English Language Arts Grade 1 15 min

Select the sentence that tells about the past

Select the sentence that tells about the past

What you'll learn

  • Identify sentences that use words like 'yesterday' or 'last week'.
  • Choose the sentence that talks about something that already happened from a group of sentences.
  • Point to the picture that matches a sentence describing a past event.

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Introduction & Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives Identify an action that has already happened. Recognize that the letters '-ed' at the end of a verb often mean the past. Select a sentence that describes a past event from a pair of choices. Identify time clue words like 'yesterday' and 'last night'. Sort sentences into 'Now' and 'Past' categories. What did you do yesterday? 🤔 Did you play with a toy or eat a yummy snack? 🍎 Today, we will be time travelers! We will learn to find sentences that tell about things that already happened. This helps us tell good stories! Real-World Applications Telling your family what you did at school 🏫 Sharing a story about your fun weekend 🎈 Reading a book about things that happened long ago 🏰 Explaining how y...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary

TermDefinitionExample Verb (Action Word) 🏃‍♀️A word that shows an action, like jump, play, or sing.The dog can **run** fast. Past Tense ✅The past tense tells about something that already happened.Yesterday, I **played** outside. Present Tense ➡️The present tense tells about something happening right now.Right now, I **play** inside. The '-ed' EndingWe often add '-ed' to a verb to show it happened in the past.jump -> jump**ed** Time Clue Word 🗓️A word that tells us WHEN something happened, like yesterday.**Yesterday**, the sun shined.
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Key Rules & Conventions

The Super '-ed' Rule verb + ed = Past Tense Look for action words that end in '-ed'. This is a big clue that the sentence is about the past. For example, 'walk' becomes 'walked'. Time Detective Clues Look for words like 'yesterday', 'last night', or 'last week'. These special words tell you that the action is finished. They are clues that you are reading about the past.

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Sample Practice Questions

Challenging
Last night, I was cozy in my bed. Which sentence tells what I did?
A.I read a good book.
B.I read a book every day.
C.I will read a book.
D.I am reading a book.
Challenging
The leaf turned from green to red. It let go of the branch. Which sentence tells what happened next?
A.The leaf falls.
B.The leaf fell.
C.The leaf is falling.
D.The leaf has fallen.
Challenging
Which sentence is ONLY about things that happened in the past?
A.I liked the movie, and I want to see it again.
B.The dogs are barking, but the cat slept.
C.We visited the farm and we saw the cows.
D.We will go home after we ate our snack.

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