Past Simple Tense Irregular Verbs Worksheet

Let's go through each section of the worksheet step by step and solve it with explanations.

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

We are using the Past Simple Tense, especially focusing on irregular verbs.

1. Something ________ (be) wrong with the computer. It just shut down.
→ "was"
*Explanation:* "Something" is singular, so we use "was".
✔ was

2. They ________ (not, have) a lot of money when they were young.
→ "did not have" or "didn't have"
*Explanation:* Negative past simple of "have" uses "did not + base verb".
✔ didn't have

3. I ________ (fall) off a tree and ________ (break) my wrist.
→ "fell", "broke"
*Explanation:* Both are irregular verbs: fall → fell, break → broke.
✔ fell, broke

4. My sister ________ (leave) the house 10 minutes ago.
→ "left"
*Explanation:* "Leave" → "left" (irregular).
✔ left

5. We ________ (not, buy) a new car for Peter. He ________ (buy) it himself.
→ "did not buy", "bought"
*Explanation:* "Buy" → "bought" (irregular), negative uses "did not + base verb".
✔ didn't buy, bought

6. I ________ (not, get) any e-mails yesterday.
→ "did not get" or "didn't get"
*Explanation:* Regular verb "get" → "got" in past, but in negative: "didn't get".
✔ didn't get

7. Luke and Hannah ________ (grow up) together.
→ "grew up"
*Explanation:* "Grow" → "grew" (irregular).
✔ grew up

8. Mrs. Billings ________ (see) a burglar in her backyard last night. She ________ (get) really scared so she ________ (hide) under her bed.
→ "saw", "got", "hid"
*Explanation:*
- see → saw (irregular)
- get → got (irregular)
- hide → hid (irregular)
✔ saw, got, hid

9. My brother Josh ________ (forget) his girlfriend’s birthday last January.
→ "forgot"
*Explanation:* "Forget" → "forgot" (irregular).
✔ forgot

10. Julie ________ (win) an award for the best screenplay in 2010.
→ "won"
*Explanation:* "Win" → "won" (irregular).
✔ won

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B. Write questions for given answers

We need to create questions that match the answers provided. Use Past Simple tense.

1. ______ his breakfast this morning?
→ Answer: Yes, Tommy ate his breakfast this morning.
→ Question: Did Tommy eat his breakfast this morning?
✔ Did Tommy eat

2. What time ______ back home last night?
→ Answer: They came back home at 2 am last night.
→ Question: What time did they come back home last night?
✔ did they come

3. Why ______ our house?
→ Answer: We sold our house because dad’s firm got relocated to Chicago.
→ Question: Why did you sell your house?
✔ did you sell

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

5. What ______ in the ruins 3 days ago?
→ Answer: They found some bones and strange objects.
→ Question: What did they find in the ruins 3 days ago?
✔ did they find

6. How much money ______ in this boutique?
→ Answer: Sarah spent a lot of money in this boutique.
→ Question: How much money did Sarah spend in this boutique?
✔ did Sarah spend

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C. Underline all irregular verbs on the list below

List:
```
chew stay
grow bathe
arrive drive
send compare
appear do
start tell
feel read
borrow decide
hear play
drink buy
check pretend
cry think
```

Irregular verbs (past forms don't follow regular -ed pattern):

- grow → grew
- arrive → arrived (regular) ✘
- send → sent (irregular) ✔
- do → did (irregular) ✔
- start → started (regular) ✘
- tell → told (irregular) ✔
- feel → felt (irregular) ✔
- read → read (pronounced differently) ✔ (spelled same, but pronunciation changes)
- borrow → borrowed (regular) ✘
- decide → decided (regular) ✘
- hear → heard (irregular) ✔
- play → played (regular) ✘
- drink → drank (irregular) ✔
- buy → bought (irregular) ✔
- check → checked (regular) ✘
- pretend → pretended (regular) ✘
- cry → cried (regular) ✘
- think → thought (irregular) ✔

✔ Irregular verbs to underline:
- grow
- send
- do
- tell
- feel
- read
- hear
- drink
- buy
- think

> Note: "read" is irregular because its past form is pronounced /red/ (like "red"), not /riːd/.
> "Chew" → chewed (regular), "bathe" → bathed (regular), "drive" → drove (irregular) – wait! drive is irregular!

Wait — let's double-check:

- drive → drove (irregular) ✔
- arrive → arrived (regular) ✘
- compare → compared (regular) ✘
- appear → appeared (regular) ✘
- stay → stayed (regular) ✘
- bathe → bathed (regular) ✘
- chew → chewed (regular) ✘
- start → started (regular) ✘
- borrow → borrowed (regular) ✘
- decide → decided (regular) ✘
- play → played (regular) ✘
- check → checked (regular) ✘
- pretend → pretended (regular) ✘
- cry → cried (regular) ✘

But drive → drove (irregular) ✔
And arrive → arrived? Actually, arrive → arrived is regular.
But buy → bought, think → thought, drink → drank, feel → felt, tell → told, do → did, hear → heard, read → read, send → sent, grow → grew, go → went... but "go" isn't on the list.

So the correct irregular verbs from the list are:

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

Wait — drive → drove is irregular! So it should be included.

Let’s confirm:
- drive → drove (irregular) ✔
- arrive → arrived (regular) ✘
- compare → compared (regular) ✘
- appear → appeared (regular) ✘
- stay → stayed (regular) ✘
- bathe → bathed (regular) ✘
- chew → chewed (regular) ✘
- start → started (regular) ✘
- borrow → borrowed (regular) ✘
- decide → decided (regular) ✘
- play → played (regular) ✘
- check → checked (regular) ✘
- pretend → pretended (regular) ✘
- cry → cried (regular) ✘
- buy → bought (irregular) ✔
- think → thought (irregular) ✔
- drink → drank (irregular) ✔
- hear → heard (irregular) ✔
- tell → told (irregular) ✔
- feel → felt (irregular) ✔
- do → did (irregular) ✔
- send → sent (irregular) ✔
- grow → grew (irregular) ✔
- read → read (irregular, different pronunciation) ✔
- drive → drove (irregular) ✔

So final list of irregular verbs to underline:
- grow
- send
- do
- tell
- feel
- read
- hear
- drink
- buy
- think
- drive

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

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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 ________ there and watched through the window children playing on the streets.
→ "sat"
*Explanation:* "Sat" is the past of "sit".
✔ sat

2. Stan ________ for the first time with a chopper yesterday. He was terrified!
→ "flew"
*Explanation:* "Fly" → "flew" (irregular).
✔ flew

3. She ________ all the letters I have sent to her.
→ "kept"
*Explanation:* "Keep" → "kept" (irregular).
✔ kept

4. I ________ a flu last weekend and I still cough a little.
→ "caught"
*Explanation:* "Catch" → "caught" (irregular).
✔ caught

5. We ________ a lot of money to charities last year.
→ "gave"
*Explanation:* "Give" → "gave" (irregular).
✔ gave

6. My sister ________ her favourite toy. She was sad for days.
→ "broke"
*Explanation:* "Break" → "broke" (irregular).
✔ broke

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✔ Final Answers 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. Irregular Verbs (underline):
- grow
- send
- do
- tell
- feel
- read
- hear
- drink
- buy
- think
- drive

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

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