What is a Past Tense Verb?

• *Remember:* Verbs are a part of speech that states an action or expresses a state of being.
• In fairy tales, the writers use a type of verb called "past tense verbs." They usually use this type of verb because fairytales took place in the past.
• Sometimes, past tense verbs are formed by taking the word and adding "ed" to the end.
• If a word ends in "e". just a "d" is added.
• If a word ends in "y", the "y" is dropped and an "ied" is added (example: tried).
• There are more irregular past tense verbs, but today we are just adding the "ed" ending to our verbs.
• See the sentences below for examples of past tense verbs:

1. Cinderella cleaned the house.
2. The Fairy Godmother wanted to help Cinderella.
3. The story ended happily ever after.

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