PhonicsYear 2Phase 6 – Spelling Conventions & Fluency

Past tense -ed endings

Add the suffix -ed to verbs to form the past tense; recognise the three pronunciations of -ed: /t/ (jumped), /d/ (called), /id/ (wanted)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    When something already happened, we add -ed to the end of a verb. Like 'play' becomes 'played'!

  2. 2

    What do we add to a word to show it happened in the past?

  3. 3

    Look at these words. The -ed tail makes them past tense!

  4. 4

    Let's change 'play' into past tense together.

  5. 5

    Which word says something already happened?

  6. 6

    Build the past tense of 'jump' by adding -ed.

  7. 7

    What is the past tense of 'walk'?

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