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Verbs: Irregular Forms Stage 3

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LESSON

English verbs usually have –ed at the end to mark the simple past tense.

However, many verbs are irregular in the past tense and need to be memorised.

Irregular verbs include:

Past tense

Present tense

Past tense

Present tense

began

begin

lay lie

bit

bite

laid lay

bled

bleed

rang ring

brought

bring

sang sing

came

come

sank sink

chose

choose

shone shine

did

do

sought seek

dug

dig

swung swing

drank

drink

swam swim

led

lead

wrote write



Handy Hint

Not all endings are the same.

  

          


PRACTICE
 

Choose the best answer from the drop-down box. You will get feedback from the box on the right.
 

Question 1

They ..... Sir Howard Morrison a letter of appreciation after he ..... at the opening of Te Papa.


Question 2

The rain ..... to fall as we ..... the cows in for milking.


Question 3

After the sun ..... up, we ..... in the pool.


Question 4

When the shark ..... him, he nearly ..... to death.


Question 5  

I ..... to take a break after I ..... half an hour’s study.


Question 6

The children ..... on the playground swings while the sun ..... below the horizon.


Question 7

The bricklayer ..... and ..... the foundation for the wall in one day.


Question 8

As she ..... coffee, her phone .....

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Question 9  

The cat .....in the shade while the sun .....


Question 10

The young man who ..... help from the Ashburton police was ..... to believe that they knew the culprit.


 

 

 





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