Past simple irregular

choose
chose
chosen
come
came
come
cost
cost
cost
cut
cut
cut
do
did
done
draw
drew
drawn
dream
dreamt
dreamt
dig
dug
dug
catch
caught
caught
burn
burnt
burnt

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Exercises
1) He _________(choose) another way to get to the station
2) We _________(be) surprised when he ______(come) to school
3) She ________(be) tired after work
4) A dog ________(dig) a big hole in the garden
5) We __________(begin) learning Spanish
6) He _________(become) a pilot 2 years ago
7) A dog ___________(bite) a postman
8) My grandparents _________(do) a lot of housework
9) My friend ____________(draw) a picture of mine, she is an artist
10) I didn’t bring a book, it ___________(blow) out of my mind
chose
were
came
was
dug
began
became
bit
did
drew
blew

Exercises
11) When I ________(be) 10 years old, I ________(dream) to be a musician
12) In a final game, I ________(catch) a ball
13) She ____________(cut) her finger 1 hour ago
14) I __________(burn) leaves in my backyard at the weekends
15) That phone _______(cost) me a lot
16) They __________(beat) each other with pillows
17) My cat ___________(break) a vase that was on the windowsill
18) They ____________(bring) a present to me on my birthday
19) A builder ___________(build) a house last summer
20) We ___________(buy) products in the supermarket yesterday
was
dreamt
caught
cut
burnt
cost
beat
broke
brought
built
bought

eat
ate
eaten
fall
fell
fallen
feed
fed
fed
feel
felt
felt
forget
forgot
forgotten
fly
flew
flown
drink
drank
drunk
drive
drove
driven
fight
fought
fought
find
found
found

grow
grew
grown
hang
hung
hung
have
had
had
hold
held
held
hear
heard
heard
hide
hid
hidden
freeze
froze
frozen
get
got
got
give
gave
given
go
went
gone

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Exercises
1) We _________(drink) a lot of water last week
2) Yesterday I _________(get) an invitation from my pal
3) She was nervous and _________(fall) over stairs
4) I _________(have) a lot of housework yesterday
5) We ordered pizza and __________(eat) it at once
6) My friend ________(go) shopping at the weekends
7) I _________(feel) awful at the concert
8) We ___________(fight) with my brother 2 days ago
9) Girls ___________(hang) out at the party on Friday night
10) Children ________(grow) too fast
drank
got
fell
had
ate
went
felt
fought
hung
grew

Exercises
11) Children ________(hide) under the desks in the classroom
12) A man __________(hold) a door for me
13) I ___________(forget) the date
14) My brother __________(drive) me to the market
15) Water_______(freeze) in puddles last night
16) I _________(find) out a lot of interesting stories in one magazine
17) My family ____________(eat) spaghetti with omelette this morning
18) They _____________(go) shopping at the weekends
19) I _________(feed) my dog 3 times yesterday
20) They ________(fly) to Beijing 3 days ago
hid
forgot
drove
froze
found
ate
went
fed
flew
held

lie
lay
lain
light
lit
lit
lose
lost
lost
make
made
made
pay
paid
paid
meet
met
met
keep
kept
kept
know
knew
known
learn
learnt
learnt
leave
left
left

ring
rang
rung
rise
rose
risen
run
ran
run
say
said
said
sell
sold
sold
see
saw
seen
put
put
put
read
read
read
retell
retold
retold
ride
rode
ridden

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Exercises
He ________(rise) his hand and asked a question
I _________(leave) my keys on the table
The torch ___________(light) the way home
Yesterday we _______(run) 4 km
The doorbell ________(ring) and there was a guest
A seller ____________(sell) a house 1 month ago
He didn’t tell me the answer, but he ________(know) it
Last Halloween children _______(retell) horror stories
I don’t remember what he ________(say) to me
I ____________(see) my teacher in the shopping centre
rose
left
lit
ran
rang
sold
knew
retold
said
saw

Exercises
11) My mother _________(read) a science-fiction book
12) My friends and I _______(ride) the bikes yesterday
13) I ___________(put) the book on the table, but _________(can’t) find it
14) I can rely on her, because she ______(keep) my secret
15) Jane _______(make) a cake in the evening
16) A cat ___________(lie) on the bed all day
17) They _________(learn) a verse by heart
18) We __________(pay) the bill by credit card
19) A couple ________(meet) each other in the park
20) A sportsman _______(lose) 2 kg
read
rode
put
couldn't
kept
made
lay
learnt
paid
met
lost

sit
sat
sat
sleep
slept
slept
speak
spoke
spoken
spell
spelt
spelt
stand
stood
stood
throw
threw
thrown
send
sent
sent
shake
shook
shaken
show
showed
shown
sing
sang
sung

tell
told
told
think
thought
thought
throw
threw
thrown
understand
understood
understood
wear
wore
worn
wake
woke
woken
steal
stole
stolen
swim
swam
swum
take
took
taken
teach
taught
taught

win
won
won
write
wrote
written

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Exercises
My father_________(write) an essay yesterday
I __________(win) the big prize at the competition
A burglar __________(steal) money from my friend
Last evening I __________(send) a message to her
I __________(shake) a can of fizzy drinks before opening
Two children _________(swim) in the river without parents
My aunt __________(show) me a photo album
I ________(take) photos of a squirrel in the park
My first teacher __________(teach) me a lot and I’m grateful to her
Two years ago I ________(sing) in a choir
My cat is naughty and it __________(sit) on the table yesterday
wrote
won
stole
sent
shook
swam
showed
took
taught
sang
sat

Exercises
12) A teacher ________(tell) his mother about cheating on exam
He ________(dream) about a big house
The speaker didn’t have a microphone and _________(speak) loudly to people
They __________(think) it was a good idea to go for a walk
A girl __________(understand) the text
People _________(wear) warm clothes, because it was +3C
A robber _________(stand) still after the police _____(come)
I _________(wake) up at 9 a.m yesterday
Babies _________(throw) their toys on the floor
A teacher _________(can’t) pronounce a surname and _______(spell) it
told
dreamt
spoke
thought
understood
wore
stood
came
woke
threw
couldn’t
spelt

Name irregular verbs and make up sentences