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Forming the Past Tense with -ed — Grade 2

Grade 2 worksheet for recognizing and forming regular past tense verbs with -ed, covering spelling changes like doubling letters and dropping e.

When children begin writing their own stories, they need to shift actions into the past reliably. The regular past tense is one of the first verb skills children meet in Grade 2, and the -ed ending is the engine that drives it. But -ed is not always spelled the same way: sometimes you drop the final e, sometimes you double the final consonant, and sometimes you simply add -ed to the base word. This worksheet gives students practice with all three patterns through three kinds of exercises. Part A builds recognition by asking students to find the past tense verb in a sentence. Part B asks students to write the correct -ed form using a base verb as a prompt. Part C presents common spelling errors as answer choices, so students must apply the rules carefully before deciding.

Forming the Past Tense with -ed — Grade 2

Read each sentence carefully. Follow the directions in each part to practice past tense verbs.

Remember

  • To make most verbs past tense, add -ed. Example: walk becomes walked.
  • If a verb ends in e, just add -d. Example: bake becomes baked.
  • If a verb ends in one vowel then one consonant, double the consonant. Example: hop becomes hopped.

Part A — Circle the Past Tense Verb

Circle the past tense verb in each sentence.

  1. 1.

    Yesterday, the dog barked at a bird.

  2. 2.

    Last night, Mom baked some bread.

  3. 3.

    This morning, the frog hopped over a rock.

  4. 4.

    Last week, Mia carried her bag to school.

  5. 5.

    After lunch, Dad washed the dishes.

Part B — Fill in the Past Tense Verb

Write the past tense form of the verb in parentheses on each blank.

  1. 6.

    The cat ____ on the mat last night. (rest)

  2. 7.

    Tomas ____ his bike after school yesterday. (park)

  3. 8.

    The rain ____ on the roof this morning. (drip)

  4. 9.

    She ____ the mud off her boots last week. (wipe)

Part C — Choose the Correct Past Tense Verb

Circle the word that correctly completes each sentence in the past tense.

  1. 10.

    The rabbit ____ across the yard yesterday.

    1. a)hopped
    2. b)hoped
    3. c)hops
  2. 11.

    Leila ____ a cake last Saturday.

    1. a)baked
    2. b)bakeed
    3. c)baking
  3. 12.

    The puppy ____ its tail this morning.

    1. a)wagged
    2. b)waged
    3. c)wags
Answer key

Part A — Circle the Past Tense Verb

  1. 1.barked
  2. 2.baked
  3. 3.hopped
  4. 4.carried
  5. 5.washed

Part B — Fill in the Past Tense Verb

  1. 6.rested
  2. 7.parked
  3. 8.dripped
  4. 9.wiped

Part C — Choose the Correct Past Tense Verb

  1. 10.hopped
  2. 11.baked
  3. 12.wagged

What this worksheet teaches

  • Identify regular past tense verbs ending in -ed in short sentences.
  • Write the correct past tense form of a verb by adding -ed to a base word.
  • Apply spelling rules for -ed endings, including doubling and dropping the final e.

What is on the page

Part C — Choose the Correct Past Tense Verb prints “The rabbit ____ across the yard yesterday.” with the options “hopped”, “hoped” and “hops”; the key gives “hopped”.

The language it drills

“Yesterday, the dog barked at a bird.” has one answer in the key: “barked”.

Notes for the grown-up

  • Students often add -ed to verbs that end in e, writing 'bakeed' instead of 'baked'. Watch for this error.
  • If a student writes 'hoped' for 'hopped', say both words aloud so the child hears the different vowel sound.
  • A student is ready to move on when they can sort base verbs by spelling rule without a prompt.

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