Past participle irregular verbs exercise - Free Printable

You're given a worksheet titled “Participle Irregular Verbs” that asks you to drag and drop the past participle form of each irregular verb into the third column.

The first two columns — “Base form” and “Past” — are already filled in correctly. Your job is to fill in the “Past participle” column using the list of words provided at the top:

> made - had - slept - done - found - told - said - drunk - thought - run - bought - seen - given - written - sung - known - gone - come - read - eaten

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✔ Important note: In English, for irregular verbs, the past participle is often (but not always) the same as the past tense, but sometimes it’s different. For example:
- *eat → ate → eaten*
- *see → saw → seen*
- *write → wrote → written*

So we must match each base verb with its correct past participle, using only the words from the list.

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Let’s go row by row and fill in the “Past participle” column:

1. find → found → found
✔ Past participle = found

2. run → ran → run
✔ Past participle = run *(yes, same as base form!)*

3. have → had → had
✔ Past participle = had

4. see → saw → seen
✔ Past participle = seen

5. go → went → gone
✔ Past participle = gone

6. write → wrote → written
✔ Past participle = written

7. read → read → read
✔ Past participle = read *(pronounced “red”, same spelling)*

8. do → did → done
✔ Past participle = done

9. make → made → made
✔ Past participle = made

10. drink → drank → drunk
✔ Past participle = drunk

11. eat → ate → eaten
✔ Past participle = eaten

12. give → gave → given
✔ Past participle = given

13. know → knew → known
✔ Past participle = known

14. come → came → come
✔ Past participle = come

15. buy → bought → bought
✔ Past participle = bought

16. say → said → said
✔ Past participle = said

17. sing → sang → sung
✔ Past participle = sung

18. think → thought → thought
✔ Past participle = thought

19. tell → told → told
✔ Past participle = told

20. sleep → slept → slept
✔ Past participle = slept

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✔ Final Answer — Fill in the "Past participle" column as follows:

| Base form | Past | Past participle |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|
| find | found | found |
| run | ran | run |
| have | had | had |
| see | saw | seen |
| go | went | gone |
| write | wrote | written |
| read | read | read |
| do | did | done |
| make | made | made |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| give | gave | given |
| know | knew | known |
| come | came | come |
| buy | bought | bought |
| say | said | said |
| sing | sang | sung |
| think | thought | thought |
| tell | told | told |
| sleep | slept | slept |

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✔ All answers are taken directly from the word bank at the top. No extra words needed — all 21 past participles are included in the list.

This exercise helps reinforce understanding of irregular verb forms, especially the difference between simple past and past participle (used in perfect tenses like “have eaten”, “has gone”, etc.).

Let me know if you’d like a printable version or flashcards for these verbs! 📘