1. Verb Forms Action Words in present and past tense

2. For the next two slides (slides 3 and 4), those verbs are common words that you must know by now.

3. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple beSheila is … daily washad been beThey are … weekly werehave been PluralPresent

4. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple doSheila does … daily didhad done eatWayne eats … weekly atehave eaten goQuinn goes … fortnightly wenthave gone haveVera has … monthly hadhave had

5. For the next slide (slide 6), change the ‘i’ to ‘u’

6. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple dig A mole digs all the time dughad dug stickThe glue sticksstuckhave stuck swing He swings …. all the time swunghad swung

7. For the next two slides (slides 8 and 9), take away one vowel

8. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple bite Rhonda bites … daily bithad bitten slideWilliam slides … fortnightly slidhas slid hideJanlia hides … weekly hidhave hidden leadGeorge leads … monthly ledhave led

9. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple feed Wren feeds … daily fedhad fed meetCharles meets … bi-monthly methas met shootPhoebe shoots … annually shothad shot chooseEugene chooses … yearly chosehad chosen

10. For the next two slides (slides 11 and 12), change the ‘ake’ to ‘ook’ or ‘oke’

11. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple takeAmelia takes … daily tookhad taken shakeOwen shakes … annually shookhave shaken wakeCrystal wakes … fortnightly wokehave woken makeRuth makes … weekly madehave made

12. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple break Henry breaks … everyday brokehad broken speakGinny speaks … every night spokehave spoken stealLeon steals … every evening stolehas stolen standLeon stands … every evening stoodhas stood

13. For the next two slides (slides 14 and 15), change the ‘eep’ to ‘ept’

14. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple creep It creeps all the time crepthad crept sweepHe sweeps … every dawn swepthas swept keepShe keeps … every Monday kepthave kept weepKeith weeps … every afternoon wepthad wept

15. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple sleep It sleeps all the time slepthad slept kneelHe kneels … every night knelthas knelt feelShe feels … every Tuesday felthave felt

16. For the next three slides (slides 17, 18 and 19), un the verb remains unchanged

17. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple cut It cuts all the time cuthad cut shutHe shuts … fortnightly shuthas shut putShe puts … every Friday puthave put hurtKeith hurts … everyday hurthad hurt

18. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple hit It hits all the time hithad hit readHe reads … fortnightly readhas read letShe lets … every Friday lethave let spreadKeith spreads … every dusk spreadhad spread

19. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple beat He beats … every dawn beathad beaten burstShe bursts … every Friday bursthave burst

20. For the next two slides (slides 21 and 22), change the verbs to ‘ought’ or ‘aught’

21. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple bringTimothy brings … daily broughthad brought buyOprah buys … annually boughthave bought catchPamela catches … fortnightly caughthave caught fightZack fights … weekly foughthave fought

22. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple thinkFrasier thinks … daily thoughthad thought teachYvonne teaches … everyday taughthave taught

23. For the next slide (slide 24), change the ‘y’ to ‘id’

24. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple sayA child says … daily saidhad said payThe boss pays … monthly paidhave paid layA hen lays … fortnightly laidhave laid

25. For the next two slides (slides 26 and 27), change the ‘d’ to ‘t’

26. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple bendShe bends … daily benthad bent spendHe spends … monthly spenthave spent lendSimon lends … fortnightly lenthave lent sendJoanne sends … weekly senthave sent

27. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple smellShe smells … daily smelthad smelt loseHe loses … monthly losthave lost buildHe builds … monthly builthave built

28. For the next two slides (slides 29 and 30), change the ‘i’ to ‘a’

29. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple drink That man drinks all the time drankhad drunk singHe sings … every dawn sanghas sung ringA phone ringsranghave rung sink The gold sinks …. all the time sankhad sunk

30. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple begin The day beginsbeganhad begun giveHe gives … every time gavehas given sitThe elderly man sits … daily sathave sat swim That person swims …. all the time swamhad swum

31. For the next slide (slide 32), change the ‘i’ to ‘o’

32. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple ride That girl rides … daily rodehad ridden shineThe lighthouse shines … every night shonehas shone writeAn author writeswrotehave written rise The sun rises from the east rosehad risen

33. For the next slide (slide 34), change the ‘o’ to ‘e’

34. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple blow He blows … daily blewhad blown grow A baby grows … daily grewhad grown know She knowsknewhad known throw It throws … daily threwhad thrown

35. For the next slide (slide 36), change the ‘ell’ to ‘old’

36. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple tell He tells … daily toldhad told sell A shop sells … daily soldhad sold freeze Water freezes at zero degrees frozehad frozen forget The lady forgets … daily forgothad forgotten

37. For the next slide (slide 38), change the ‘a’ to ‘o’

38. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple tear He tears … daily torehad torn wear She wears … daily worehad worn draw The boy draws … all the time drewhad drawn fly A bird fliesflewhad flown

39. For the next slide (slide 40), these are verbs with special verb forms. Memorise them!

40. SimplePresentSingularPresentSimplePastPastParticiple leave He leaves … daily lefthad left lie She lies on her side daily layhad lain light It lights up … all the time lithad lit find He findsfoundhad found hear She hearsheardhad heard

41. Simple Past Tense spokespeak diddo studiedstudy livedlive heardhear

42. wasis wonwin swamswim representedrepresent wereare

43. wokewake missedmiss ranrun trippedtrip fellfall

44. stankstink reachedreach scoldedscold teasedtease boughtbuy

45. knockedknock droppeddrop feltfeel criedcry wentgo

46. foundfind fedfeed threwthrow camecome ateeat

47. tooktake sleptsleep bitbite sangsing flewfly