Past Tense
of
Irregular Verbs
Review
•Regular Verbs
•Spelling Rules
Learn
•New Irregular
Verbs
Practice
•Selecting the
Correct
Irregular Verb
Review of Regular Verb Spelling
Rules: Appendix 4, page 214
Add ed
Started, finished, washed,
helped, listened, watched
Verbs ending in e, add only d
Lived, cared, died, dated, shared
Change the y to i and add ed
Dried, cried, fried, married, spied
Don’t change the y to i just add ed
Prayed, played, stayed,
destroyed
CVC rule: double the final
consonant & add ed
Stopped, robbed, lobbed, napped
Do not double final w or x, just
add ed
Wowed, mixed, jinxed, meowed,
vowed,
Two syllables, and the 2nd is
stressed, double the final
consonant and add ed
Remitted, permitted, admitted,
occurred
Two syllables, and the 2nd is not
stressed, don’t double the final
consonant, just add ed
Happened, listened, opened,
earned,
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Bring
Past Tense
Brought
Take
Took
Ring
Rang
Sing
Sang
Sting
Stung
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Past Tense
Buy
Bought
Pay
Paid
Give
Gave
Get
Got
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Eat
Past Tense
Ate
Bite
Bit
Drink
Drank
Make
Made
Sit
Sat
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Past Tense
Draw
Drew
Cut
Cut
Put
Put
Write
Wrote
Send
Sent
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Feel
Past Tense
Felt
Pet
Pet
Say
Said
Have
Had
Teach
Taught
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense
Definition
Past Tense
Become
Became
Break
Broke
Build
Built
Catch
Caught
Select the correct Verb:
Go
Fly
Ride
Drive
Run
Leave
Went
Flew
Rode
Drove
Ran
Left
Activity 6: Page 100
A Surprising Day
Yesterday I decided to go to the beach because the
weather was so beautiful. It took me about an hour to get
ready. I found my bathing suit, towel, sunglasses and a
good book. (1.) ________________________. Then I
packed all these things in my beach bag. Finally, I was
ready. (2.) ___________________________.
I saw it
was raining. I waited for it to stop, but it continued.
Unfortunately, I had to stay home yesterday.
Activity 7: page 101
1. When were you born?
_________________________________
 2. How did you feel yesterday?
_________________________________
 3. Where did you go last weekend?
_________________________________
 4. When did you see a movie?
_________________________________
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Activity 7: page 101
(continued)
5. What did you buy last week?
_________________________________
 6. Whom did you speak with yesterday?
_________________________________
 7. When did you leave for school this
morning?
_________________________________
 8. When did you do your homework?
_________________________________
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Activity 9: Practicing Negative
Verbs in the Past
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1. Carmen /live (negative)/ in Connecticut
/ in 1997.
2. Shelley / study (negative) /
engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents / visit (negative) /
him last year.
4. Dinosaurs / have (negative) / large
brains.
5. John / help (negative) / me with my
homework!
Activity 9: Practicing Negative
Verbs in the Past
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1. Carmen did not live in Connecticut in
1997.
2. Shelley did not study engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents did not visit him last
year.
4. Dinosaurs did not have large brains.
5. John did not help me with my
homework!
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
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1. Winston Churchill was a leader of
Mexico.
2. Confucius lived in Japan.
3. Pele’ played basketball.
4. The Beatles sang in Arabic.
5. The Titanic sank in the Pacific Ocean.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
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6. The Statue of Liberty came from Italy.
7. Thomas Edison invented the radio.
8. Stephen King wrote Romeo and Juliet.
9. The prophet Mohammed spoke Hindi.
10. Marilyn Monroe was an engineer.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
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1. Winston Churchill wasn’t a leader of
Mexico. He was a leader of Great Britain.
2. Confucius didn’t live in Japan. He lived
in China.
3. Pele’ didn’t play basketball. He played
soccer.
4. The Beatles didn’t sing in Arabic. They
sang in English and some German!
5. The Titanic didn’t sink in the Pacific
Ocean. It sank in the North Atlantic.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
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6. The Statue of Liberty didn’t come from
Italy. It was a gift from the people of France.
7. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the radio.
He invented the light bulb.
8. Stephen King didn’t write Romeo and
Juliet. He wrote Carrie and The Shining.
9. The prophet Mohammed didn’t speak
Hindi. He spoke Arabic.
10. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t an engineer. She
was an actress and a model.
Activity 11:
Simple Past Tense Review
Bob’s Horrible Day
Bob (1. have)_____ a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be)
________Supposed to get up at 6 a.m., but his alarm clock (3.
work, negative) ____________. He (4. wake up) __________ at 8
a.m. There (5. be) ________ no hot water for a shower, so he had
to use cold water. After that, his car (6. start, negative)
________________, and he had to take the bus. When Bob (7.
get) _________ to work, his boss (8. yell) _____________ at him
for being late. Next, his computer (9. crash)______________, and
he (10. lose)____________ all of his documents. He (11. stay)
___________________at work until midnight to redo the
documents. Bob (12. decide) ___________________ to stay home
the next day because he (13. be) _______________too tired from
all his bad luck.
Activity 11:
Simple Past Tense Review
Bob’s Horrible Day
Bob (1. have) had a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be) was
supposed to get up at 6 a.m., but his alarm clock (3. work, negative)
didn’t work. He (4. wake up) woke up at 8 a.m. There (5. be) was
no hot water for a shower, so he had to use cold water. After that,
his car (6. start, negative) didn’t start, and he had to take the bus.
When Bob (7. get) got to work, his boss (8. yell) yelled at him for
being late. Next, his computer (9. crash) crashed, and he (10. lose)
lost all of his documents. He (11. stay) stayed at work until midnight
to redo the documents. Bob (12. decide) decided to stay home the
next day because he (13. be) was too tired from all his bad luck.