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Time Length:
~10 min

Lesson Point:
Past Tense Verb Spelling

The Plan:
After introducing the past tense, explain that there are some general rules that help when writing past tense forms of verbs. (This is for verbs that end in ed.) Give all the students one of the attached sheets and go through the rules with them. After explaining the rules let them try to make the past tense forms of the words on the sheet. Walk around and help the kids while they do this.
The basic rules:
ほとんどの動詞にedをつける。
- Hotondo no doushi ni 'ed' wo tsukeru.
- For most verbs you add ed to the end.
動詞の語尾(ごび)がeなら、dだけをつける。
- Doushi no gobi ga 'e' nara, 'd' dake wo tsukeru.
- If the verb ends in 'e', just add 'd.'
語尾(ごび)が子音字(しいんじ)+ yなら、yをとって、iedをつける。
- Gobi ga shiinji purasu 'y' nara, 'y' wo totte, 'ied' wo tsukeru.
- If the end of the word is a consonant plus y, take off the 'y' and add 'ied.'
語尾が一つの母音字＋一つの子音字なら最後の子音字をもう一つ入れてedをつける。
- Gobi ga hitotsu no boinji purasu hitotsu no shiinji nara, saigo no shiinji wo mou hitotsu irete 'ed' wo tsukeru.
- If the end of the word is a single vowel plus a single consonant, double the consonant and add 'ed.'
（例外動詞もありますけどそれらを一つ一つ覚えればよいでしょう。）
- Reigai doushi mo arimasu kedo sorera wo hitotsu hitotsu oboereba yoi deshou.
- There are of course exceptions to these rules, but you can learn those one by one.
*You will need this font to properly print out the worksheets.