Past Tense - Irregular Verbs
English Exercises - Answers
A) Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and some are irregular.
Yesterday (to be) was a busy day. I (wake) woke up at 6am, (have) had breakfast quickly and then I (go) went to work. I (finish) finished at noon and then (eat) ate some lunch. Afterwards I (drive) drove to the shops, (buy) bought some paint and then (paint) painted my bedroom. My housemate (come) came home from work so I (help) helped him paint his room, then we (repair) repaired his chair as it (wobble) wobbled a lot. I (wish) wished I hadn’t, as I hurt my hand! After that I (clean) cleaned my house. I (vacuum) vacuumed all the downstairs and then (tidy) tidied up the living room and the kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) ate some dinner, (yawn) yawned, and (go) went to bed!
B) Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct place in the sentences:
Pay :: Ring :: Think :: Drink :: See :: Eat :: Go :: Take :: Leave :: Say1. I thought that he was fired.
2. My mum rang me last night but I wasn’t at home to take her answer.
3. I went to the zoo with my son last weekend.
4. I ate four cakes for lunch. I feel sick!
5. He took him to see the doctor because he had been ill for so long.
6. I saw that new movie last night. It was great!
7. He left his son alone all day!
8. I drank two bottle of grape juice last night. I don’t feel too well today.
9. They said it tasted horrible.
10. It was too expensive and we paid too much for it.
C) Complete the tables below:
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hear | Heard | Be | Was | |
| Leave | Left | Put | Put | |
| Ring | Rang | Think | Thought | |
| Drink | Drunk | 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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