Irregular Past Tense Spelling Changes Match each present tense word to the correct past tense word. shoot creep wear catch hear fight break shake shot crept heard broke wore shook caught crept Now find the correct past tense words from the orange box to fill these gaps. One sunny day last summer, I enjoyed a walk in the woods. I ………………my new trainers and ………………… along the woodland path in them so quietly that I …………………………….. sight of a squirrel sitting near the base of an old tree. Unfortunately a twig …………………… under my foot and having …………………. me, the squirrel ……………………… off up into the branches.