Irregular Verbs worksheet for practicing past tense verb forms.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to pick the correct past tense verb from the three options given. Remember, irregular verbs don’t just add “-ed” — they change in special ways!

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1. Judy ___ a solo during the concert.
Options: sing / singed / sang
→ The past tense of “sing” is sang.
✔ Answer: sang

2. Jen and Tad ___ happy to see us.
Options: is / was / were
→ “Jen and Tad” = two people → plural → use were (past of “are”)
✔ Answer: were

3. Aunt Sue ___ to England last year.
Options: go / goed / went
→ Past of “go” is went
✔ Answer: went

4. Joe’s brother ___ chickenpox.
Options: has / had / have
→ This happened in the past → use had
✔ Answer: had

5. Dad ___ the newspaper with me.
Options: read / readed / red
→ “Read” is spelled the same in past tense but pronounced differently → still read
✔ Answer: read

6. Jim ___ the milk out of the refrigerator.
Options: got / getted / got
→ Wait — both first and third are “got”? That’s a trick! Actually, “get” → past is got (in American English). So either way, it’s got. But since “getted” is wrong, we pick got.
✔ Answer: got

7. Mr. Jones ___ the mayor after the election.
Options: become / became / becomed
→ Past of “become” is became
✔ Answer: became

8. Our class ___ the book yesterday.
Options: begin / begun / began
→ “Began” is simple past; “begun” needs “have/has/had”. Since no helper verb, use began
✔ Answer: began

9. The mosquito ___ my hand.
Options: bite / bited / bit
→ Past of “bite” is bit
✔ Answer: bit

10. Mrs. James ___ the store clerk.
Options: pay / payed / paid
→ Past of “pay” is paid (“payed” is for ships or ropes!)
✔ Answer: paid

11. We ___ for Julie to come find us.
Options: hide / hid / hided
→ Past of “hide” is hid
✔ Answer: hid

12. The three kittens ___ their mittens.
Options: lose / lose / losed
→ Wait — typo? Should be “lose / lost / losed”? Assuming that, past of “lose” is lost
✔ Answer: lost

13. The water on the pond ___.
Options: freeze / freezed / froze
→ Past of “freeze” is froze
✔ Answer: froze

14. The flowers ___ after the rain.
Options: grow / grew / growed
→ Past of “grow” is grew
✔ Answer: grew

15. You ___ the answer.
Options: knew / knowed / know
→ Past of “know” is knew
✔ Answer: knew

16. I ___ the truth.
Options: tell / telled / told
→ Past of “tell” is told
✔ Answer: told

17. John ___ the lemonade.
Options: drinked / drank / drink
→ Past of “drink” is drank
✔ Answer: drank

18. Francine ___ her lesson.
Options: forgot / forget / forgotten
→ Simple past = forgot (“forgotten” needs “have/has/had”)
✔ Answer: forgot

19. The telephone ___.
Options: ring / rang / rung
→ Simple past = rang (“rung” needs “have/has/had”)
✔ Answer: rang

20. We ___ in line for an hour.
Options: stand / standed / stood
→ Past of “stand” is stood
✔ Answer: stood

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Final Answer:
1. sang
2. were
3. went
4. had
5. read
6. got
7. became
8. began
9. bit
10. paid
11. hid
12. lost
13. froze
14. grew
15. knew
16. told
17. drank
18. forgot
19. rang
20. stood