B1-B2 English: Irregular Verbs in the Past

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Which of the following verbs does NOT remain the same in its past simple and past participle forms?

  • Set
  • Cut
  • Burst
  • Become (correct)

The past participle of 'must' is 'musted'.

False (B)

I wish I ______ known about the change of plans earlier. (Infinitive: KNOW)

had

Choose the correct past simple form of the verb 'go' in the following sentence: 'Yesterday, I _____ to the store.'

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The verb 'read' changes its spelling in the past simple and past participle forms.

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What is the past participle of the verb 'see'?

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She said she ______ come, but she never did. (Infinitive: WILL)

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Which option correctly completes the sentence? 'He _____ the book last night.' (Infinitive: READ)

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It is correct to say 'I have saw' instead of 'I have seen'.

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What is the past simple of the verb 'say'?

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The price of the repairs ______ me a lot of money. (Infinitive: COST)

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Which modal verb is used to express past ability?

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'Should have went' is grammatically correct.

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What is the past participle of 'have to'?

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I ______ to finish the project yesterday. (Infinitive: HAVE TO)

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Which sentence correctly uses 'would have'?

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'Might have ate' is grammatically correct to express a possibility in the past.

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What is the past participle of 'do'?

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She ______ a famous author after years of hard work. (Infinitive: BECOME)

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Choose the correct past participle in the sentence: 'They have _____ the movie already.' (Infinitive: SEE)

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The past simple of 'bring' is 'brang'.

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Write the past participle of 'build'.

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He ______ a new car last month. (Infinitive: BUY)

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Which is the correct past simple of 'catch'?

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The past participle of 'dig' is 'dug' and is used in the present perfect tense as well.

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Provide the past simple of 'feed'.

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She ______ sad after watching the movie. (Infinitive: FEEL)

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Correctly complete the sentence: 'They have _____ for their rights.' (Infinitive: FIGHT)

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The past participle of 'hang' when referring to objects is always 'hanged'.

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What is the past simple and past participle of 'keep'?

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He ______ the book on the table. (Infinitive: LAY)

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Choose the correctly formed sentence: 'She has _____ him to his success.' (Infinitive: LEAD)

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The past participle of 'leave' is 'leaved'.

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What is the past simple of 'lose'?

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They ______ a mistake. (Infinitive: MAKE)

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Complete the sentence: 'I have _____ him several times before.' (Infinitive: MEET)

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The past simple of 'shine' is 'shined'.

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She ______ on the chair for hours. (Infinitive: SIT)

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Which sentence uses the correct past participle form of the verb 'steal'?

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Match the infinitive verb with its past simple and past participle forms, where all three forms are identical:

<p>Cut = Cut, Cut Hit = Hit, Hit Set = Set, Set Shut = Shut, Shut</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its corresponding past simple and past participle forms, for verbs with the same past simple and past participle:

<p>Buy = Bought, Bought Catch = Caught, Caught Feel = Felt, Felt Sell = Sold, Sold</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its past simple and past participle forms, focusing on verbs with similar pronunciation patterns in the past forms:

<p>Wake = Woke, Woken Steal = Stole, Stolen Freeze = Froze, Frozen Break = Broke, Broken</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its past simple and past participle, focusing on verbs with similar pronunciation patterns in the past forms:

<p>Sing = Sang, Sung Swim = Swam, Swum Drink = Drank, Drunk Begin = Began, Begun</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the modal verb with its past form:

<p>Can (ability) = Could / (Was/Were) able to / (Have/Had) been able to Must = Had to Have To = Had to Should = Should have + past participle</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following modal verb with its past form:

<p>Would = Would have + past participle Might = Might have + past participle Shall = Should Will = Would</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match these verb infinitive with its past simple and past participle forms. These all have similar pronunciation:

