25. Past Tense - Irregular Verbs
I watched a baseball game yesterday.
1. What do you add to regular verbs in the past tense?
~ed
_________________
2. Do you add ~ed to all verbs in the past tense?
yes
no
3. Is this sentence correct?
yes
no
4. What is the past tense of go?
went
_________________
I goed to a baseball game yesterday.
irregular
5. What do you call a verb that does not end in ~ed in the past tense? _________________
Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs.
1. begin
began
___________
11. get
got
___________
21. see
saw
___________
2. break
broke
___________
12. give
gave
___________
22. shut
shut
___________
3. buy
bought
___________
13. go
went
___________
23. speak
spoke
___________
4. come
came
___________
14. have
had
___________
24. take
took
___________
5. cost
cost
___________
15. know
knew
___________
25. teach
taught
___________
6. do
did
___________
16. leave
left
___________
26. make
made
___________
7. drink
drank
___________
17. meet
met
___________
27. wake
woke
___________
8. drive
drove
___________
18. pay
paid
___________
28. wear
wore
___________
9. eat
ate
___________
19. read
read
___________
29. win
won
___________
flew
___________
20. ride
rode
___________
30. write
wrote
___________
10. fly
Write the correct form of the verb in the blank. Sometimes you need to add not.
teach
send
buy
fly
have
read
drive
pay
cost
give
flew
drove
1. We _________________
from Tokyo to Honolulu and then _________________
our rental
car to our hotel.
taught
2. My father _________________
me how to swim.
gave
had
3. Tom _________________
a birthday party for his girlfriend and he _________________
her a gold bracelet.
paid
bought
4. I _________________
a new CD yesterday. I _________________
for it with a credit card.
cost
It _________________
$17.99.
sent
read
5. Yesterday morning, Ron _________________
the newspaper and _________________
an
email message to his friend.
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close
go
come
take
eat
leave
wake up
make
drink
lock
see
left
closed
6. When Kara _________________
her apartment this morning, she _________________
the
locked
door and _________________
it.
came
returned
7. Jenna _________________
to school at 7:30 this morning and _________________
home
at 12:30
woke up
took
8. I _________________
at 6:00 this morning, _________________
a shower and
had
_________________
breakfast.
ate
drank
9. At the party, we _________________
pizza and _________________
Coke and Sprite.
saw
10. I _________________
the new Indiana Jones movie last weekend.
Make information questions for the following words and then write the answers.
1. (you / do / last Friday)
(go / shopping / friends)
What did you do last Friday?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I went shopping with my friends.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
2. (you / buy)
(buy / jeans / sunglasses)
What did you buy?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I bought a pair of jeans and sunglasses.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
3. (page / you / read / last night)
(75)
How many pages did you read last night?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I read 75 pages.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
4. (class / begin / yesterday)
(8:00)
What time did class begin yesterday?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
It began at 8:00.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
5. (class / begin / every day)
(8:00)
What time does class begin every day?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
Every day, class begins at 8:00.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
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Name: _________________________
Score: _____ / 10
Due Date: ___________
25. Past Tense - Irregular Verbs
Write the correct form of the verb in the blank. Sometimes you need to add not.
go
didn't go
1. I usually __________________
(go) to the library on Thursday, but I __________________
was
went
(go) last Thursday because I __________________
(be) busy. I __________________
(go) to the library on Wednesday instead.
were
2. A: Where __________________
(be) you born?
was
moved
B: I __________________
(be) born in Texas, but we __________________
(move) to
was
lived
Florida when I __________________
(be) two. I __________________
(live) in Florida
graduated
drove
until I __________________
(graduate) from college and then I __________________
(drive) to California.
did
do
3. A: What ______________
you _____________
(do) last weekend?
didn't do
had
B: I __________________
(do) anything. I __________________
(have) a cold so I
stayed
relaxed
__________________
(stay) at home and __________________
(relax).
likes
has
4. My father __________________
(like) to fly airplanes. He __________________
(have) a
flew
saw
pilot’s license. Last month we __________________
(fly) to Maui and _________________
came
(see) some whales. We __________________
(come) back to O’ahu on the same day. It
was
__________________
(be) really nice.
had
left
5. I __________________
(have) a bad day yesterday. I __________________
(leave) my
missed
was
house late and __________________
(miss) the bus, so I __________________
(be) late
dropped
broke
for school. Then, I _________________
(drop) my CD player and it __________________
didn't cost
(break). It __________________
(not / cost) a lot of money, but my parents
gave
went
__________________
(give) it to me for my birthday. Finally, I __________________
(go)
bought
to the store and __________________
(buy) a new CD player.
Make questions from the following words and then write the answers.
1. (you / wake up / this morning)
(6:00)
What time did you wake up this morning?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I woke up at 6:00.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
2. (you / give / Angela / birthday)
(sweater)
What did you give Angela for her birthday?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I gave her a sweater.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
3. (CD / you / buy / yesterday)
(3)
How many CDs did you buy yesterday?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I bought three CDs.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
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4. (you / do / homework / with)
(Aaron)
Who did you do your homework with?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I did my homework with Aaron.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
5. (your parents / get married)
(1962)
When did your parents get married?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
They got married in 1962.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
6. (you / go / vacation)
(London)
Where did you go on vacation?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I went to London.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
7. (cookie / you / eat)
(three)
How many cookies did you eat?
Q: _______________________________________________________________________
I ate three cookies.
A: _______________________________________________________________________
Write the correct pronoun in the blank.
Whose
this
1. A: _______________
tennis racket is _______________?
It
He
it
B: _______________
is Mark’s. _______________
asked me to keep ______________
in
my
_______________
room until after school.
What
your
2. A: _______________
did you do during _______________
flight to Honolulu?
I
my
B: _______________
watched DVDs on _______________
portable DVD player.
How
you
A: _______________
did _______________
get it?
My
it
me
B: _______________
parents gave _______________
to _______________
for Christmas
It
last year. _______________
really makes flying much nicer.
you
3. A: I heard that _______________
got a new puppy.
My
we
B: Yes. _______________
wife really wanted a dog, so _______________
got one last
weekend.
it
A: Is _______________
a boy or a girl?
It
We
B: _______________
is a boy. _______________
named him Pepper because
he
has
_______________
has little black spots on _______________
nose.
Where
your
4. A: _______________
do _______________
grandparents live?
They
They
B: _______________
live in a lot of different places. _______________
sold
their
my
_______________
house when _______________
grandfather retired and
they
They
it
_______________
bought a trailer. _______________
pull _______________
behind
their
I
they
_______________
truck. _______________
think _______________
have a great life.
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