Irregular past tense verbs and question formation in the past tense

Robert C Watson

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This 6 page English as a second or foreign language handout and worksheet presents Irregular past tense verbs. It has fill in the blank practice exercises and a grammar game.

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• Publié par: swatson033
• Nombre de lectures: 375
• Langue: English

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Irregular Past Tense Verbs And Question Formation In The Past Tense

Some English verbs have irregular past tense forms. For example, the past tense form of

eat

is

ate

.

This is the past tense of is conjugation of

eat

:

I ate

You ate

He ate

She ate

We ate

They ate

Tim, Rita, and Joe

ate

hamburgers for lunch yesterday.

The past tense forms of these verbs are irregular.

break - broke

bring

–

brought

buy

–

bought

catch

–

caught

come

–

came

do

–

did

drink

–

drank

drive - drove

fly - flew

get

–

got

go

–

went

have

–

had

hear - heard

meet - met

pay -paid

put

–

put

ride - rode

run - ran

see

–

saw

send - sent

sleep

–

slept

stand

–

stood

think

–

thought

write

–

wrote

The information and practice exercises on pages 1-3 will prepare you to play the grammar game on pages 4-6.

Write the past tense form of the verb in the blank.

Example: Melinda

__came__

(come) home at 5:00 yesterday afternoon.

1.

Julianne _______________ (see) a movie

Saturday afternoon.

2.

We _______________ (do) the laundry this

morning.

3.

Mia _______________ (sleep) for 9 hours

last night.

4.

Joe _______________ (eat) a hamburger for

lunch.

5.

Mark _______________ (stand) in line at the

post office for 30 minutes this morning.

6.

Lisa _______________ (get) up at 7:30 this

morning.

7.

Linda _______________ (write) in her

journal every day last month.

8.

Barry _______________ (go) downtown last

week.

9.

Nick _______________ (bring) his dictionary

to class yesterday.

10.

Annette _______________ (have) supper at

6:00 yesterday.

11.

Marie _______________ (buy) new clothes

last week.

12.

Josh _______________ (put) his coat in the

closet.

13.

Frank _______________ (catch) a fish at the

lake.

14.

Ben and Yolanda _______________ (think)

about their family this morning.

15.

Charlie _______________ (run) a marathon

in October.

16.

Harry _______________ (drink) 5 cups of

coffee this morning.

17.

Stanley _______________ (drive) to the

beach last summer.

18.

Deborah _______________ (ride) her bicycle

in the park on Sunday.

19.

David _______________ (fly) to Chicago last

week.

20.

Jordan ________________ (send) his mother

a birthday present.

21.

We _______________ (hear) a baby cry this

morning.

22.

I ________________ (pay) the rent on the

first of May.

23.

I _______________ (break) my arm two

years ago.

24.

She_______________(drink) tea this morning.

25.

Bill _______________ (meet) his best friend

at school.