Starter quiz
- What rule is being used when the word 'worry' becomes 'worried' when adding the suffix -ed?
- Just add -ed.
- Remove the 'y' and add -ied. ✓
- Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
- Double the consonant and add -ed.
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- What rule is being used when the word 'share' becomes 'shared' when adding the suffix -ed?
- Just add -ed.
- Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
- Remove the 'e' and add -ed. ✓
- Double the consonant and add -ed.
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- What rule is being used when the word 'control' becomes 'controlled' when adding the suffix -ed?
- Just add -ed.
- Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
- Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
- Double the consonant and add -ed. ✓
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- What rule is being used when the word 'play' becomes 'played' when adding the suffix -ed?
- Just add -ed. ✓
- Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
- Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
- Double the consonant and add -ed.
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- Match the verbs to the rule they use when the suffix -ed is added.
- jump - jumped⇔Just add -ed. ✓
- fry - fried⇔Remove the 'y' and add -ied. ✓
- like - liked⇔Remove the 'e' and add -ed. ✓
- stop - stopped⇔Double the consonant and add -ed. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: She hureed to the shops before they closed.
- hurryed
- huried
- hurryd
- hurried ✓
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Exit quiz
- When do we 'remove the 'y' and add -ied' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant ✓
- when the root word ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
- when the root word has two syllables with a stressed final syllable
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- When do we 'double the consonant, then add -ed' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
- when the root word ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel ✓
- when the root word has two syllables with a stressed final syllable ✓
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- Match the present tense verb to the irregular past tense verb.
- bring⇔brought ✓
- make⇔made ✓
- go⇔went ✓
- sleep⇔slept ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: He thort he knew the answer.
- thaught
- thouhgt
- thought ✓
- thuoght
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: She kneww the answer so she raised her hand.
- knowed
- knue
- knewd
- knew ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: The restaurant was extremely bizy.
- 'busy' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Adding the suffix -ed turns the verb into the past tense.
- When the vowel sound is long, we just add the suffix -ed.
- When the vowel sound is short, we double the consonant and add the suffix -ed.
- How to spell irregular verbs in the past tense, such as slept.
- How to spell the common exception words: different, material and busy.
Common misconception
Some pupils may overgeneralise applying regular -ed rules to irregular verbs such as 'buy' -'buyed'.
Expose pupils to irregular past tense verbs in reading activities, encourage them to use mnemonics and hunt for words in sentences together.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word
Irregular - not conforming to a regular or predictable pattern
Present tense - when the action is happening now
Past tense - when the action has happened before now
Verb - a doing or being verb
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