Irregular Verbs in Past Tense

Irregular Verbs in Past Tense exercise

• Show Pip and Koko which past tense verbs are irregular.

  Hints

  Regular past tense verbs will use the letters -ed or -d at the end of the verb to show it is past tense.
  Example: Cook and cooked. Look and looked.

  Some irregular verbs will have a t at the end in past tense.

  Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the middle or at the beginning.
  Example: Ride and rode

  There are three irregular past tense verbs you should select.

  Solution

  The verbs below are irregular past tense verbs:

  • said
  • took
  • left

  The verb below is a regular past tense verb because it ends with the letters -ed

  • jumped

• Sort the irregular and regular verbs.

  Hints

  Regular past tense verbs will use the letters -ed or -d at the end of the verb to show it is past tense.
  Example: Cook and cooked. Look and looked.

  Some irregular verbs will have a t at the end in past tense.

  Some irregular verbs will be the same in past tense as present tense.
  Example: I always shut the door when I leave a room, and I shut the door when I left this morning.

  Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the middle or at the beginning.
  Example: take and took

  There are three irregular verbs and two regular verbs.

  Solution

  • Danced and talked are regular past tense verbs because they end in -ed.
  • Read, spent and rode are all irregular past tense verbs.

• Connect present and past tense verbs.

  Hints

  Some irregular verbs will have a t at the end in the past tense.

  Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the middle or at the beginning.
  Example: Ride and rode

  Some irregular verbs will be the same in past tense as present tense.
  Example: I always shut the door when I leave a room, and I shut the door when I left this morning.

  Regular past tense verbs will use the letters -ed or -d at the end of the verb to show it is past tense.
  There is one regular past tense verb in the choices.

  Solution

  • The past tense form of drink is drank.
  • The past tense form of eat is ate.
  • The past tense form of hit is hit.
  • The past tense form of sweep is swept.
  • The past tense form of enjoy is enjoyed.

• Complete the story.

  Hints

  Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the middle or at the beginning.
  Example: Ride and rode

  One irregular verb changes a consonant in the past tense, not a vowel.

  There are five regular verbs in this story and three irregular verbs.

  Solution

  The verbs in the correct past tense form are in bold below:

  Pip arrived at the beach and noticed he forgot his sun cream. Pip looked up and shrugged. The sun was hot and high in the sky which made him feel tired. Pip laid down and closed his eyes.

• Find the irregular past tense form of the verb below.

  Hints

  Regular past tense verbs will use the letters -ed or -d at the end of the verb to show it is past tense.
  Build is an irregular verb and does not follow this pattern.

  Some irregular verbs will have a t at the end in past tense.
  Example: Spend and spent

  Look carefully at this sentence.

  The pig built a wall.

  Solution

  Built is the past tense form of build.
  Example: Last year, the little pig built a house out of bricks.

• Find irregular and regular verbs.

  Hints

  Some irregular verbs will have a t at the end in past tense.

  Some irregular verbs have a vowel change in the middle.
  Example: Ride and rode

  Regular past tense verbs will use the letters -ed or -d at the end of the verb to show it is past tense.
  Example: Cook and cooked. Look and looked.

  Remember to only highlight verbs.
  A verb is an action, such as run, speak or do.

  There are six irregular verbs and one regular verb.

  Solution

  The irregular past tense verbs are (should have been highlighted in violet):

  • took
  • left
  • got
  • said
  • kept
  • ran

  The regular past tense verb is (should have been highlighted in green):

  • jumped

  River and home are nouns, not verbs.