Irregular Verbs

Most English verbs form their past and past participle by adding -ed to the infinitive. Examples are: talk, talked, talked,. Similarly, work, worked, worked. There are, however, some verbs that form their past simple and past participle forms by a change in the main vowel of the present simple (infinitive). These are called irregular verbs. Examples are: write, wrote, written. You can learn more about irregular verbs here.

Irregular verbs worksheet

Fill in the blanks with the past simple or past participle form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. She …………………………… from her seat to speak. (rise)
2. Prices have ………………………… (rise)
3. She has ……………………. into a pretty young girl. (grow)
4. The meeting had ……………………… before I reached the hall. (begin)
5. They …………………… him to a tree. (bind)
6. She was ……………………… on the face. (bite)
7. She …………………….. down to pick up the coin. (bend)
8. I have ……………………. some cookies for the children. (buy)
9. She ……………………… the blue gown. (choose)
10. This palace was …………………… in the 18th century. (build)
11. They ………………….. a deep well. (dig)
12. Who …………………… the door open? (leave)
13. He ……………………. a beautiful picture on the board. (draw)
14. They have …………………… home. (go)
15. She ………………….. the bag tightly. (hold)
16. She has ……………………. many setbacks in her life. (overcome)
17. I have never ……………………… (know) him to be angry.
18. I ……………………… the Minister yesterday. (meet)
19. I have …………………….. to the manager about my decision to quit. (speak)
20. At least 20 people …………………….. their lives in the accident. (lose)

Answers

1. rose, 2. risen, 3. grown, 4. begun, 5. bound, 6. bitten, 7. bent, 8. bought, 9. chose, 10. built, 11. dug, 12. left, 13. drew, 14. gone, 15. held, 16. overcome, 17. known, 18. met, 19. spoken, 20. lost