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The Past Tense -- Simple Past

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A quick review of the past tense begins this learning exercise. It focuses on the simple past, and has a diagram to identify past actions in visual terms. Adding -ed or -ied is explained, and the past forms of to be are clarified. However, it doesn't address other irregular verbs and the first exercise requires learners to use the past of to do. Useful for review. Ten conjugations in context and two opportunities each to rewrite sentences in the past and generate original sentences using the simple past tense.

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verbs, parts of speech, the simple past tense, verb tenses, past tense verbs, the verb to be

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to be, past tense verbs, simple past tense, verb tenses, verbs, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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