Language and Grammar, continued
1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE
2 LEARN GRAMMAR
3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN
Use Verbs in the Past Tense
A past tense verb shows an action that already happened. For most verbs, add -ed to show past tense.
| EXAMPLE | I traveled to the fishing village yesterday. |
Use special past tense forms with irregular verbs.
| In the Present: | I find good places to fish. |
| In the Past: | I found the best place yesterday. |
| Present | Past | Example in the Past |
|---|---|---|
| bring | brought | We brought gifts to them. |
| eat | ate | We ate dinner together. |
| go, goes | went | Then we went to sleep. |
| know | knew | The strangers knew where we wanted to go. |
| make | made | One of the men made a map for us to follow. |
| meet | met | We met some villagers by the big river. |
| see | saw | We saw their canoes on the shore. |
| take | took | The villagers took us to their village. |
Practice Together
Say each sentence. Then say it again, and change the verb to the past tense.
1. I see someone in a canoe.
2. I ask for a ride.
3. The man takes me to his village.
4. I make a new friend.
We rented canoes on our vacation.
Try It!
Say each sentence. Write the past tense of the verb on a card. Then say the sentence, and add the past tense verb.
5. The next day, we go to fish in the river.
6. I find the perfect place to fish.
7. We bring the fish back to the village.
8. The villagers cook corn bread to share with us.