Past Tense Irregular Verbs

A) Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and some are
irregular.
Yesterday (to be) ___was___ a busy day. I (wake) __woke__ up at 6am, (have)
___had___ breakfast quickly and then I (go) ____went_____ to work. I (finish)
____finished____ at noon and then (eat) ___ate__ some lunch. Afterwards I (drive)
___drove__ to the shops, (buy) ___bought___ some paint and then (paint) __painted__
my bedroom. My housemate (come) ___came___home from work so I (help)__helped_
him paint his room, then we (repair) __repaired_____ his chair as it (wobble)
_____wobbled______ a lot. I
(wish) __washed__ I hadn’t, as I hurt my hand! After that I (clean) ___cleaned___ my
house. I (vacuum) __vacuumed___ all the downstairs and then (tidy) __tidied___ up the
living room and the kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) ate some dinner, (yawn)
___yawned__, and (go) ___went____ to bed!

B) Change the verbs below into the past tense and put them into the correct place in the
sentences
Pay :: Ring :: Think :: Drink :: See :: Eat :: Go :: Take :: Leave :: Say
Pagar :: Anillo :: Pensar() :: Beber :: Ver :: Comer :: Ir :: Tomar :: Salir :: Decir

1. I ______thought ______ that he was fired.

2. My mum _____Rang______ me last night but I wasn’t at home to take her answer.

3. I _______went______ to the zoo with my son last weekend.

4. I _______ate_______ four cakes for lunch. I feel sick!

5. He ______left______ him to see the doctor because he had been ill for so long.

6. I ______said.______ that new movie last night. It was great!

7. He _______took_________ his son alone all day!

8. I ________drang_______ two bottle of grape juice last night. I don’t feel too well today.

9. They _____saw________ it tasted horrible.

10. It was too expensive and we _______paid______ too much for it.
C) Complete the tables below:

Present Past Present Past

Hear Heard Be Was/Where

Leave Left Put Put

Ring Rang Think Thought

Drink Drank Drive Drove

Go Went Break Broke

Get Got Oversleep Overslept

Take Took Sit Sat

Come Came Wake Woke

See Saw Run Ran

Shoote Shut Write Wrote

Lend Lent Dig Dug

Steal Stole Buy Bought

Swim Swam Fly Flew