IRREGULAR VERBS - PRACTICE

Become became become

My sister became a famous scientist (Mi hermana llegó a ser una investigadora
famosa)

Did my sister become a famous scientist?

My sister didn’t become a famous sister.

Begin began begun

The race began on Sunday morning

Break broke broken

Our friends broke the window

Bring brought brought

The Scots brought whiskey to Europe

Build built built

The Romans built this bridge

Buy bought bought

My parents bought a house with a big garden

Catch caught caught

The police caught the thieves

Choose chose chosen

Ann chose a beautiful red dress for the party

Come came come

The team came at midday

Cost cost cost

That old watch cost a lot of money

Do did done

Sam did a fantastic match

Drink drank drunk

It was hot yesterday! We drank a lot of water

Drive drove driven

My aunt drove us to the disco

Eat ate eaten

Susan ate a whole chicken for dinner!

Feel felt felt

We felt tired after the day out

Fight fought fought

Our grandparents fought an awful war

Find found found

I found your keys on the door mat

Fly flew flown

The plane flew to New York in nine hours

Forget forgot forgotten

I forgot Ann’s number

Get got got

Susan got your address from the net

Give gave given

My aunt gave me a lot of presents for Christmas

Go went gone

They went to Madrid by motorbike

Have had had

I had a cold and I was ill en bed

Hear heard heard

We heard a noise upstairs

Hold held held

The policeman held a gun in his hand

Keep kept kept

I kept the coin for some sweets

Know knew known

I knew the lesson very well

Learn learned/learnt learned/learnt

She learnt Japanese last year

Leave left left

My parents left the country and came to the city

Lose lost lost

I lost my purse in the street

Make made made

We made a chocolate cake yesterday

Mean meant meant

She meant she came with us

Meet met met

I met Paul when we were at school

Pay paid paid

They paid by credit card

Read read read

My sister and I read a lot of books when we were young

Ride rode ridden

Susan rode on a beautiful red bike

Run ran run

My dog ran across the street

Say said said

The President said something strange

See saw seen

We saw a man on the corner of the street

Sell sold sold

The Smiths sold their house and moved to Spain

Send sent sent

My aunt sent me a nice postcard of Berlin

Sing sang sung

In Christmas we sang carols and old songs

Sit sat sat

I sat on a rock and watched the ships on the horizon

Sleep slept slept

We slept in the train

Speak spoke spoken

The boy spoke to Sally before lunch

Swim swam swum

Tom swam two miles in the river

Take took taken

The policeman took the microphone and sang

Teach taught taught

My old friends taught me a lot of interesting things

Tell told told

My uncle told scary stories about the past

Think thought thought

I thought of the best option

Throw threw thrown

My team friends always threw the ball to me

Understand understood understood

I understood my teacher and did the exercises

Wake woke woken

We woke before dawn

Wear wore worn

Sue wore a coat and boots

Win won won

My horse won the race

Write wrote written

Paul wrote wonderful stories about the past