Question

Practice and Apply Read the sentences. Change the verbs in parentheses to

the past tense by adding the suffix -ied.
1. In the horror story, the main character (rely) on her brother for help.
2. She was (mystify) when her calls to him were not answered.
3. She (hurry) to check that all her house doors were securely locked.
4. She was (petrify) when she thought she saw someone looking in
the window.
5. Now she was (worry) that her brother would not show up to help her.

Answer 1

To change verbs ending in a consonant followed by 'y' to the past tense, we replace the 'y' with 'i' and add '-ed'. The verbs rely, mystify, hurry, petrify, and worry change to relied, mystified, hurried, petrified, and worried respectively.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asked to change verbs in parentheses to the past tense by adding the suffix -ied. Let's go through each sentence and apply the rule:

1. In the horror story, the main character relied on her brother for help.
2. She was mystified when her calls to him were not answered.
3. She hurried to check that all her house doors were securely locked.
4. She was petrified when she thought she saw someone looking in the window.
5. Now she was worried that her brother would not show up to help her.

It is important to note the change from present to past tense when a verb ends with a 'y' preceded by a consonant; we change the 'y' to 'i' before adding -ed.