<p>Blow = Blew, Blown Wear = Wore, Worn Throw = Threw, Thrown Tear = Tore, Torn</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive form of the verb to its correct past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Be = Was/Were, Been Do = Did, Done Go = Went, Gone See = Saw, Seen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive to the past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Bend = Bent, Bent Bring = Brought, Brought Build = Built, Built Have = Had, Had</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive with the appropriate past simple and past participle:

<p>Keep = Kept, Kept Lead = Led, Led Lose = Lost, Lost Make = Made, Made</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive to its corresponding past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Light = Lit, Lit Lie = Lay, Lain Mean = Meant, Meant Meet = Met, Met</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive form of the verb with its past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Pay = Paid, Paid Say = Said, Said Send = Sent, Sent Sit = Sat, Sat</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its appropriate past simple and past participle forms.

<p>Sleep = Slept, Slept Slide = Slid, Slid Stand = Stood, Stood Tell = Told, Told</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb to its correct past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Draw = Drew, Drawn Drive = Drove, Driven Eat = Ate, Eaten Fall = Fell, Fallen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following verbs to their past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Give = Gave, Given Freeze = Froze, Frozen Hide = Hid, Hidden Know = Knew, Known</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following infinitive verbs with their past and past participle forms as indicated in the text:

<p>Cost = Cost, Cost Hurt = Hurt, Hurt Read = Read, Read Let = Let, Let</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb to its past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Burn = Burned/Burnt, Burned/Burnt Dream = Dreamed/Dreamt, Dreamed/Dreamt Hang = Hung/Hanged, Hung/Hanged Bend = Bent, Bent</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the base form of the verb with its correct past simple and past participle:

<p>Become = Became, Become Do = Did, Done Go = Went, Gone See = Saw, Seen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Connect the base verb with its corresponding past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Bring = Brought, Brought Build = Built, Built Catch = Caught, Caught Feel = Felt, Felt</p> Signup and view all the answers

Associate the base form of the verb with its past simple and past participle:

<p>Keep = Kept, Kept Lead = Led, Led Leave = Left, Left Meet = Met, Met</p> Signup and view all the answers

Associate the infinitive verb with its related past simple and past participle:

<p>Pay = Paid, Paid Say = Said, Said Shine = Shone, Shone Shoot = Shot, Shot</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the verb with its corresponding past simple and past participle forms:

<p>Sleep = Slept, Slept Slide = Slid, Slid Spend = Spent, Spent Stand = Stood, Stood</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the verb with its past simple and past participle, specifically verbs that take similar forms:

<p>Draw = Drew, Drawn Drive = Drove, Driven Eat = Ate, Eaten Fall = Fell, Fallen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Connect the base form with its correct past simple and past participle, focusing on vowel changes and distinct forms:

<p>Give = Gave, Given Freeze = Froze, Frozen Hide = Hid, Hidden Know = Knew, Known</p> Signup and view all the answers

Associate the base form with its past simple and past participle:

<p>Ride = Rode, Ridden Rise = Rose, Risen Shake = Shook, Shaken Speak = Spoke, Spoken</p> Signup and view all the answers

Identify the past simple and past participle forms of the following infinitive verbs, known for not changing:

<p>Burst = Burst, Burst Cost = Cost, Cost Cut = Cut, Cut Hit = Hit, Hit</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the base form of the verb with its past simple and past participle, where the latter two are similar in form:

<p>Feed = Fed, Fed Fight = Fought, Fought Hang = Hung, Hung Hear = Heard, Heard</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its corresponding past simple and past participle forms. Identify a pattern in the changes:

<p>Lose = Lost, Lost Mean = Meant, Meant Pay = Paid, Paid Sell = Sold, Sold</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive verb with its past simple and past participle forms, focusing on verbs with similar changes in tense:

<p>Spoon = Spooned, Spooned Spill = Spilled/Spilt, Spilled/Spilt Stick = Stuck, Stuck Tell = Told, Told</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the infinitive with its corresponding past simple and past participle. These verbs are irregular and have distinct forms:

