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Irregular past tense

10 sentences · Fix the past tense, Choose the past tense, Write the past tense of the verb

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Some verbs do not add -ed in the past: eat, ate; catch, caught; find, found.

  1. Example 1Choose the right word.

    The cat ____ on the girl's pillow. sleepingsleptsleeped

    The cat slept on the girl's pillow.

    sleep has its own past tense: slept.

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Dad ____ the cake. cutcuttedcutting

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Irregular past tense

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Example · Choose the right word.The cat ____ on the girl's pillow. (sleeping / slept / sleeped)The cat slept on the girl's pillow.
Example · Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The driver ____ (drive) a bus fast.The driver drove a bus fast.
Example · Fix the past tense verb.The farmer growed carrots.The farmer grew carrots.
  1. Choose the right word.Dad ____ the cake. (cut / cutted / cutting)
  2. Choose the right word.The pirate ____ some gold. (finded / found / finding)
  3. Choose the right word.Dad ____ the window at noon. (shutted / shutting / shut)
  4. Choose the right word.The balloons ____ in the evening. (bursting / bursted / burst)
  5. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The moon ____ (rise).
  6. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).The rain ____ (fall).
  7. Write the past tense of the verb in ( ).Mom ____ (choose) a peach.
  8. Fix the past tense verb.Mom hurted herself.
  9. Fix the past tense verb.The horses runned.
  10. Fix the past tense verb.The dragonfly flied.
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Irregular past tense · answer key

  1. cut

    cut has its own past tense: cut.

  2. found

    find has its own past tense: found.

  3. shut

    shut has its own past tense: shut.

  4. burst

    burst has its own past tense: burst.

  5. The moon rose.
  6. The rain fell.
  7. Mom chose a peach.
  8. Mom hurt herself.

    hurt has its own past tense: hurt.

  9. The horses ran.

    run has its own past tense: ran.

  10. The dragonfly flew.

    fly has its own past tense: flew.

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