Name ______________________________ Group __________

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

TEST
Directions: Write the past tense form of the verb. You may leave 5 answers blank.
Example: Today I will ride the bus. Yesterday, I rode the bus.

1. fly ________________ 25. come ___________________

2. begin _____________ 26. give ____________________

3. build _____________ 27. feel ____________________

4. have _____________ 28. break ___________________

5. forget _____________ 29. cut _____________________

6. grow ______________ 30. do _____________________

7. eat ________________ 31. catch ___________________

8. become _____________ 32. fall _____________________

9. buy ________________ 33. drink ___________________

10. drive ______________ 34. bring ___________________

11. choose _____________ 35. find ___________________

12. go _________________ 36. get _____________________

13. hear _______________ 37. keep ___________________

14. write _______________ 38. know ___________________

15. wake ______________ 39. lose ____________________

16. say ________________ 40. win ____________________

17. meet _______________ 41. sell ____________________

18. understand _______________ 42. spend __________________

19. make __________________ 43. speak __________________

20. pay ____________________ 44. tell _____________________

21. think ___________________ 45. take ___________________

22. ring ___________________ 46. sit ___________________

23. send __________________ 47. write _________________

24. sleep _________________ 48. see _____________________

 THE STORY OF BARACK OBAMA

A. First read the story on page one. Then fill in the missing spaces to complete the passage below. Use
terms from the word bank above to complete the following paragraphs.

raise major defeat swear-in decide

finish move become win get
grow involve return write run
graduate elect give go start
transfer announce accept serve spend

Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in the state of Hawaii. His father was from Kenya while his
mother was ___________in Kansas. He _________up in Honolulu, Hawaii and also ___________some years in
Indonesia during his childhood. Mr. Obama ___________ from high school and in 1979, he then _________ to Los
Angeles to attend college. He _____________ to Columbia University located in New York City to continue his
college education. He __________ in Political Science and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983.

After Mr. Obama ____________his studies and spent a year working for a research group in New York,
he moved to Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, he got __________ in civic work becoming a
community organizer. After approximately three years as a community organizer Mr.
Obama __________ to attend law school. He was __________ at Harvard Law School
and ___________ the first African-American to be President of Harvard Law Review.
He ____ national media attention due to his accomplishment with Harvard Law Review.
He ______ on and graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in
1991.

In 1991, Mr. Obama __________ to Chicago and became a Constitutional Law

Professor for the University of Chicago. He ___________ his first book “Dreams from
My Father” in the early 1990s. In Chicago, Mr. Obama ____________ his political
career when he _______ for state senator. He ___________ in the Illinois State Senate
from 1997 to 2004.

In 2004, he became a national figure when he _______ an enthusiastic speech at the National
Democratic Convention. That same year, Mr. Obama was _________United States Senator for the state of
Illinois. In early 2007, he ______________ his candidacy to run for President in the 2008 election. He _______ the
Democratic Party nomination over Hillary Clinton in the primary election. He then ___________ US Senator John
McCain of Arizona in the general election to become the 44th President of the United States. Mr. Obama
was ____________ on January 20, 2009, making him the first African-American President of the United States.

B. Write 3 sentences describing important historical events that you consider remarkable be careful
with verbs in past tense.

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C. Vocabulary. Complete each one of the following sentences using the vocabulary from the box.

cannonballs conquer worship empire reign

invade army defeat senate tools

sacred dynasty century trade settle

1. The Samanid ___________________________ came to its end in December 1004.

2. They had no special forms of religious ___________________________ and no idols.

3. He was born in Ireland in the eighteenth ___________________________.

4. His ___________________________ was the greatest that the Romans had ever seen.

5. It was evident that their battle-cry was "___________________________ or die."

6. The solders of the Roman ___________________________ served for twenty years.

7. The Paleolithic era was also called the Old Stone Age because humans at the time used stone to

make ___________________________.

8. The church was a hallowed place because of the ___________________________ artifacts

9. We want to give the ___________________________ new juridical powers, but we have no laws.

10. I want to go to a place where I can ___________________________ with my family and feel we truly

belong to the community.

11. What a splendid ___________________________ the Emperor Alexander's might have been!

12. One form of ___________________________ is to exchange your labor for money.

13. We say that Napoleon wished to ___________________________ Russia and invaded it.

14. Whether tomorrow brings victory or ___________________________, the glory of our Russian arms is

secure.

15. In November, Salisbury, a chivalric figure, was killed, the victim of a ___________________________.
 BE SUPPOSED TO – USED TO
Write your opinions about the sentences below using “be supposed to”.
1. My neighbor parked his car in front of my house.
He was supposed to park his car in his own garage.
2. Ruby was late.

3. The party was held at a five-star hotel.

4. The markets were opened at 7.

5. My little sister got measles.

6. We had a classic music concert.

Use your imagination and write about what people “used to” do before these inventions.

Example:

1. televisions (1926) ____________________________________________________________________.

2. electric lights (1879) ____________________________________________________________________.

3. alarm clocks (1847) ____________________________________________________________________.

4. cameras (1814) ____________________________________________________________________.

5. telescopes (1608) ____________________________________________________________________.

6. guns (about 1,000 years ago) ____________________________________________________________________.

7. written words (about 5,000 years ago) ____________________________________________________________________.

8. farming (about 10,000 years ago) _____________________________________________________________________.