Speaking Sports: In the Past Tense!
Grammar Skill:
In English, words that are written in the past tense are identified with the
ending ‘ed.’ For example the word jump becomes jumped. Most words follow this
rule, but there are a few that are irregular like run becomes ran, swim becomes
swam, and ride becomes rode. Read the following story about a person training
for a competition and then complete the exercise that follows it.
Vocabulary!
Swim – the way a person
moves through water
Lift – to pick
something up
Jump – to push oneself
and both feet off the ground
To Train – when a
person works hard for a competition or event
Jump rope – when a
person swings a rope around their body and jumps over the rope
Compete – to try and
win against an opponent
There are many sports in the world. All of these sports have different
rules that make them different from each other. Although the sports are very
different, it is common for the players and athletes to train in the similar ways. Some athletes compete in sports that they
must jump often, like
basketball or volleyball, and so they jump
rope to train. Other athletes need to be strong for their sport so they
lift heavy weights to become
strong. Even though there are different ways to train, almost all athletes run and swim to help them be the best at their sport.
Activity: Using the vocabulary words from the reading,
create your own original sentences using those words in the past tense!
Example: The basketball
player ran to the park and back.
1. Run:
2. Swim:
3. Lift:
4. Jump:
5. Train:
6. Jump rope:
7. Compete:
Build the Skill: Think of a time in your life that you had to compete for something. Write a paragraph describing that experience in the past tense. Include what the competition was (schoold project, sports event, video game, etc.), what you did to prepare, and the result of the competition. Include any of the vocabulary
above, as well as your own vocabulary. Be sure that your writing is in the past
tense.
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trouble, use the following website to help you!
