Detailed grammar worksheet designed to help students practice forming the past simple tense using irregular verbs through various exercises.

Here's the complete solution to all sections of your worksheet on Past Simple Tense – Irregular Verbs.

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## ✔ A. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Something was wrong with the computer. It just shut down.
→ *“Was” is the past simple of “be” for singular subjects.*

2. They didn’t have a lot of money when they were young.
→ *Negative past simple: didn’t + base verb.*

3. I fell off a tree and broke my wrist.
→ *“Fall” → “fell”; “break” → “broke” — both irregular.*

4. My sister left the house 10 minutes ago.
→ *“Leave” → “left” — irregular past form.*

5. We didn’t buy a new car for Peter. He bought it himself.
→ *Negative: didn’t buy; positive: bought (past of buy).*

6. I didn’t get any e-mails yesterday.
→ *Negative past simple: didn’t + get.*

7. Luke and Hannah grew up together.
→ *“Grow up” → “grew up” — irregular phrasal verb.*

8. Mrs. Billings saw a burglar in her backyard last night. She got really scared so she hid under her bed.
→ *“See” → “saw”; “get” → “got”; “hide” → “hid” — all irregular.*

9. My brother Josh forgot his girlfriend’s birthday last January.
→ *“Forget” → “forgot” — irregular.*

10. Julie won an award for the best screenplay in 2010.
→ *“Win” → “won” — irregular.*

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## ✔ B. Write questions for given answers

*(Use past simple tense — often requires auxiliary “did” for questions)*

1. Did Tommy eat his breakfast this morning?
→ *Answer: Yes, Tommy ate... → Question starts with “Did” + subject + base verb.*

2. What time did they come back home last night?
→ *Answer: They came back... → Question: Did they come?*

3. Why did you sell our house?
→ *Answer: We sold... → Question: Why did you sell?*

4. Did you run a marathon last spring?
→ *Answer: No, I didn’t run... → Question: Did you run?*

5. What did they find in the ruins 3 days ago?
→ *Answer: They found... → Question: What did they find?*

6. How much money did Sarah spend in this boutique?
→ *Answer: Sarah spent... → Question: How much... did she spend?*

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## ✔ C. Underline all irregular verbs on the list below

✔ Irregular verbs (underline these):

- chew → chewed (but sometimes regular; however, “chewed” is acceptable — but traditionally considered irregular)
- grow → grew
- bathe → bathed (usually regular) ✘ *Not typically irregular*
- arrive → arrived (regular) ✘
- drive → drove ✔
- send → sent ✔
- compare → compared (regular) ✘
- appear → appeared (regular) ✘
- do → did ✔
- start → started (regular) ✘
- tell → told ✔
- feel → felt ✔
- read → read (pronounced “red”) ✔
- borrow → borrowed (regular) ✘
- decide → decided (regular) ✘
- hear → heard ✔
- play → played (regular) ✘
- drink → drank ✔
- buy → bought ✔
- check → checked (regular) ✘
- pretend → pretended (regular) ✘
- cry → cried (regular) ✘
- think → thought ✔
- stay → stayed (regular) ✘

✔ Final List of Irregular Verbs to Underline:

> chew, grow, drive, send, do, tell, feel, read, hear, drink, buy, think

*(Note: “bathe”, “start”, “borrow”, etc., are regular verbs — their past ends in -ed. “Read” is irregular because spelling stays same but pronunciation changes.)*

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## ✔ D. Complete the sentences with missing verbs. Choose the correct one from the list on the right.

List: GAVE, BROKE, SAT, CAUGHT, FLEW, KEPT

1. I just sat there and watched through the window children playing on the streets.
→ *“Sat” = past of “sit” — fits context of being seated and watching.*

2. Stan flew for the first time with a chopper yesterday. He was terrified!
→ *“Flew” = past of “fly” — makes sense with “chopper” (helicopter).*

3. She kept all the letters I have sent to her.
→ *“Kept” = past of “keep” — means she saved/retained them.*

4. I caught a flu last weekend and I still caught a little.
→ *“Caught” = past of “catch” — used for illnesses (“catch a cold/flu”).*

5. We gave a lot of money to charities last year.
→ *“Gave” = past of “give” — fits donating money.*

6. My sister broke her favourite toy. She was sad for days.
→ *“Broke” = past of “break” — toy got damaged.*

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## 🎯 Final Answer Summary:

A:

1. was
2. didn’t have
3. fell, broke
4. left
5. didn’t buy, bought
6. didn’t get
7. grew up
8. saw, got, hid
9. forgot
10. won

B:

1. Did Tommy eat
2. did they come
3. did you sell
4. Did you run
5. did they find
6. did Sarah spend

C:

Underline: chew, grow, drive, send, do, tell, feel, read, hear, drink, buy, think

D:

1. sat
2. flew
3. kept
4. caught
5. gave
6. broke

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