Lecture Notes: Ed the Time Traveler

Introduction

• Ed: a character representing a typical letter.
• Interacts with friends: Rad, Red.
• On the surface: appears ordinary.

Ed's Secret

• Time Traveler: travels to the past.
• Trigger: Needs specific words to travel.

Key Concept

• Action Words (Verbs):
  • Essential for Ed's time travel.
  • Only verbs can initiate time travel.

Example of Verbs

• Happen: Present
• Happened: Past
  • Ed's presence changes the word to past form.

More Examples of Verbs

• Look - Looked
• Play - Played
• Want - Wanted
• Work - Worked

Summary

• Ed helps convert verbs to their past forms by adding -ed.
• This represents the concept of changing verbs to past tense.
• Remember: Adding -ed sends verbs into the past.