Elementary exercises to the irregular verbs TASK - Write the past tense form of the verbs on the line learn _ bring _ feel _ catch _ give _ know _ be _ leave _ hold _ cost _ drive _ buy _ grow _ keep _ hear _ _ can _ become _ lose _ eat _ TASK - Write the past tense form of the verbs in the brackets on the lines Tim (break) the window I (cut) my finger The Smiths (build) a new house for their dog Mary (draw) a horse He (bite) me My face (hurt) The school (begin) We (find) a good film They (have) dinner Birds (fly) over the trees She (get) flowers from him We (come) to the party He (hide) his presents You (go) to the cinema Peter (fall) from the tree TASK – Which verbs can you see in the pictures? Write the two form next to the pictures 1
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 the ball the ball with irregular verbsaffirmative Sentence construction in the Past Simple sentencesubject + irregular verb form + object + adverb of place + adverb of timeE.g I broke a vase in the living-room yesterday.negative sentencesubject + did + not (didn’t) + verb + object + adverb of place + adverb of timeE.g I did not (didn’t) break a vase in the living-room yesterday.interrogative sentence(Wh-question) + did + subject + verb + object + adverb of place + adverb of timeE.g Did you dust the shelves in the living-room yesterday? When did you break a vase in the living-room? short answerYou give short answers to yes-no questions.Yes, subject +did Or No, subject + didn’t.E.g Did you dust the shelves in the living-room yesterday? Yes I did.No, I didn’t TASK - Rewrite the sentences into the Past Simple Tense Then write a negative sentence Look at the example below e.g He writes a letter è He wrote a letter He didn’t write a letter I am a little girl He loses his job We learn English The fire burns Matthew drives a car The dog brings a bone You drink some coke Trees grow in the garden I know your address Tom leaves school TASK - Rewrite the sentences into the Past Simple Tense Then write an interrogative sentence Look at the example below e.g They go skiing è They went skiing Did they go skiing? She keeps the lunch warm You your homework She eats ham and eggs for breakfast I feel tired The boys always fight I give you my book We hear everything I learn the new words every day They hit the ball You hold my camera TASK - Change the following sentences into interrogative then give short answers according to the sign Look at the examples TASK - Rewrite the sentences into the Present Simple Tense There are regular and irregular verbs in this exercise Look at the example e.g.: They ate a lot   Did they eat a lot? Yes, they did e.g.: She danced a lot  She dances a lot She knew the secret   Did she know the secret? No, she didn’t I became a doctor. _ _ We had dinner at 6
 o’clock yesterday. _ _ Father bought food. _ _ The teacher gave us a test last week. _ _ Sam could see you. _ _ Henry fell asleep in his bed. _ _ Tom and Mary caught a cold. _ _ Paul learnt the irregular verbs. _ _ It cost 2
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 p. _ _ Tim broke the world record. _ _ They went to the swimming-pool Mandy found an umbrella _ Jim and Alison travelled to Scotland _ Terry worked in a bank _ My sister had a shower in the morning _ They watched television _ I got up at 8
 o’clock _ She ate an orange _ My mum cleaned my room _ I played tennis _ They enjoyed the party _ My father finished work at 5
 o’clock _ We bought a new car _ Mrs Bill painted the bathroom _ The children washed the car _ He started school _ by Zsuzsapszi SOLUTION Task 1
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) learn – learnt bring – brought feel – felt catch – caught give – gave know – knew be – was / were Task 2
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) broke cut build drew bit Task 3
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) fall –fell bring – brought buy – bought build – built have - had 8
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) leave – left hold – held cost – cost drive – drove buy– bought grow – grew keep – kept 1
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) hear – heard 1
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) – did 1
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) can – could 1
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) become – became 1
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) lose – lost 2
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) eat – ate 6
) hurt 7
) began 8
) found 9
) had 1
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) flew 1
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) got 1
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) came hid went fell 6
) draw – drew 7
) catch – caught 8
) cut- cut 9
) eat – ate 1
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) drink - drank Task 4
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) I was a little girl I wasn’t a little girl 2
) He lost his job He didn’t lose his job 3
) We learned /learnt English We didn’t learn English 4
) The fire burnt The fire didn’t burn 5
) Matthew drove a car Matthew didn’t drive a car 6
) The dog brought a bone The dog didn’t bring a bone 7
) You drank some coke You didn’t drink some coke 8
) Trees grew in the garden Trees didn’t grow in the garden 9
) I knew your address I didn’t know your address 1
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) Tom left school Tom didn’t leave school Task 5
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) She kept the lunch warm Did she keep the lunch warm? 2
) You did your homework Did you your homework? 3
) She ate ham and eggs for breakfast Did she eat ham and eggs for breakfast? 4
) I felt tired Did I / you feel tired? 5
) The boys always fought Did the boys always fight? 6
) I gave you my book Did I / you give you my book? 7
) We heard everything Did we / you hear everything? 8
) I learned / learnt the new words every day Did I / you learn the new words every day? 9
) They hit the ball Did they hit the ball? 1
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) You held my camera Did you hold my camera? Task 6
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) Did I / you become a doctor? Yes, I did 2
) Did we / you have dinner at 6
 o’clock yesterday? No, we didn’t 3
) Did father buy food? Yes, he did 4
) Did the teacher give us a test last week? No, he/she didn’t 5
) Could Sam see you? No, he couldn’t 6
) Did Henry fall asleep in his bed? Yes, he did 7
) Did Tom and Mary catch a cold? Yes, they did 8
) Did Paul learn the irregular verbs? No, he didn’t 9
) Did it cost 2
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) Did Tim break the world record? No, he didn’t Task 7
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) They go to the swimming-pool Mandy finds an umbrella Jim and Alison travel to Scotland Terry works in a bank My sister has a shower in the morning They watch television I get up at 8
 o’clock She eats an orange 9
) My mum cleans my room 1
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) I play tennis 1
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) They enjoy the party 1
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) My father finishes work at 5
 o’clock 1
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) We buy a new car 1
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) Mrs Bill paints the bathroom 1
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) The children wash the car 1
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) He starts school