{"id":73980,"date":"2020-04-14T05:09:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73980"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:19:27","slug":"irregular-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/irregular-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/irregular-verbs.htm\">irregular verbs here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Irregular verbs worksheet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks with the past simple or past participle form of the verb given in the brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; from her seat to speak. (rise)<\/li><li>Prices have &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (rise)<\/li><li>She has &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. into a pretty young girl. (grow)<\/li><li>The meeting had &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; before I reached the hall. (begin)<\/li><li>They &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; him to a tree. (bind)<\/li><li>She was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; on the face. (bite)<\/li><li>She &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. down to pick up the coin. (bend)<\/li><li>I have &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. some cookies for the children. (buy)<\/li><li>She &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; the blue gown. (choose)<\/li><li>This palace was &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; in the 18th century. (build)<\/li><li>They &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. a deep well. (dig)<\/li><li>Who &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; the door open? (leave)<\/li><li>He &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. a beautiful picture on the board. (draw)<\/li><li>They have &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; home. (go)<\/li><li>She &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. the bag tightly. (hold)<\/li><li>She has &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. many setbacks in her life. (overcome)<\/li><li>I have never &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (know) him to be angry. <\/li><li>I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; the Minister yesterday. (meet)<\/li><li>I have &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. to the manager about my decision to quit. (speak)<\/li><li>At least 20 people &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. their lives in the accident. (lose)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most English verbs form their past and past participle by adding -ed to the infinitive. Examples are: talk, talked, talked,. Similarly, work, worked, worked. 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