PAST TENSE

Lesson 20: Using the past form of the regular Lesson 21: Using the past forms of irregular
verbs. verbs.
(Competency 9.2, Speaking) (Competency 9.3, Speaking)

Exercise A Exercise A

Directions: Change the verb inside the Directions: Change the verb inside the
parenthesis into its past form. Write your parenthesis into its past form. Write your
answer on the answer on the
blank. blank.
(attend) 1. Lawrence __________the meeting (find) 1. Long time ago, a rooster __________a
last week. pearl.
(visit) 2. We __________Bohol last summer. (see) 2. He __________that it was a jewel and
(step) 3. Jack __________on the newly planted not a grain of corn.
seedlings yesterday. (come) 3. The farmer’s wife __________with a
(postpone) 4. The mayor _______his visit this sack of feeds for the chickens.
morning, because of the bomb threat. (put) 4. The rooster __________ it aside.
(fry) 5. The campers __________some eggs (eat) 5. It __________ the feeds.
this morning. (catch) 6. Something white __________the
(wish) 6. I __________on a falling star last attention of the farmer’s wife.
night. (know) 7. She __________it was a pearl.
(top) 7. Last summer, Cathy __________the (throw) 8. She __________away the sack.
entrance exam. (run) 9. She __________into the house with
(carry) 8. The boys __________their delight.
backpacks with them. (take) 10. She __________the treasure with
(start) 9. Yesterday, the program her.
__________late.
(trim) 10. The janitor __________the grasses
last Saturday.
Exercise B
Exercise B
Directions: Change the verb inside the
Directions: Change the verb inside the parenthesis into its past form. Write your
parenthesis into its past form. Write your answer on the
answer on the blank.
blank. 1. Once upon a time, Glenda the goat (go)
(quarrel) 1. Last night, I __________with my __________to the field to show her pointed
sister. horns to the sun.
(cook) 2. Mother __________spaghetti last 2. She (tread) __________to the top of the hill
Sunday. to catch it, but it was already high up in
(cry) 3. My baby sister __________last night. the sky.
(miss) 4. Wilma __________her class 3 – 4. Glenda (weep) __________and the
yesterday. other animals (hear) __________her.
(plan) 5. The group __________their activities 5 – 6. The birds (fly) __________closer to the
last week. sun and (beseech) ______him to help
(recite) 6. I __________the poem in front of my Glenda.
classmates last Monday. 7 – 8. The sun (shine) ________ and (make)
(clap) 7. Everybody __________their hands _________ a ball from one of its rays.
after my number. 9 – 10. He (throw) __________the ball to
(review) 8. The whole class __________for the Glenda but she didn’t catch it and it (fall)
final exam, last month. __________into the lake.
(dance) 9. Beth __________at the party
yesterday.
(appear) 10. Last night, the moon
__________bigger than before.
EXERCISE 1
Supply the missing words in the paragraph.
Use the correct form of the verb. Do it in
your notebook.
Hector’s father is a driver. He ___(1)____
(drive) his tricycle everyday. He ___(2)____
(earn) enough money. From his daily earnings,
he ___(3)____ (buys) food and other things his
family needs. He ___(4)____ enjoy his job.
Peter and Lory ___(5)____ (ride) in the tricycle
when they go to school. It’s Hector’s father
who ___(6)____ (pick) them up from school
every morning. He ___(7)____ (return) in the
afternoon to ___(8)____ (take) them home.
Their Mother ___(9)____ (wait) for them. She
___(10)____ (get) worried when they come
late.
EXERCISE 2
A. In each sentence below, the base form of
the verb is given in parentheses. Substitute
each with the past form.
When Jesus (1hear) ________ the news about
John, He (2leave) ________ there in a boat
and (3go) ________ to a lonely place by
himself. The people (4sense) ________ it, and
left their towns and (5follow) ________ him by
land. Jesus (6get) ________ out of the boat,
and when he (7see) ________ the large crowd,
His heart was (8fill) ________ with pity for
them, and he (9console) ________ and
(10heal) ________ their sickness. (Adapted
from the Bible)
EXERCISE 3
Complete each sentence by using the past
form of the verb in the parenthesis. Write
your answer in your notebook.
1. Father __________ (build) a trellis for
the squash in the yard.
2. He _________ (spend) almost P 65.00
for the bamboos and nails.
3. After a month, Father gathered the fruits
and __________ (sell) them in the market.
4. They __________ (plan) to give Mother a
surprise.
5-6. Tony __________ (scrub) the floor. Then
he __________ (chop) some firewood.
7. Polly __________ (trim) and watered the
plants in the garden.
8. The children __________ (stop) working
when Mother woke up.
9. Mother saw what Tony and Polly had done.
She __________ (pat) her son’s shoulders and
said, “What good children you are!”
EXERCISE 4
Write the past form of the verbs inside the
parentheses in your notebook.
The alarm clock (ring) 1__________ at six o’
clock. We (begin) 2________ the day doing
some exercises. Then we had our breakfast.
We (rest) 3__________for a while then we
(swim)4 __________ in the river with my
friends. We (spend) 5__________ thirty
minutes swimming. When we (go)
6_________ home, we (had) 7__________ a
good lunch. We (eat) 8__________ fresh
(eat) 9__________vegetables and fruits at
lunch time. We (end) 10__________ the day
exchanging jokes.
EXERCISE 5
A. Read the sentences. Write the correct
past form of the verbs in parentheses. Do it
in your notebook.
Tony got up early on Saturday morning.
1. He __________ in the school yard. (run)
2. After an hour, he __________ jogging to eat
breakfast. (stop)
3. He __________ his hands when he saw the
delicious breakfast. (wash)
4. After breakfast, he __________ the plants in
the garden. (trim)
5. He __________ some firewood. (chop)
6. Then he __________ the floor. (scrub)
7. Mother was very happy. She __________
Tony’s shoulder. (pat)
8. Then she __________ him. (hug)
9. Tony __________ happily around the house.
(skip)
10. His dog, Herbie, ran after him. He
__________ his tail. (wag)
Lesson 32: Using guide words to locate
words in the dictionary. Exercise B
(Competency 2.3, Reading)

Exercise A Directions: Encircle the word which can be

found in the given guide words.
Directions: Encircle the word which can be
found in the given guide words. 1. no - out
1. crack – crave a. ounce
a. crayon b. outside
b. cracker c. night
c. crab 2. recycle - rowboat
2. belt – bet a. rainbow
a. betray b. royal
b. believe c. rope
c. bend 3. shirt - smash
3. thrombin – thumper a. since
a. throughout b. shine
b. that c. smell
c. thunder 4. tomato - true
4. grab – great a. together
a. gown b. try
b. greed c. trip
c. graceful 5. would - zipper
5. rivet – rock a. write
a. roar b. worry
b. river c. word
c. rocket 6. scientist - shine
6. were – worry a. school
a. web b. scream
b. white c. shirt
c. worst 7. bird - build
7. straight – super a. building
a. suspect b. boil
b. stop c. bicycle
c. sum 8. about - arrow
8. planet – pretty a. apple
a. point b. avenue
b. product c. as
c. pizza 9. building - chase
9. march – morning a. cent
a. million b. build
b. mouse c. chest
c. mammal 10. coin - desert
10. happy – horse a. cry
a. happen b. cocoa
b. hour c. diamond
c. height