Irregular Verbs List

blow - blew - blown break - broke learn - learnt - learnt

grow - grew - grown speak – spoke mean - meant - meant
know - knew - known steal - stole burn - burnt - burnt
throw -threw – thrown choose – chose dream - dreamt - dreamt
draw - drew - freeze – froze spell - spelt - spelt
fly - flew - flown wake - woke smell - smelt - smelt

keep - kept - kept bring - brought - spend - spent - spent

sleep - slept - slept brought send - sent - sent
sweep -swept -swept buy - bought - bought build - built - built
leave – left - left fight - fought - fought lend - lent - lent
feel - felt - felt think - thought - bend - bent - bent
thought

let - let - let have - had - had

put - put - put lose - lost - lost
drive - drove - driven
read – read -read win - won - won
ride - rode - ridden
shut - shut - shut dig - dug - dug
rise - rose - risen
cut - cut - cut sit - sat - sat
write - wrote - written
hit - hit - hit shine - shone -shone
hurt - hurt - hurt hold - held – held
be - was/were - been make - made – made
do - did - done find - found – found
drink -drank – drunk
eat - ate - eaten hear – heard -heard
begin- began- begun
ring - rang - rung see - saw - seen
sink - sank - sunk go - went - gone
swear – swore - sworn
sing - sang - sung run - ran - run
wear - wore - worn
swim - swam - swum give - gave - given
tear - tore - torn
fall - fell - fallen

sell -sold-sold
shake - shook -shaken
tell -told-told
get - got - got take - took - taken
pay - paid - paid forget - forgot - forgotten
say - said –said stand - stood - stood
lay - laid - laid understand - understood -
understood
feed - fed - fed
meet - met -met come - came - come
 Past Simple Exercises 1

Fill in the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Last month we …………………….. on a trip to Jerusalem. (go)

2. I ……………….. a good movie last night. (see)
3. We ……….. a tasty vegetables salad yesterday. (make)
4. He ………. to catch the bus but he missed it! (run)
5. Anna ………………. me a funny joke last night. (tell)
6. I …………”goodbye” and …………….. out. (say/go)
7. My parents …………….. home very late last Friday. (come)
8. I ………..my homework and then I ………….all the books into my book. (do/put)
9. Our teacher ……………………..birthday last week. (have)
10. Maria …………….. a beautiful jacket two hours ago. (wear)
11. I……….. the new song at the party yesterday. (hear)
12. My friends …………... a wonderful present for my birthday. (give)
13. She ………………. very surprised when she …………..that man there. (be/see)
14. The pupils…………………….an adventure book last lesson. (read)
15. The boys …………….. ten minutes ago. (meet)
16. Somebody…………………… my money! (steal)

1. Mother …………………….. sick, so she stayed in bed. (feel)

2. I ……………….. ten hours last night. (sleep)
3. Diana …………….... her pet dog to school yesterday. (bring)
4. I ………………………….. you were my best friend (think)
……………
5. The old man ………………. near the window and looked outside. (stand)
6. I …………….to my old brother last night .He is in France now. (speak)
7. The pupil ……………………….... the math lesson. (understand)
8. He……………………………. a letter to his friend in England. (write)
9. Yesterday, our dad ……………………..us to the biggest zoo . (take)
10. My glass ……………….. . Please give me another one. (break)
11. The baby……………………… the new newspaper. (tear)
12. They …………... the ball and I …………………it quickly. (throw/catch)
13. Last year she ………………. her little sister how to cross the street. (teach)
14. The girls …………………….on the bench in the backyard. (sit)
15. My uncle ………………... me a cool bike two years ago. (buy)
16. The woman…………………… the car slowly because of the rain. (drive)
 Past Simple Exercises 2

Fill in the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I …………………….. all the answers. (know)

2. They ……………….. English songs at school last Monday. (sing)
3. Rita ……………….. to collect coins five years ago.. (begin)
3. We …………………... in the deep end of the pool. It …………. fun! (swim/be)
4. My neighbors ………………. their old car last week. (sell)
6. The girl
………………………. her new bike all day yesterday. (ride)
7. The boy …………….. ice cream and pudding. (eat)
8. The team……….. the game.. (win)
9. My glasses ……………………..on the shelf. (be)
10. Our class …………….. to Italy last summer. (fly)
11. I……………….. the highest grade in the test last month. (get)
12. My friend …………….... 100 dollars in the park yesterday. (find)
13. The pupils ……………………………..over the ball. (fight)
14. Jack…………………….Dan a postcard from Brazil. (send)
15. Mother …………….. her baby before she………………………to bed. (feed/go)
16. The car……………………….. a terrible noise on the way home. (make)

1. We …………………….. class at 8 o’clock this morning. (begin)

2. The apartment……………….. a lot of money. (cost)
3. Teacher …………….... that movie for us. (choose)
4. I ………………………….. a ballet dancer in 1997. (become)
5. The old woman ………………. her bag in the supermarket. (forget)
6. He ………..…….the chocolate cake. (cut)
7. The bus driver ……………………….... that little girl to school today. (bring)
8. My dad……………………… the house early in the morning yesterday. (leave)
9. Last year I ……………………..my pet snake in a glass cage . (keep)
10. We ……………….. . how to write a thank you note last Tuesday. (learn)
11. The girl……………………… from the chair and started to cry loudly. (fall)
12. I ..................... Bob my rollerblades last week. (lend)
13. She ………………. her new pencil case two hours ago .It ……….expensive. (lose/be)
14. They …………………….slowly because they…………………..very tired.. (run/be)
15. My aunt ………………... a beautiful picture of the sea. (draw)
16. You…………………… all your money on computer games yesterday. (spend)
 Past Simple Exercises 3

Change the sentences into the negative form.

Use the verbs in brackets.

I gave Tom a CD for his birthday. ( a bike) 1.I didn’t give Tom a bike for his birthday.
She drank black coffee today. ( juice) 2.
They saw a show last week. ( movie) 3.
My sister went to Italy last year. ( USA) 4.
Suzie came late yesterday. ( early) 5.
We bought a microwave. ( an oven) 6.
Grandmother felt well this morning. (sick) 7.
They flew to Argentina. ( Greece) 8.

Complete the YES/NO questions.

1. Did you go abroad last year? take,go,ride,buy,read,know,wear,have,make

2. ………… she ……………..…anything at the store?

3. …………David ………………the book I gave him?
4.…………. the girl ………………. a donkey?
5. ………… the man ……………… his umbrella?
6. ……………Kate ………………… a red hat last night?
7. ……………you …………………… the answer?
8. …………….they ………………… anew guitar?
9. ……………….the boys …………. a lot of noise yesterday?

Write WH-Questions in the Past Simple.

why / you/ leave the party / so early 1. Why did you leave the party so early?
where/ put / the teacher / the tests 2.
your sister/ how / feel/ yesterday 3.
what /say /your parents 4.
for those shoes / pay/ how much /you 5.
you/ for breakfast /eat / today/what 6.
what /this pupil /tell/ you 7.
you/ get up /when / this morning 8.

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