I'll solve this worksheet on irregular past tense verbs. Let me go through each question one by one, selecting the correct past tense form for each verb.
1) Yesterday, I ___ a big cookie. (eat / ate / eating)
- The correct past tense is "ate"
2) The cat ___ very fast after the ball. (run / ran / running)
- The correct past tense is "ran"
3) Mom ___ me how to tie my shoes. (teach / taught / teaching)
- The correct past tense is "taught"
4) We ___ a song in music class. (sing / sang / singing)
- The correct past tense is "sang"
5) The baby bird ___ out of its nest. (fall / fell / falling)
- The correct past tense is "fell"
6) I ___ up early this morning. (wake / woke / waking)
- The correct past tense is "woke"
7) The fox ___ behind the tree. (hide / hid / hiding)
- The correct past tense is "hid"
8) He ___ his favorite toy. (break / broke / broken)
- The correct past tense is "broke"
9) She ___ a glass of milk. (drink / drank / drunk)
- The correct past tense is "drank"
10) The butterfly ___ over the flowers. (fly / flew / flying)
- The correct past tense is "flew"
11) They ___ a new book at the store. (bought / buy / buying)
- The correct past tense is "bought"
12) I ___ a shooting star last night. (see / saw / seeing)
- The correct past tense is "saw"
13) The bear ___ all winter. (sleep / slept / sleeping)
- The correct past tense is "slept"
14) The little girl ___ tall very quickly. (grow / grew / growing)
- The correct past tense is "grew"
15) The door ___ open with a creak. (swing / swung / swinging)
- The correct past tense is "swung"
16) The dog ___ the ball and popped it. (bite / bit / biting)
- The correct past tense is "bit"
17) I ___ a picture of a rainbow. (draw / drew / drawing)
- The correct past tense is "drew"
18) She ___ the bell for the ice cream truck. (rang / ring / ringing)
- The correct past tense is "rang"
19) They ___ cookies to the party. (bring / brought / bringing)
- The correct past tense is "brought"
20) The old man ___ a funny story. (tell / told / telling)
- The correct past tense is "told"
The completed worksheet would have these answers selected:
1) ate
2) ran
3) taught
4) sang
5) fell
6) woke
7) hid
8) broke
9) drank
10) flew
11) bought
12) saw
13) slept
14) grew
15) swung
16) bit
17) drew
18) rang
19) brought
20) told
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