Choosing the present or the past, and staying there
Lesson 6 of 14 Year 2
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildNow? No -ed. Then? Add -ed, unless it is a changing verb.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Every day I brush my teeth.
Yesterday I played in the park.
Last week I went to the beach.
4 · Help Polpetta
It is wrong because go is a changing verb and never takes -ed. The past of go is went: Yesterday I went to the market.
2 · Find the 3 mistakes
1
Polpetta cook
Polpetta cooked
2
maked
made
3
he wash
he washed
'ate' is the decoy changing verb and is already right.
MediumFind the time word first. Now has no -ed; then wants -ed or a changing verb.
1 · Tick the right one
a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: stir · Now I wash the cups.
Tick: baked · Yesterday I painted a picture.
Tick: We ate pizza., I went home., She saw a cat. · Last night we ate pizza by the window.
4 · Help Polpetta
Go and eat are changing verbs, so they never take -ed. He should have written: Yesterday I went to the market and ate a big lunch.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
Polpetta cook
Polpetta cooked
2
eated
ate
3
I wash
I washed
4
maked
made
'made' and 'saw' are the two changing verbs already right (the decoys).
SpicyChoose the tense, then stay in it. Every verb in the sentence must agree with the time.
1 · Tick the right one
a Ab Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Last night I went to the kitchen, took a pan and washed it.
Now I eat my pasta. Yesterday I ate my pasta.
Last week we went to the sea. Goed is wrong because go is a changing verb and never takes -ed; its past is went.
4 · Help Polpetta
The first verb being past does not make the whole sentence past. Every verb has to agree with the time. See has slid back to now, and see is a changing verb, so it is saw: Yesterday I went to the market and saw Rosa.
2 · Find the 6 mistakes
1
open
opened
2
lift
lifted
3
goed
went
4
look for
looked for
5
talk
talked
6
eated
ate
'made' and 'saw' are the two changing verbs already right; 'stirred' is a regular past and also right.