PAST SIMPLE-REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

A. Circle the irregular verb.

1. stay put ask wait 6. drive talk help live 11. carry happen laugh forget
2. think want like hate 7. need thank stand look 12. give invent move marry
3. listen use open feel 8. pick miss leave book 13. invite need break pass
4. cook send jump love 9. grow study clean visit 14. play go receive watch
5. walk dance sit work 10. kiss repeat say travel 15. drink try shave smile

B. Circle the regular verb.

1. answer be choose hurt
2. bring come know arrive
3. buy borrow cost win
4. draw call hear make
5. check eat hit pay
6. cut wear let earn
7. fall collect hold run
8. follow get keep sell
9. boil grow read sing
10. have write hug spend
11. cycle do lie teach
12. tell hurry take ring
13. understand invite ride build
14. throw cross sleep lose
15. wake shut see behave

C. Write the correct verb (infinitive/ past simple) using the clues.

1. _____EAT_____ / _____ATE_____ breakfast / an apple / a big hamburger

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fish / a cold / the bus
in love / downstairs / off a horse
a letter / on a piece of paper / a poem
French / fluently / a foreign language
money / time / $100
a new car / some bread / the Sunday paper
a lie / a secret / the news
coke / coffee / a big glass of tea
a plane / with Turkish Airlines / like a bird
in the ocean / underwater / the backstroke
soundly / late / on the sofa
someone out / for a walk / a photograph
a headache / a haircut / dinner
the law / a window / a leg
quiet / a secret / the change
a solution / the way / the answer
married / ready / worried
hello / goodbye / “cheese”
a mistake / a promise / friends

D. Correct the mistakes.

1. I goed to the shops after school.

2. My brother did see a bear an hour ago.
3. Was Mike visit his grandmother last night?
4. Alex doesn’t work last Saturday.
5. Was Judy and Liz at last month's meeting?
6. We was happy after the happy ending.
7. Are you see Jody's new dog yesterday?
8. Sorry, I wasn’t hear you at the door.
9. What do you eat for lunch yesterday?
10. Madonna did sing very well.
E. Make a sentence in the correct word order. Use the Past Simple.

1. last / you / your / Sunday / visit / grandparents / ?

…………………………………………………………………………………………..?
2. your / do / not / why / homework / you / ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………...?
3. the / the / yesterday / take / zoo / children / to / he
……………………………………………………………………………………………?
4. see / film / when / that / she / ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………….?
5. many / at / there / yesterday / the / not / be / people / concert
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6. we / the / to / bar / party / when / go / finish / a / newly-opened
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7. not / she / the / at / time / the / that / Internet / on / be
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8. be / not / school / Friday / they / at / last
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9. to / Peter / stay / aunt’s / when / go / his / at / he / London
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10. a / ago / shopping / we / lot / do / of / few / a / days
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F. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb from the list. Use the Past Simple Tense. Then ask questions
about each sentence: buy / catch / eat / get / go / have / hear / leave / pay / see / spend / take / wake up
/win

1. I ……………………. a pair of jeans yesterday.

What ……………………………………………………………………..?
2. Janet ……………………… her ex-fiancé at a party last night.
When ……………………………………………………………………..?
3. Tom ………………………. three fish.
How many …………………………………………………………………?
4. We ………………….. home at about half past eight.
What time ………………………………………………………………….?
5. He ………………. $750 for that ring.
How much ………………………………………………………………….?
6. She said that she ……………………. a splitting headache.
What ……………………………………………………………………………?
7. Mum …………………………….. at five o’clock in the morning.
Who ……………………………………………………………………………..?
8. We ……………………… the party right after midnight.
When ……………………………………………………………………………?
9. They ……………………. to Sweden last summer.
Where ……………………………………………………………………………?
10. I ……………………… a taxi because I was late for work.
Why……………………………………………………………………………….?
11. Ben ……………………….. five hamburgers for lunch.
How many ………………………………………………………………………..?
12. Miriam ………………………. a competition.
What ……………………………………………………………………………….?
13. We ………………………… a loud noise in the middle of the night.
What ………………………………………………………………………………..?
14. Carol ……………………….. the whole weekend with my niece and nephew.
Who …………………………………………………………………………………?