<p>Begin = Began, Begun Come = Came, Come Drink = Drank, Drunk Ring = Rang, Rung</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pair the base form with the past simple and past participle form:

<p>Run = Ran, Run Sing = Sang, Sung Sink = Sank, Sunk Swim = Swam, Swum</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pair the infinitive with the past simple and past participle:

<p>Be = Was/Were, Been Become = Became, Become Do = Did, Done Go = Went, Gone</p> Signup and view all the answers

Link the verb to past simple and participle:

<p>Bring = Brought, Brought Build = Built, Built Buy = Bought, Bought Catch = Caught, Caught</p> Signup and view all the answers

Connect verbs to forms

<p>Hang = Hung, Hung Hear = Heard, Heard Keep = Kept, Kept Kneel = Knelt, Knelt</p> Signup and view all the answers

Link the base verb with its forms

<p>Light = Lit, Lit Lose = Lost, Lost Mean = Meant, Meant Meet = Met, Met</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Verbs that don't change

Past simple and past participle are the same as the base form.

Could / Was/Were able to

Past tense of 'can', or to express past ability.

Had to

Expresses obligation or necessity in the past.

Should have + past participle

Used to express regret or criticism about a past action.

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Would have + past participle

Indicates a past intention or willingness that didn't necessarily happen.

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Might have + past participle

Expresses a possibility in the past that didn't occur.

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Was/Were

Past simple of 'be'.

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Been

Past participle of 'be'.

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Did

Past simple of 'do'.

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Done

Past participle of 'do'.

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Became

Past simple of 'become'.

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Went

Past simple of 'go'.

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Gone

Past participle of 'go'.

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Read (Past)

Past simple and past participle of 'read'. Pronounced 'red'.

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Saw

Past simple of 'see'.

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Seen

Past participle of 'see'.

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Said

Past simple and past participle of 'say'.

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Verbs with the same past forms

Past simple and past participle are the same

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Build

To exert effort to construct or create something.

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Buy

To procure something with money; acquire by payment.

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Catch

To seize or capture something.

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Dig

To excavate or turn up earth.

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Feel

Endure or experience a specific emotion or sensation.

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Fight

Engage in physical combat or struggle.

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Hold

Maintain possession of something in one's grasp.

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Keep

Retain possession of something or someone.

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Kneel

Move one's body and knees on the ground.

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Lay

Place something down carefully.

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Lead

To guide or direct

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Lend

To provide something to someone and expect it back.

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Lose

To no longer have something.

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Make

Create or construct and produce something.

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Meet

Encounter a person face to face

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Pay

Provide monetary funds as payment for goods or services.

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Say

To state something; utter words to express one's thoughts.

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Send

Transmit something somewhere

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Sell

To give something for money

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Shine

To give off light.

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Shoot

To fire a bullet from a weapon.

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Sit

To remain in an upright position.

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Sleep

To rest in a sleeping position.

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Slide

Move with a smooth, gliding motion.

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Hurt

To suffer or sustain damage or loss.

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Bring

To carry or take something to a place.

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Burst

To erupt or explode.

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Dreamed/Dreamt

Past simple and past participle of 'dream'

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Hung/Hanged

Past simple and past participle of 'hang'.

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Spoilt/Spoiled

To let something go to waste.

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Spilt/Spilled

To cause or allow liquid flow.

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Stuck

Past simple and past participle of 'stick'.

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Thought

Past simple and past participle of 'think'.

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Understand

To know the meaning or intention.

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Drink

Past simple becomes 'drank'. Past participle becomes 'drunk'.

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Blow

Past simple becomes 'blew'. Past participle becomes 'blown'.

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Grow

Past simple becomes 'grew'. Past participle becomes 'grown'.

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Study Notes

  • Irregular verbs in the past for B1-B2 level English learners.

