Irregular Verbs Worksheet

Irregular Verbs

Name: ____________________________
Date: ____________________________
Class: ____________________________

Remember

Irregular verbs do not form their past tense simply by adding -ed.

Examples:

• go → went → gone
• eat → ate → eaten
• see → saw → seen
• write → wrote → written

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A. Write the Past Tense

Write the simple past form of each verb.

1. go → __________________
2. come → __________________
3. eat → __________________
4. drink → __________________
5. see → __________________
6. write → __________________
7. take → __________________
8. give → __________________
9. make → __________________
10. speak → __________________
11. break → __________________
12. choose → __________________
13. begin → __________________
14. bring → __________________
15. buy → __________________

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B. Complete the Verb Table

Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle
16. go	__________	gone
17. eat	ate	__________
18. write	__________	written
19. see	saw	__________
20. take	__________	taken
21. give	gave	__________
22. come	__________	come
23. break	broke	__________
24. speak	__________	spoken
25. begin	began	__________

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C. Choose the Correct Verb

26. Yesterday, I (go / went) to the library.
27. She (eat / ate) an apple in the morning.
28. We (see / saw) a rainbow yesterday.
29. Rahul (write / wrote) a letter to his friend.
30. They (come / came) home late.
31. My brother (take / took) my pencil.
32. The teacher (give / gave) us some homework.
33. I (drink / drank) a glass of water.
34. She (buy / bought) a new notebook.
35. The boy (break / broke) the toy.

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D. Fill in the Blanks

Use the correct past-tense form of the verb in brackets.

36. We __________ to the park yesterday. (go)
37. Anita __________ a beautiful picture. (draw)
38. The children __________ football after school. (play)
39. I __________ my old friend at the market. (meet)
40. He __________ a delicious meal. (eat)
41. They __________ a new storybook. (buy)
42. The dog __________ very quickly. (run)
43. She __________ the answer correctly. (know)
44. We __________ our teacher a question. (ask)
45. Ravi __________ the glass by accident. (break)

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E. Change the Sentences to the Past Tense

46. I go to school by bus.

→ ______________________________________________

47. She eats breakfast at 8 o’clock.

→ ______________________________________________

48. They see a movie.

→ ______________________________________________

49. He writes a story.

→ ______________________________________________

50. We take our books home.

→ ______________________________________________

51. My mother makes a cake.

→ ______________________________________________

52. The children come to the playground.

→ ______________________________________________

53. I give my friend a gift.

→ ______________________________________________

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F. Find the Irregular Verb

Underline the irregular verb in each sentence.

54. Riya went to the market yesterday.
55. The boy ran very fast.
56. We played cricket after school.
57. She bought a new dress.
58. I visited my grandmother.
59. He wrote a poem.
60. They watched television.
61. The bird flew over the house.

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G. Choose the Correct Form

62. I have ________ my homework.
    a) did
    b) done
    c) do
63. She has ________ to Delhi.
    a) went
    b) gone
    c) go
64. We have ________ the movie.
    a) saw
    b) seen
    c) see
65. He has ________ a letter.
    a) wrote
    b) written
    c) write
66. They have ________ lunch.
    a) ate
    b) eaten
    c) eat
67. She has ________ the book.
    a) took
    b) taken
    c) take

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H. Match the Verbs

Match each base verb with its past form.

68. go
69. sing
70. fly
71. drink
72. sleep
73. teach
74. catch
75. swim

a. drank
b. slept
c. taught
d. flew
e. went
f. swam
g. caught
h. sang

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I. Correct the Mistake

76. I goed to the shop yesterday.

→ ______________________________________________

77. She eated a sandwich.

→ ______________________________________________

78. He runned very fast.

→ ______________________________________________

79. We buyed some books.

→ ______________________________________________

80. They see a rainbow yesterday.

→ ______________________________________________

81. I writed a letter.

→ ______________________________________________

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J. Challenge

82. Write the three forms of begin.

__________ → __________ → __________

83. Write the three forms of choose.

__________ → __________ → __________

84. Write the three forms of forget.

__________ → __________ → __________

85. Write the three forms of drive.

__________ → __________ → __________

86. Write the three forms of fall.

__________ → __________ → __________

87. Write five sentences using five different irregular verbs.

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Answer Key

A

1. went
2. came
3. ate
4. drank
5. saw
6. wrote
7. took
8. gave
9. made
10. spoke
11. broke
12. chose
13. began
14. brought
15. bought

B

16. went
17. eaten
18. wrote
19. seen
20. took
21. given
22. came
23. broken
24. spoke
25. begun

C

26. went
27. ate
28. saw
29. wrote
30. came
31. took
32. gave
33. drank
34. bought
35. broke

D

36. went
37. drew
38. played
39. met
40. ate
41. bought
42. ran
43. knew
44. asked
45. broke

E

46. I went to school by bus.
47. She ate breakfast at 8 o’clock.
48. They saw a movie.
49. He wrote a story.
50. We took our books home.
51. My mother made a cake.
52. The children came to the playground.
53. I gave my friend a gift.

F

54. went
55. ran
56. No irregular verb
57. bought
58. No irregular verb
59. wrote
60. No irregular verb
61. flew

G

62. b) done
63. b) gone
64. b) seen
65. b) written
66. b) eaten
67. b) taken

H

68. e
69. h
70. d
71. a
72. b
73. c
74. g
75. f

I

76. I went to the shop yesterday.
77. She ate a sandwich.
78. He ran very fast.
79. We bought some books.
80. They saw a rainbow yesterday.
81. I wrote a letter.

J

82. begin → began → begun
83. choose → chose → chosen
84. forget → forgot → forgotten
85. drive → drove → driven
86. fall → fell → fallen
87. Answers will vary.