What you will learn in Grade 2
Today's goal: Recognise common regular past forms and a few familiar irregular verbs.
Core concept
play → played
The simple past tense tells about an action that happened before now.
Core concept
walk → walked
Many regular verbs form the past tense by adding -ed.
Core concept
jump → jumped
Adding -ed often shows that a regular action has already happened.
Core concept
go → went
Some verbs are irregular and change their form in the past.
Core idea
Recognise common regular past forms and a few familiar irregular verbs.
Read the explanation, study the examples and explain the idea in your own words.
Learn with examples
Regular
walk → walked
“walk → walked” helps show when the action happens.
Regular
play → played
“play → played” helps show when the action happens.
Irregular
go → went
“go → went” helps show when the action happens.
See the skill in action
TodayI play.
YesterdayI played.
Past eventShe went home.
Quick check
Which is past tense: walk or walked?
Practice like a learner
- Change to past: jump → ___.
- Change to past: play → ___.
- Choose: Yesterday I go/went home.
- Write one thing you did yesterday.
- Find one past-tense verb in a story.
Self-check: Can you explain the rule, give a new example and tell someone why your answer is correct?
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