<\/strong> \ud83d\udca1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regular verbs = add <strong>-ed<\/strong> (or follow the rules above) \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always think: <strong>Did it happen in the past?<\/strong> \ud83d\udd70\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>time words<\/strong> to make sentences clear \ud83d\udcdd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-b1575fade74cb33ea405668c50a6459e\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/78723\/388\/247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-164.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-164.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-164-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-3-164-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79484\/131\/908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-154.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-154.png 500w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-154-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-2-154-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Form and use the regular past tense Key Notes: \ud83d\udcdd Form and Use the Regular Past Tense What is the Past Tense? The past tense tells us about actions that already happened. \u23f3 Example: Regular Past Tense \u2705 Rules for Adding -ed \ud83d\udcdd 1. Normal verbs: Just add -ed 2. 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