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ENGLISH 9

Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verb.

1. The boy (eat) __________ their supper without a complaint.

2. The girl (hear) _________ the ball over the France.
3. Fanny (throw) _________ the ball over the fence.
4. The students (write) their names at the top of the page.
5. Last summer, we (swim) ________ at the lake.
6. Johnny (take) ________ guitar lesson with a great teacher.
7. Your dad (buy) ________ a new car.
8. I (see) _________ you at the park last night.
9. Lila (set) _________ the table before supper.
10. The students (rise) ________ for the national anthem.
11. The children (sing) ________ a song together>
12. Last night we (go) ________ to the market.

Irregular Verbs Worksheet (Converting Part 1)

An irregular verb does not follow the pattern of regular verbs in terms of adding an -ed for the past
and past participle.

Directions: Complete each sentence with the correct past or past participle form of the verb in
parenthesis.

Example A-We

tired late at night

(become)

Answer: became

1. My friend ________ my favorite toy. (break)

2. I________off the swing. (fall)

3. We ________ like we were cheated. (feel)

4. The team ___________ hard to win game. (fight)

5. I __________ about doing my homework. (forget)

6. We __________ the championship game. (lose)

7. I____________ in my bed. (sleep)

8. She ___________ aloud doing her presentation. (speak)

9. I __________ a school uniform to school. (wear)

irregular verbs worksheet (Writing Part 1)

An irregular verb does not follow the pattern of regular verbs in terms of adding an -ed for the past
and past participle.

Directions: Write the past and past participle tense of each irregular verb listed below. The first and
last ones have been

done for you.

Past Present Past Participle

1. become became become

2. catch __________ __________

3. fall __________ __________

4. feel __________ __________

5. find __________ __________

6. know __________ __________

7. say __________ __________

8. tear __________ __________

9. write __________ __________

10. swim Swam swum

USING IRREGULAR VERBS: PAST TENSE

Fill in the blank of each sentence below with the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses.

1. Jake (throw) ____________________ the ball to Marco.

2. We (take) ____________________ my little brother to the movies.

3. She (write) ____________________ a report on spiders.

4. I (think) ____________________ the show was funny.

5. He (swim) ____________________ to the side of the swimming pool.

6. Her mother (buy) ____________________ us snacks after school.

7. Ave (see) ____________________ the movie before Zane.

8. The boy (eat) ____________________ a sandwich for lunch.

9. Our team (win) ____________________ the game yesterday.

10. They (sell) ____________________ their car to their friends.

IRREGULAR VERBS

Fill in the blanks with the verb in the past simple form

1. This huge tree __________ from a little seed.

2. The kid __________a shiny coin in his piggy.
3. My sister __________English in this school three years ago.
4. The students __________ two folk songs at the school concert.
5. I__________ my bike home and then I went for a walk in the woods.
6. The fisherman __________ a huge fish.

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Fill in the blanks with the verb and match the images.

1. The man _ran_ to catch the train. (run)

2. The children _____the song loudly. (sing)

3. The married couple _____ the car slowly. (drive)

4. The women _____ their lunch together. (eat)

5. She _____ into the water. (dive)

6. She _____ her bicycle to work today. (ride)

7. The woman _____ from the cup. (drink)

8. The mom _____ the book to her daughter. (read)

9. The children _____ down the slide. (go)

10. The two men _____ hands. (shake)

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBSO

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the regular verbs in brakets:

1.He ____________ me a big lie yesterday. (tell)

2. Susan ____________ the trip very much. (enjoy)

3.The baby ____________ all night. (cry)

4.She ____________ all the bags by herself (carry)

5. I ____________ the old man cross the road. (help)

6.The children. ____________a new game. (play)

7.My parents and I ____________ an interesting film yesterday. (watch)

8. It ____________ a lot last week. (rain)

9.The car ____________ just in time. (Stop)

10. She ____________ to come to his party. (promise)

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the irregular verbs in brakets:

1. You ____________ me a big lie yesterday. (tell)

2. Laura____________ Spanish with the waiter. (speak)

3. My mother ____________ a delicious cake for me. (make)

4. James ____________ the race easily. (win)

5. I ____________ a new pair of shoes three days ago. (buy)

6. You ____________ all the milk! (drink)

7. Matthew ___________ the book in just two days (read)

8. He ____________ me a beautiful present. (give)

9. I ____________ your wallet on my sofa. (find)

10. My father ____________ his old car. (sell)

11. You ____________ too much at the party last night. (eat)

12. She ____________ a beautiful song yesterday (sing)

IRREGULAR VERBS (PAGE 5)

Verbs are words that describe action, or what something is doing. Some verbs can NOT be made past
tense just by adding some form of "-ed" to the end of the word. We call these words, irregular verbs.
There is no way to predict how an irregular verb will be spelled - you have to memorize them.

Pick the correct past form of the verb.

1. She _____ to the entire class last month.

o Speak
o Spoke
o Speaked
o spoken
2. My mother _____ "Please do your homework now."
o Say
o Sayed
o Said
o sayen
3. Jack _____ in California yesterday!
o Be
o Were
o Was
o been
4. My parents _____ their home when I was born.
o Build
o Builded
o Built
o Builden
5. We _____ pizza last night!
o Choose
o Chosen
o Choosed
o chose
6. Before she glued it, she _____ the paper into tiny pieces.
o Cut
o Cuted
o Cutted
o cutten
7. What _____she do?
o Do
o Doed
o Id
o didden
8. The ballerina _____ into the air gracefully.
o Leap
 o Leaped
o Leapt
o Leapen

IRREGULAR VERBS

Not all verbs odd-ed to make the past tense.

Circle the past tense verb that correctly completes the sentence.

1. Judy ________ a solo during the concert. Sing singed song

2. Jen and Tod ________ happy to see us. Is was were

3. Aunt Sue ________ to England last year. Go goed went

4. Joe's brother ________ chickenpox. Has had have

5. Dad ________ the newspaper with me. Read readed red

6. Jim ________ the milk out of the refrigerator. Get getted got

7. Mr. Jones ________ mayor after the election. Be comed became be comed

8. Our class ________ the book yesterday. Begin beginned began

9. The mosquito ________my hand. Bite bited bit

10. Mrs. James ________ the store clerk. Pay payed paid

11. We ________ for Julie to come find us. Hide hid hided

12. The three kittens ________ their mittens. Lost lose losed

13. The water on the pond ________ freezed freeze froze. Freese freezed froze

14. The flowers ________ after the rain. Grow grew growed

15. You ________ the answer. Knew knowed know

16. I ________ the truth. Tell telled told

17. John. ________the lemonade. Drink drank drink

18. Francine _________ her lesson. Forgot forget forgetted

19. The telephone ________. ring rang rung

20. We ________ in line for an hour. Stand standed stood