Past verbs ending in -ed
Many verbs end in -ed in the past. visit becomes visited. look becomes looked. play becomes played. work becomes worked. love becomes loved. Yesterday I visited my aunt. We played in the garden. I loved the day. We can ask: Did you play football? We answer: Yes, I did. or No, I didn’t. In a question with did, the verb stays the same.
| Now | Yesterday |
|---|---|
| visit | visited |
| look | looked |
| play | played |
| work | worked |
| love | loved |
Did you visit your uncle on Friday?
Yes, I did. We played cards and we looked at old photos.
Did your dad work on Friday?
No, he didn’t. He stayed at home.
I loved my Friday too. I visited the zoo!
Last weekend Habiba visited her cousins in Tanta. They played in the garden and looked at the flowers. Habiba’s uncle worked in his small shop in the morning. In the afternoon everybody had lunch together. Habiba loved the day.
Past-verb cards. The child writes visit, look, play, work and love on five cards and the past forms on five other cards. The child matches the pairs and then says a sentence with each past verb.