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Year 6 PAst, Present Simple, Book Review 7 July
Year 6 PAst, Present Simple, Book Review 7 July
The simple past tense shows that an action started and completed in the past
and has no relevance to the present time at all. It can also be used to describe
how someone felt, what their emotional condition was, at a point in the past.
TIME EXPRESSION
KEYWORD!!!
SUBJECT: People, Animals, Things
FORMS
VERBS
EXAMPLES
FORMS
VERB TO BE
SUBJECT VERB TO BE
SPELLING RULES
Regular verbs become the second form, taking most commonly ‘–ed’ at the end of
the verbs.
Examples:
Present Past
answer answered
accept accepted
boil boiled
However there are some exceptions to the rule. These are stated below.
1. If the verb ends with ‘-e ‘, we add ‘ –d ‘.
Examples:
Present Past
move moved
dance danced
use used
2. If the verb ends with consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant
and add ‘ –ed ‘.
Examples:
Present Past
plan planned
stop stopped
prefer preferred
3. If the verb ends with W, X or when the final syllable is not emphasized, We do not
double the final consonant and add ‘–ed’.
Examples:
Present Past
show showed
fix fixed
allow allowed
4. If the verb ends with two vowels + a consonant, we do not double the final consonant
and add ‘–ed’.
Examples:
Present Past
rain rained
need needed
wait waited
5. If a two-syllable verb ends with consonant + vowel + consonant, we do not double the
final consonant when the stress is on the first syllable and add ‘–ed’.
Examples:
Present Past
suffer suffered
offer offered
happen happened
6. If the verb ends with consonant + vowel + ‘-l’ , we normally double the final ‘ –l ‘ and
add ‘-ed’.
However, in the United States (US) they do not double the ‘-l’ when the accent is on
the first syllable.
Examples:
Present Past (UK) Past (US)
7. If the verb ends with two consonants, we do not double the final consonant add ‘-ed’.
Examples:
Present Past
help helped
add added
warn warned
8)If the verb ends with a consonant + ‘-y’ , we throw the final ‘ –y‘ and add ‘-ied’ at the
end of the verb.
Examples:
Present Past
apply applied
reply replied
carry carried
9. If the verb ends with a vowel + ‘-y’ , we throw the final ‘ –y‘ and add ‘-ed’ at the end
of the verb, not ‘ied’.
Examples:
Present Past
enjoy enjoyed
annoy annoyed
play played
COMPREHENSION
mother.They (3)were (be) very poor.All they had (4) was (be) a cow.One
morning,Jack’s mother (5)told (tell) him to take the cow to the market and sell
her.On the way Jack (6)met (meet) a man.He (7)gave (give) Jack some magic
beans for the cow.Jack (8)took (take) the beans and (9)went (go) back
home.When Jack’s mother saw the beans she (10)was(be) very angry.She
(11)threw (throw) the beans out of the window.The next morning,Jack (12)looked
(look) out of the window.There (13)was (be) a giant beanstalk.He (14)went (go)
to the sky through the clouds.Jack (17)saw (see) a beautiful castle. He (18)went
(go) inside. Jack (19)heard (hear) a voice “Fee,fi,fo,fum!” and (19)ran (run) into
a cupboard.An enormous giant (20)came (come) into the room and (21)sat (sit)
down. On the table there (22)were (be) a hen and a golden harp.”Lay” said the
giant. The hen (23)laid (lay) an egg-it was made of gold. ”Sing” said the giant.
The harp (24)began (begin) to sing. Soon the giant (25)was (be) asleep. Jack
(26)jumped (jump) out of the cupboard. He (27)took (take) the hen and the
harp. Suddenly the harp (28)sang (sing) “Help, master!”. The giant (29)shouted
the beanstalk. The giant (32)came (come) down after him. Jack (33)shouted
(shout) “Mother, help!” Jack’s mother (34)took (take) an axe and (35)chopped
(chop) down the beanstalk. The giant (36)fell (fall) and (37)crashed (crash) to
the ground. Nobody ever (38)saw (see) him again. With the golden eggs and the
magic harp Jack and his mother (39)lived (live) happily ever after.
RAPUNZEL
Once upon a time a couple lived in a house next door to a witch. The
wife longed to eat the lettuces in the witch's beautiful garden. The wife
wanted the lettuces so much that her husband decided to steal them but he
was caught by the witch. "Have the lettuces but soon you will have a baby
and you must give me your child when she is born." The man was so scared
that he agreed to everything she asked. When the little girl was born, the
witch took her away and named her Rapunzel. When Rapunzel grew up, the
witch locked her away in a tower in the middle of a forest with one window
right at the top. Whilst Rapunzel lived in the tower her golden hair grew
longer and longer. When the witch visited she would call "Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
Let down your long hair". Rapunzel let down her hair and the witch climbed
up.
One day a handsome Prince rode through the wood and found the
tower. He heard singing and saw Rapunzel at the window. He watched the
witch come to the tower and climb Rapunzel's hair and decided to do the
same. The prince visited Rapunzel every day but when the witch found out
she tricked the prince and threw him out of the tower. He fell on some
thorns and scratched his eyes. The prince was blind for a long time until
one day he heard Rapunzel. When she saw it was her prince, she cried with
happiness. Her tears touched his eyes and he could see again! They lived
After the baby was born the witch took away the baby and named her
Rapunzel.
The witch kept Rapunzel in a tower in the middle of a forest with one
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The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It
is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed
arrangements.
TIME EXPRESSION
At 10 am Usually Sometimes
subject helping verb main verb
I am a teacher
I am not tired
Am I lost?
SPELLING RULES
▪ For pronouns I, you, we, they, there is no modification for verbs.
▪ For pronouns he, she, it, a suffix is added following these rules:
For verbs that end in –o, –ch, –sh, –s, –x, or –z, the suffix –es is added
Examples: Do – Does
Touch – Touches
Fix – Fixes