Adding ED for the Past for Kids: Jumped, Played, Hopped (Grade 1 and 2 English)

Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today I jump. Yesterday I jumped. Did you hear the change? Adding e d to an action word tells us it already happened. That is called the past.

For most action words, just add e d to the end. Play becomes played. Walk becomes walked. Look becomes looked. The base word stays the same.

E d can make three different sounds. In jumped it sounds like tuh. In played it sounds like duh. In painted it sounds like id. The spelling is the same each time.

If a word already ends in e, just add d. Bake becomes baked. Smile becomes smiled. We do not need to write two e's in a row.

Some short words end with one vowel and one consonant, like hop. We double the last letter before adding e d. Hop becomes hopped. Stop becomes stopped. This keeps the vowel short.

If a word ends with a consonant and then y, change the y to i and add e d. Cry becomes cried. Carry becomes carried. But play keeps its y, because a vowel comes before it.

Now it's your turn. Yesterday the dog, wag, its tail. How do we write wag in the past? Pause and try. Wag ends with one vowel and one consonant, so double the g. Wagged.

Great job! Remember, add e d to show the past. Add just d after e, double short endings, and change y to i. Practice adding e d in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!