Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises

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This exercise consits of 50 verbs and ss are required to determine whether the verb requires -ED or a special form. English Exercises past simple exercises Regular or Irregular Verb?

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Here's an interactive exercise about irregular verbs - this one is to practise the past simple.

Published by Anna Sawa in Teaching Ideas · 21 March 2021
Tags: verbs, grammar, printables, vocabulary, games, activities

If you are looking for ideas how to teach Simple Past regular and irregular verbs to your primary students you are in the right place. You can find here some ideas and resources that can help your students to memorize verb forms faster and learn in a pleasure way.

Past Simple memory game

Encourage your students to learn Simple Past verb forms playing Memory game in groups. They can learn and have fun at the same time.

Simple Past memory game rules:

1. Click a link below and download memory cards from the Teacher’s Zone website:

- Simple Past regular verbs memory cards

2. Print and cut the Simple Past memory cards out.

3. Divide students into groups of four and distribute one set of memory cards for each group.

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5. They randomly flip two of them and say the words aloud.

6. If the uncovered cards match (matching cards are basic verb form and Simple Past verb form), remove and keep the pair of cards. Then get another turn as a reward.

7. If the uncovered cards do not match, the two visible cards are flipped to be facedown.

8. The winner is the player with the most pairs of cards.

Past Simple domino game

Another form of learning through play is Domino game. This activity is a great way to learn by heart easily.

Simple Past domino game rules:

1. Click a link below and download domino cards from the Teacher’s Zone website:

- Simple Past regular verbs domino cards

3. Divide students into groups of four and distribute one set of domino cards for each group.

4. Students turn domino cards face down on the table and shuffle them.

5. Each player draw 3 cards and the other dominoes are used as a draw pile.

6. The first player choose a domino from the draw pile and place it in the middle of the table.

7. Continue to play clockwise. The next player selects the domino from his cards. Matching cards are basic verb form and Simple Past form. If one of the cards matches she/he sets the domino in the middle of the table. If none of dominoes can be played, the player picks a card from the draw pile.

8. The game ends when the domino sets close the circle.

9. The first student who gets rid of his last domino card is the winner.

Creating a mysterious story with given verbs can help your students to use Simple Past forms of the verbs in sentences and memorize them in context. There are two versions of this activity. You can write five to ten past form verbs on the board and ask students to create their own mysterious stories using these words in any order. Another version of this task is to give one verb to write a sentence and after that the next one to create the following part of the story. You can continue the activity with any numbers of verbs.

Simple Past verbs printable exercises

For more practise of Simple Past regular and irregular verb forms you can download and print worksheets from the Teacher’s Zone website. You can find here wordsquares and matching exercises as well as filling the gap tasks.

Click the link below to download free printable worksheets:

Enjoy the Simple Past verb forms resources from the Teacher's Zone website:) Leave a comment if you find them useful.

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Most Common Irregular Verbs – Part 1

This page has three sets of exercises with the most common irregular verbs.

Remember that regular verbs take the -ed suffix for the past simple tense.

However, irregular verbs forms do not take the -ed suffix.

Irregular verbs are formed with a vowel change or with a non -ed suffix form.

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Exercise 1

Instructions: Look at the verbs in the list below. Identify them as regular or irregular. Then use each one in the sentences that follow. The answers are given after the exercise.

allow
calculate
catch
feel
forgive
earn
injure
spend
obtain
wear

Now place the past simple tense of the verbs into each gap.

allow / calculate / catch / feel / forgive / earn / injure / spend / obtain / wear

(1) They __________ a great deal of money refurbishing that old house.

(2) The accountant __________ the profit and loss for his client.

(3) The mother and her child __________ themselves badly in a car accident.

(4) They __________ the support of the management of the company, which made their business plan successful.

(5) She __________ him after he apologized, although she probably shouldn’t have.

(6) I __________ a good salary when I worked in London, but it was very expensive to live there.

(7) He __________ a new suit and tie to his son’s wedding.

(8) The player __________ the basketball and went on to score the point that won the game.

(9) Her parents __________ her to travel around the world alone, even though she was only 17 years old.

(10) I __________ just awful yesterday because I was suffering from a bad cold.

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Answers to Exercise 1

(1) spent (irregular)
(2) calculated (regular)
(3) injured (regular)
(4) obtained (regular)
(5) forgave (irregular)
(6) earned (regular)
(7) wore (irregular)
(8) caught (irregular)
(9) allowed (regular)
(10) felt (irregular)

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Part 2

Instructions: Have a look at the list of verbs below. Decide whether each verb in the list is regular or irregular. Then use each one in the sentences that follow.

avoid
become
drink
fight
freeze
introduce
lighten
mean
swim
tumble

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Exercise 2

Place the verbs into the sentences that follow. Use the past simple form.

avoid / become / drink / fight / freeze / introduce / lighten / mean / swim / tumble

(1) The professor __________ annoyed and angry after he learned that some of the students had cheated on the exam.

(2) My uncle __________ me to the man that I later married.

(3) He __________ all the wine, so there was none left when the guests arrived at the party.

(4) She __________ her hair last week. She is much more blonde now.

(5) I can’t believe that he __________ to do something as mean and spiteful as that! Surely, his actions must have been unintentional.

(6) The two business partners __________ over every single decision, until they finally decided to dissolve their company.

(7) He __________ the entire length of the pool ten times yesterday.

(8) The child __________ down the stairs, but was not hurt in the accident.

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(9) I __________ the person I didn’t want to talk to by hiding behind the newspaper I was reading at the time.

(10) The water in the lake __________ due to the low temperatures last night.

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Answers to Exercise 2

(1) became (irregular)
(2) introduced (regular)
(3) drank (irregular)
(4) lightened (regular)
(5) meant (irregular)
(6) fought (irregular)
(7) swam (irregular)
(8) tumbled (regular)
(9) avoided (regular)
(10) froze (irregular)

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Part 3

Instructions: Look at the verbs that follow and indicate whether they are regular or irregular. Then change the verbs to the past tense and put them in the sentences below. The answers are given after the exercise.

bend
borrow
communicate
damage
knock
pay
permit
stand
teach
wake

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Exercise 3

Put the past simple form of the verbs into the gaps below.

bend / borrow / communicate / damage / knock / pay / permit / stand / teach / wake

(1) She __________ on the door to her friend’s house before going inside.

(2) I __________ up so late today. In fact, I didn’t get out of bed until 10:30 am.

(3) They __________ with me via email since the telephone was out of order.

(4) My mother __________ her favourite plate when she dropped it onto the kitchen floor.

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(5) He __________ a book from me, but he hasn’t returned it to me yet.

(6) He __________ $400 for that old broken-down car, and then he really regretted it.

(7) My parents __________ me always to tell the truth, so it is impossible for me to tell a lie.

(8) He __________ the piece of wire by twisting it with his hands.

(9) They __________ the disabled person to enter the building at the designated entrance.

(10) I __________ at the bus stop for 35 minutes waiting for a bus to come.

Most Common Irregular Verbs – Answers to Exercise 3

(1) knocked (regular)
(2) woke (irregular)
(3) communicated (regular)
(4) damaged (regular)
(5) borrowed (regular)
(6) paid (irregular)
(7) taught (irregular)
(8) bent (irregular)
(9) permitted (regular)
(10) stood (irregular)

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