Remember the verb roots that were highlighted using three different colors?


  • Look at the table below
  • Try to discover the pattern for forming the past tense.  I have included some other verbs that follow the same pattern for each section.



Root + "ed"
sail

roar

gnash

roll

show

frighten

smell		 sailed

roared

gnashed

rolled

showed

frightened

smelled

tumble

tame

wave

move

hope

love

grate
tumbled

tamed

waved

moved

hoped

loved

grated

step

drip

stop

pop

drop

hop
stepped

dripped

stopped

popped

dropped

hopped



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