Question

Change the underlined verb into past tense:
We plan to go to the movies after school.
a) We planed to go to the movies after school.
b) We planned to go to the movies after school.
c) We plan to go to the movies after school.
d) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The past tense form of the verb is used to indicate an action that took place in the past and ended in the past itself.

Complete step by step answer:
As given in the hint, the past tense form of the verb is used to talk about actions that took place in the past.
We can easily form the simple past tense of a verb by adding ‘ed’ in the base form- Verb + ‘ed’.
Example- Jump + ed = Jumped.
But there are some exceptions that completely change their form when converted into past tense. Example- Think = Thought
Let’s look at the above given question-
We know that the past tense form of plan is ‘planned’. (Plan + ed = Planned) Also, we can see the repetition of ‘n’, because the second last letter is a vowel.
Let’s examine the given options:
a) Planed is an incorrect word. It is not the past tense of plan. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b) Planned is the simple past tense form of plan. Hence, it is the correct option.
c) There is no change in the given sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: The simple past tense highlights that the action was completed in the past.