Using simple past forms ending in -ed (January 14th 2008)

Directions:

In each of the following sentences cross out the underlined verb; then change it to the simple past and write the new word.

1. I ask my brother for money many times before I got my first job.

2. The vicious dog attack the children who were playing in the street.

3. Several other people use this book before I bought it.

4. Misunderstanding and prejudice separate people for many years.

5. Several times we talk too long on the telephone because we were thoughtless.

6. He always want a big car, although he never seem to be able to afford one.

7. When they were young, many people hope for a very successful life.

8. The traffic light change just as I stepped off the curb.

9. Most of our parents walk to school when they were students.

10. Last year during spring training, the baseball players jump rope.

Words Used Frequently (W.U.F.)

These are commonly misspelled or misused words. You must commit these words to memory. All of your teachers will take off one (1) point every time you make an error using these words.

1. Its / It's

2. No / Know

3. Principal / Principle

4. Quite / Quiet

5. There / Their / They're

6. To / Too / Two

7. Through / Threw

8. Weather / Whether

9. Where / Wear / Were

10. Which / Witch

11. Write / Right

12. Your / You're

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How to change verbs into the past tense

• This worksheet explains how to change verbs into the past tense.

• Spelling rules are given at the top, and the children should insert the correct verbs into the sentences using the correct spelling.

• On this worksheet, there are no blank spaces so children have to decide where to insert the verb (and sometimes there are two verbs which need to be added to each sentence.

Verbs

• To change a verb into the past tense we add ed. (played, worked, waited)

• If the verb ends with an e, only add a d. (moved, hoped, liked)

• If the verb ends with a y, we change the y to an i and add ed. (dry - dried, tidy - tidied, copy- copied)

• If the verb ends in a consonant and has a short vowel sound we double the consonant and add ed. (robbed, stopped, tapped)

Write out the following sentences in your exercise books, fill in the missing verb(s) and add the correct ending.

1) The dog at the postman. (bark)

2) I to catch the ball, but I it. (try) (drop)

3) I have up my pocket money to buy a toy. (save)

4) Peter loudly then his nose. (sneeze) (wipe)

5) Janet when she fell and her knee. (cry) (bang)

6) The taxi when the man it down. (stop) (flag)

7) Betty up the box and it to the table. (lift) (carry)

Created by Michele Papageorghiou - Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ (January 4th 2008)

Lesson Plan: Avril Lavigne Complicated

Uh huh, life's like thisUh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is Cause life's like thisUh huh, uh huh that's the way it is

A)Fill in the gaps with these words.

Talking - everyone - can't - like - Way - Somebody - driving - Will - watching

Chill out whatcha yelling for?Lay back it's all been done before And if you could only let it beyou 1____________ seeI like you the 2 ______________ you areWhen we're
3 ________________ in your carand you're 4 __________________ to me one on one but you've become
5 _______________ else round 6 _______________ else You're 7 ______________ your back like you 8 ________________ relaxYou're tryin' to be cool you look
9 _____________ a fool to meTell me

B) Fill in the gaps with the following words.

Break - promise - Make - fall - honesty - somebody - crawl

Why you have to go and 10_______________ things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're 11________________ else gets me frustrated Life's like this youAnd you 12______________ and you 13_______________ and you 14_______________and you take what you get and you turn it into 15__________________and
16 _______________ me I'm never gonna find you fake itno, no, no
You 17______________ over unannounced dressed up like you're 18______________ else19_______________ (were / where) you are and where it's at you seeyou're making me20_______________ out when you strike your pose21______________ ________ ( anton. put on ) all your preppy clothes you know you're not fooling
22 ________________when you've become

5 _______________ else round 6 _______________ elseYou're 7 ______________ your back like you 8 ________________ relax You're tryin' to be cool you look
9 _____________ a fool to meTell me
Why you have to go and 10_______________ things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're 11________________ else gets me frustrated Life's like this you And you 12______________ and you 13_______________ and you 14_______________and you take what you get and you turn it into 15__________________and
16 _______________ me I'm never gonna find you fake it no, no, no
Chill out whatcha yelling for? Lay back, it's all been done before And if you could only let it be

You 1_______________ see
5 _______________ else round 6 _______________ else You're 7 ______________ your back like you 8 ________________ relax You're tryin' to be cool you look
9 _____________ a fool to meTell me
Why you have to go and ….

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Teacher of the Year Uses Bon Jovi in Lesson Plans

WESTBURY, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Forget text books and pie charts, a Long Island teacher is using Bon Jovi to teach her students their English lessons.

Roxanne Basandella, a fourth grade teacher at the Drexel Avenue School in Westbury, says the rocker's songs have a lot to teach her students. The die hard Bon Jovi fan says she used her favorite band as a teaching device.

With her unique lesson plan, Basandella was recognized as the 2007 Elementary School Teacher of the Year by the New York State English Council.

Basandella says she and her students read Bon Jovi lyrics for grammar and literary devices and then they sing and dance.

The school, parents and community have been supporters of Basandella's teaching method and the kids seem to love it.

NYSEC is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing English teachers in New York together and keeping them informed.

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