Past Tense - Irregular Verbs
English Exercises - Answers
A) Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and some are irregular.
was - woke - had - went - finished - ate - drove - bought - painted - came - helped - repaired - wobbled - wished - cleaned - vacuumed - tidied - ate - yawned - went
B) Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct place in the sentences:
1. thought
2. rang
3. went
4. ate
5. took
6. saw
7. left
8. drank
9. said
10. paid
C) Complete the tables below:
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hear | Heard | Be | Was | |
| Leave | Left | Put | Put | |
| Ring | Rang | Think | Thought | |
| Drink | Drank | Drive | Drove | |
| Go | Went | Break | Broke | |
| Get | Got | Oversleep | Overslept | |
| Take | Took | Sit | Sat | |
| Come | Came | Wake | Woke | |
| See | Saw | Run | Ran | |
| Shut | Shut | Write | Wrote | |
| Lend | Lent | Dig | Dug | |
| Steal | Stole | Bring | Brought | |
| Swim | Swam | Fly | Flew |
If you are looking for the Free Grammar Worksheet for this activity, you will find it here:
Past Tense Irregular Verbs Worksheet (PDF)
See our List of Irregular Verbs in Past Tense and our Interactive Online Game.
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