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English 25 Public

Regular and Irregular Verbs of the Past Tense

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1. We use the past tense to talk about _________________ .

actions that happened and finished.

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2. Which time expressions do we use with the past tense? Name three.

Yesterday - Two days ago - last year - last month - last week - last Friday -

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3. We ____________ (stoped / stopped) when we saw the red colour.

stopped

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4. Change the verbs in the following sentence into the past tense. We _____________ (stayed - staied) at the hotel until Friday night. We __________(met - meeted) our friends later on.

(stayed) /// (met)

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5. Change the following verbs into the past tense. The kids _______________ (eated - ate) their breakfast and _____________(go - went) to the playground few minutes ago.

(ate) //// (went)

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6. My team members _____________ (waited - waitd) for two minutes only; I ______________ (thinked - thought) of running after them.

(waited) //// (thought)

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7. Which of the following verbs end with "aught" in the past tense form? (bring - catch - draw - teach)

(catch and teach)

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8. What is the past tense of the following verbs? (fall .....//// feel .......)

( Fall ------Fell ) ////// ( Feel -----Felt )

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9. My mum _____________ ( light ) the candle yesterday. I ____________ (am) super happy.

(lit) /// (was)

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10. If the past tense of "sleep" is " slept" then the past tense of "sweep" is "___________."

swept

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11. If the past tense of "pay" is " paid" then the past tense of "lay" is "_____________."

laid

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12. How would you read the past tense of the following verb? (present form: read ////// past form: read )

read

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13. If the past tense of "tell" is "told" then the past tense of "sell" is "___________."

sold

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14. The hammer ____________ (hit) the boy's head, so he ______________ (hurt) himself.

(hit) //// (hurt)

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15. If the past tense of "come" is "came" then the past tense of "become" is "_____________."

became

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16. If the past tense of "rise" is "rose" then the past tense of "ride" is "____________."

rode

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