Irregular Verbs- Past Simple ESL Worksheet

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ESL Worksheet: Irregular Verbs- Past Simple

Instructions: 50 Questions about irregular verbs.

Q1 - The past tense of 'ring' is ____.
 
ring
 
rang
 
rung
Q2 - The past tense of 'bring' is ____.
 
brang
 
brung
 
brought
 
nought
Q3 - The past tense of 'drink' is ____.
 
drink
 
drank
 
drunk
 
drunken
 
drincked
Q4 - The past tense of 'wring' is ____.
 
wrang
 
wrung
Q5 - The past tense of 'do' is ____.
 
done
 
did
Q6 - The past tense of 'dig' is ____.
 
dag
 
dug
Q7 - The past tense of 'think' is ____.
 
thought
 
thunk
Q8 - The past tense of 'spend' is ____.
 
spent
 
spended
 
Either could be used here.
Q9 - The past tense of 'cost' is ____.
 
cost
 
costed
 
Either could be used here.
Q10 - The past tense of 'will' is ____.
 
won't
 
would
Q11 - The past tense of 'take' is ____.
 
taken
 
took
 
taked
Q12 - The past tense of 'be' is ____.
 
was
 
were
 
Either could be used here.
Q13 - The past tense of 'can' is ____.
 
can
 
could
Q14 - The past tense of 'have' is ____.
 
have
 
had
 
have got
Q15 - The past tense of 'go' is ____.
 
gone
 
went
 
been
Q16 - The past tense of 'get' is ____.
 
got
 
gotten
 
Either could be used here.
Q17 - The past tense of 'string' is ____.
 
string
 
strung
 
strang
Q18 - The past tense of 'stride' is ____.
 
stride
 
strade
 
strode
Q19 - The past tense of 'stink' is ____.
 
stonk
 
stank
 
stunk
Q20 - The past tense of 'swear' is ____.
 
sweared
 
sworn
 
swore
Q21 - The past tense of 'stick' is ____.
 
stack
 
stuck
 
stick
Q22 - The past tense of 'grind' is ____.
 
grand
 
ground
 
grind
 
grund
Q23 - The past tense of 'let' is ____.
 
lat
 
let
 
lit
 
lot
Q24 - The past tense of 'light' is ____.
 
let
 
lat
 
lot
 
lit
 
light
Q25 - The past tense of 'grow' is ____.
 
grow
 
graw
 
grew
 
grown
 
growed
Q26 - The past tense of 'lie' is ____.
 
lay
 
lain
 
laid
Q27 - The past tense of 'lay' is ____.
 
lay
 
laid
 
lain
Q28 - The past tense of 'bleed' is ____.
 
bleed
 
bled
 
blet
Q29 - The past tense of 'read' is ____.
 
read
 
red
Q30 - The past tense of 'ride' is ____.
 
rode
 
ride
 
ridden
Q31 - The past tense of 'run' is ____.
 
run
 
runned
 
ran
 
rin
Q32 - The past tense of 'shave' is ____.
 
shaved
 
shaven
Q33 - The past tense of 'bet' is ____.
 
bat
 
bet
 
bit
 
but
Q34 - The past tense of 'upset' is ____.
 
upset
 
upsetted
 
upsat
Q35 - The past tense of 'understand' is ____.
 
understand
 
understanding
 
understood
Q36 - The past tense of 'mean' is ____.
 
mean
 
meaned
 
meant
Q37 - The past tense of wear' is ____.
 
wear
 
weared
 
wore
 
worn
Q38 - The past tense of 'wed' is ____.
 
wed
 
wedded
 
Either could be used here.
Q39 - The past tense of 'wind' is ____.
 
wind
 
winded
 
wound
Q40 - The past tense of 'burn' is ____.
 
burn
 
burned
Q41 - The past tense of 'bite' is ____.
 
bite
 
bit
 
bote
 
bitten
 
bited
Q42 - The past tense of 'burst' is ____.
 
burst
 
borst
Q43 - The past tense of 'see' is ____.
 
sawed
 
saw
 
sawn
Q44 - The past tense of 'saw' is ____.
 
saw
 
sew
 
seen
 
sawed
Q45 - The past tense of 'hide' is ____.
 
hid
 
hide
 
hidden
 
hode
Q46 - The past tense of 'hit' is ____.
 
hat
 
hit
 
hot
 
hut
Q47 - The past tense of 'tear' is ____.
 
tear
 
tar
 
torn
 
tore
Q48 - The past tense of 'tell' is ____.
 
tell
 
tilde
 
told
Q49 - The past tense of 'bend' is ____.
 
bend
 
band
 
bent
Q50 - The past tense of 'know' is ____.
 
know
 
known
 
knew

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