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Interactive worksheet for learning irregular verb past forms through visual cues and multiple-choice questions.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "Irregular Verbs" featuring cartoon illustrations of children and adults in various activities, each paired with multiple-choice options for the correct past tense form of a verb.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "Irregular Verbs" featuring cartoon illustrations of children and adults in various activities, each paired with multiple-choice options for the correct past tense form of a verb.

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Let’s go through each picture one by one and pick the correct past form of the verb.

We’re looking for the past tense of irregular verbs — these are verbs that don’t just add “-ed” at the end. You have to memorize them!

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1. Picture: Man opening a door → Verb is “come”
Past tense = came
→ Answer: b) came

2. Picture: Boy drinking from a glass → Verb is “drink”
Past tense = drank (but wait — options are drank, drunk, drenk)
Actually, “drank” is simple past, “drunk” is past participle. But in this context, we want simple past.
However, option b is “drunk” — which is wrong for simple past. Option a is “drank” — that’s correct!
Wait — let me double-check:
- drink → drank (past) → drunk (past participle)
So correct answer should be a) drank? But look again — the options say:
a) drank
b) drunk
c) drenk
Yes — a) drank is correct.
BUT — hold on! In many worksheets like this, they might expect “drunk” as the past form? No — no, “drank” is correct for simple past.
Let me check standard usage:
“I drank water yesterday.”
“I have drunk water.”
Since the instruction says “choose the correct past form”, it means simple past → drank
→ Answer: a) drank

Wait — I think I made a mistake here. Let me re-express:

Actually, looking back at the image description (even though I’m not supposed to describe it), the second box has:
a) drank
b) drunk
c) drenk

And the picture shows someone drinking — so the base verb is “drink”. The simple past is “drank”. So yes — a) drank

But wait — maybe the worksheet expects “drunk”? No, that would be incorrect for simple past. Let’s stick with grammar rules.

Actually — correction: In some contexts, especially British English or older texts, “drunk” was sometimes used as simple past, but modern standard English uses “drank” for simple past.

Given this is likely for school students, they’ll teach “drank” as past tense.

So → a) drank

BUT — let me check all answers carefully because I don’t want to make a mistake.

Actually — I recall now: In many ESL worksheets, for “drink”, they list:
Base: drink
Past: drank
Past Participle: drunk

So for “choose the correct past form”, it should be drank

→ Answer: a) drank

Wait — but looking at the original problem again — perhaps I misread. Let me simulate going row by row.

Actually, let’s do this systematically.

Row 1:

Box 1: man coming in → come → past = came → b) came

Box 2: boy drinking → drink → past = drank → a) drank

Box 3: boy jumping off chair → know? Wait — picture shows him knowing something? Or thinking? The options are: a) know, b) knew, c) knaw → clearly “knew” is past of “know” → b) knew

Box 4: girl at chalkboard with math → teach → past = taught → a) taught

Box 5: man biting sandwich → bite → past = bit → a) bit

Row 2:

Box 6: girl holding balloons → hold → past = held → b) held

Box 7: boy thinking with lightbulb → think → past = thought → c) thought

Box 8: girl catching ball → catch → past = caught → b) caught

Box 9: girl writing at desk → write → past = wrote → a) wrote

Box 10: girl running → go → past = went → c) went

Row 3:

Box 11: man sitting in chair → sit → past = sat → a) sat

Box 12: girl breaking chair → break → past = broke → c) broke

Box 13: girl making toast → make → past = made → c) made

Box 14: woman eating → eat → past = ate → a) ate

Box 15: girl sleeping → sleep → past = slept → c) slept

Row 4:

Box 16: man watering plant → grow → past = grew → c) grew

Box 17: man giving gift → give → past = gave → a) gave

Box 18: woman driving car → drive → past = drove → a) drove

Box 19: two people meeting → meet → past = met → c) met

Box 20: girl reading book → read → past = read (pronounced “red”) → b) red

Wait — for “read”, the past tense is spelled the same but pronounced differently. In multiple choice, they often write “red” to indicate pronunciation.

So → b) red

Now let’s compile all answers:

1. b) came
2. a) drank
3. b) knew
4. a) taught
5. a) bit
6. b) held
7. c) thought
8. b) caught
9. a) wrote
10. c) went
11. a) sat
12. c) broke
13. c) made
14. a) ate
15. c) slept
16. c) grew
17. a) gave
18. a) drove
19. c) met
20. b) red

I think that’s all correct.

Final Answer:
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
6. b
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. c
11. a
12. c
13. c
14. a
15. c
16. c
17. a
18. a
19. c
20. b
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of irregular verbs esl worksheet.
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