Basic Past Tense We add ed to the end of regular verbs to show that something happened in the past.
Directions: Read the first sentence, and circle the verbs. Rewrite the verb from the
word bank into the second sentence to show that the action happened in the past.
Example: The children play at recess time.
Yesterday, the children
played
at recess time.​

verb-play

past tense-played (it happened in the past-yesterday)

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

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