Verbs That Don’t Change

  • Some irregular verbs have the same form in the infinitive, past simple, and past participle.
  • Examples include: cost, cut, burst, hit, hurt, let, put, set, and shut.
  • Can (ability): past forms are could or (was/were) able to, (have/had) been able to.
  • Must: past form is had to.
  • Have to: past form is had to.
  • Should: uses "should have + past participle."
  • Would: uses "would have + past participle."
  • Might: uses "might have + past participle."

Essential Irregular Verbs

  • Be: past simple is was/were, past participle is been.
  • Do: past simple is did, past participle is done.
  • Become: past simple is became, past participle is become.
  • Go: past simple is went, past participle is gone.
  • Read: past simple is read (pronounced "red"), past participle is read (pronounced "red").
  • See: past simple is saw, past participle is seen.
  • Say: past simple is said, past participle is said.

Verbs with Same Past Simple & Past Participle

  • Several irregular verbs share the same form for both past simple and past participle.
  • Examples include: bend (bent), bring (brought), build (built), buy (bought), catch (caught), dig (dug), feed (fed), feel (felt), fight (fought), have (had), hear (heard), hold (held), keep (kept), lay (laid), lead (led), lend (lent), leave (left), lose (lost), make (made), meet (met), pay (paid), say (said), sell (sold), send (sent), sit (sat), sleep (slept), slide (slid), spend (spent), stand (stood), stick (stuck), tell (told), think (thought), and understand (understood).
  • Burn: past simple and past participle are burned/burnt.
  • Dream: past simple and past participle are dreamed/dreamt.
  • Hang: past simple and past participle are hung/hanged.
  • Kneel: past simple and past participle are knelt.
  • Light: past simple and past participle are lit.
  • Mean: past simple and past participle are meant.
  • Shine: past simple and past participle are shone.
  • Shoot: past simple and past participle are shot.
  • Spoil, spill: past simple and past participle are spoilt/spilt.

Verbs with Similar Pronunciation Change

  • Beat: past simple is beat, past participle is beaten.
  • Bite: past simple is bit, past participle is bitten.
  • Break: past simple is broke, past participle is broken.
  • Choose: past simple is chose, past participle is chosen.
  • Draw: past simple is drew, past participle is drawn.
  • Drive: past simple is drove, past participle is driven.
  • Eat: past simple is ate, past participle is eaten.
  • Fall: past simple is fell, past participle is fallen.
  • Forget: past simple is forgot, past participle is forgotten.
  • Forgive: past simple is forgave, past participle is forgiven.
  • Freeze: past simple is froze, past participle is frozen.
  • Give: past simple is gave, past participle is given.
  • Hide: past simple is hid, past participle is hidden.
  • Know: past simple is knew, past participle is known.
  • Ride: past simple is rode, past participle is ridden.
  • Rise: past simple is rose, past participle is risen.
  • Shake: past simple is shook, past participle is shaken.
  • Speak: past simple is spoke, past participle is spoken.
  • Steal: past simple is stole, past participle is stolen.
  • Wake: past simple is woke, past participle is woken.
  • Write: past simple is wrote, past participle is written.

Irregular Verbs with Similar Pronunciation change

  • Begin: past simple is began, past participle is begun.
  • Come: past simple is came, past participle is come.
  • Drink: past simple is drank, past participle is drunk.
  • Ring: past simple is rang, past participle is rung.
  • Run: past simple is ran, past participle is run.
  • Sing: past simple is sang, past participle is sung.
  • Sink: past simple is sank, past participle is sunk.
  • Swim: past simple is swam, past participle is swum.
  • Blow: past simple is blew, past participle is blown.
  • Fly: past simple is flew, past participle is flown.
  • Grow: past simple is grew, past participle is grown.
  • Know: past simple is knew, past participle is known.
  • Throw: past simple is threw, past participle is thrown.
  • Wear: past simple is wore, past participle is worn.
  • Tear: past simple is tore, past participle is torn.

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