Language Tree SB 2

Unit 11

3 Rewrite this story in the past tense. Example: Kim shouts to Danny. è Kim shouted to Danny.

Danny jumps into the water. He plays ball with Kim and splashes water over his sister. She yells. Then they walk out of the sea and ask Mommy for cake.

Drop the ‘e’

If the verb ends in ‘e’, drop the ‘e’ and add ‘ ed ’. race è rac ed Kim rac ed to get the ball.

4 Write the past tense of the verbs below. Example: poke è poked 1 save

4 close 5 race 6 bake

2 like 3 use

5 Rewrite this rhyme. Put all the underlined verbs in the past tense. The monkey waves to the cat. The tiger chases the rat. Goat smiles at Frog. Mouse dances with Dog. The rabbit hopes that the kangaroo waves and dances and smiles at her too.

• For more work on past tense verbs, see Workbook 2 pages 28–30.

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