Past Tense of Regular Verbs

What is the past tense of the verb 'play'?

Which of the following is the correct past tense form of 'study'?

Identify the past tense of the verb 'listen'.

What is the correct past tense form of the verb 'change'?

Which expression indicates that an action took place in the past?

How is the past tense formed for regular verbs that end in consonants?

Which of the following verbs requires only the addition of '--d' to form its past tense?

What is the correct past tense form of 'hurry'?

Which of the following verbs would change to have an 'i' before adding '--ed'?

Which of the following is NOT a rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs?

Which of these verbs follows the pattern of adding 'ed' directly to form its past tense?

Past Tense of Regular Verbs

The past tense of a verb shows events that happened in the past. Words like "yesterday", "last week", and "last night" indicate past events.
Regular verbs form their past tense by adding "-d" or "-ed" to the base form.

Rules for Forming the Past Tense

Rule A: Most action verbs ending in a consonant are made past tense by adding "-ed."
- Examples: pick - picked, watch - watched, crawl - crawled, walk - walked, call - called, attend - attended, join - joined, sign - signed
Rule B: Verbs ending in "-e" only require the addition of "-d".
- Examples: celebrate - celebrated, place - placed, dance - danced, bake - baked, erase - erased, like - liked, raise - raised, wave - waved
Rule C: If a verb ends with a consonant followed by "-y", change the "-y" to "-i" and add "-ed".
- Examples: cry - cried, carry - carried, bury - buried, study - studied, hurry - hurried, dry - dried

Exercises (from provided text)

Practice writing the past tense of various regular verbs, including examples like "watch," "talk," "occupy", "change", "count," "turn," "play," "finish," "open," "stay," "dance," "close," "try," "need," "study," "listen,""want" to reinforce the application of the rules.

This quiz focuses on the rules for forming the past tense of regular verbs. You'll learn how to apply the rules for adding '-ed', '-d', and altering '-y' to '-i'. Test your understanding with examples and exercises provided in the content.