English is a complex language, so take some time to clarify one aspect that is often confusing for English language learners: the -ed ending. This resource includes information about the different ways the -ed ending is used and provides seven exercises with answer keys.

Concepts

the -ed ending, the past tense, regular verbs, irregular verbs, the perfect tenses

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Print out the information pages for students to use as reference materials
• Since the exercises are basic and fairly simple, use them as warm-up activities or homework assignments

Classroom Considerations

• While this provides an introduction to the concepts and some practice, you'll likely want to add in practice that requires learners to use the -ed ending in original ways (conversation practice, writing their own sentences, etc.) 

Pros

• See the materials for additional online exercises and notes for working with the -ed ending and various verb tenses
• Answer keys are included

Cons

• None