Simple Past Tense Practice: Match Present and Past Forms of Verbs Ending in -ed.

Problem Explanation:

This is a grammar exercise focused on the simple past tense of regular verbs. The rule given at the top says:
> *"Simple Past Tense – Just add -ed"*

This means we need to match each present tense verb (on the left) with its correct past tense form (on the right), which is created by adding "-ed" to the base verb.

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Step-by-Step Matching:

We will go through each present tense verb and find its corresponding past tense form from the list on the right.

1. tick → ticked ✔
*(Already matched in the image)*

2. scratch → scratched
(Add "-ed" to "scratch" → "scratched")

3. crash → crashed
(Add "-ed" to "crash" → "crashed")

4. boil → boiled
(Add "-ed" to "boil" → "boiled")

5. answer → answered
(Add "-ed" to "answer" → "answered")

6. clean → cleaned
(Add "-ed" to "clean" → "cleaned")

7. look → looked
(Add "-ed" to "look" → "looked")

8. push → pushed
(Add "-ed" to "push" → "pushed")

9. press → pressed
(Add "-ed" to "press" → "pressed")

10. knock → knocked
(Add "-ed" to "knock" → "knocked")

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✔ Final Correct Matches:

| Present Tense | Past Tense |
|---------------|------------|
| tick | ticked |
| scratch | scratched |
| crash | crashed |
| boil | boiled |
| answer | answered |
| clean | cleaned |
| look | looked |
| push | pushed |
| press | pressed |
| knock | knocked |

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📝 Notes:

- All these verbs are regular verbs, so they follow the simple rule: add -ed.
- Some verbs end in -e, like "answer", so we just add -d (not -ed, because it would be double e). But here, "answered" is correctly formed.
- Verbs ending in -l (like "look") or -s (like "press") still follow the same pattern: add "-ed".

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✔ Answer Summary:

You should draw lines connecting:
- tick → ticked
- scratch → scratched
- crash → crashed
- boil → boiled
- answer → answered
- clean → cleaned
- look → looked
- push → pushed
- press → pressed
- knock → knocked

The only line already drawn is tick → ticked, so you'd complete the rest accordingly.

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