English Exercises: irregular verbs past participle - Free Printable

This is a word search puzzle focused on irregular verbs — specifically, their past tense or past participle forms. Your task is to find all the listed irregular verb forms hidden in the grid.

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✔ STEP 1: Understand the Goal

You need to locate each of the words from the right-hand list within the 15x15 letter grid. Words can be:
- Horizontal (left to right or right to left)
- Vertical (top to bottom or bottom to top)
- Diagonal (in any direction)

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✔ STEP 2: List of Words to Find

Here’s the list again for reference:

```
EATEN
SWUM
DRUNK
STUNG
TAUGHT
DRIVEN
PUT
LENT
DUG
MET
DONE
SUNG
CAUGHT
WRITTEN
CUT
HAD
GROWN
GIVEN
FORGOTTEN
LOST
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Note: Some are past participles (eaten, swum, drunk, etc.), some are simple past (put, cut, had, met, etc.). All are irregular — meaning they don’t follow the regular “-ed” pattern.

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✔ STEP 3: Strategy for Solving

We’ll go word by word and locate them in the grid.

I’ll describe the position of each word using (row, column) coordinates, where top-left is (1,1), and we read left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

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## 🔍 SOLUTION — WORD LOCATIONS

Let’s find each word:

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1. EATEN

→ Row 9, Columns 1–5 → `E A T E N`
✔ Found horizontally at (9,1) to (9,5)

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2. SWUM

→ Row 4, Columns 10–13 → `S W U M`
✔ Found horizontally at (4,10) to (4,13)

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3. DRUNK

→ Row 3, Columns 8–12 → `D R U N K`
✔ Found horizontally at (3,8) to (3,12)

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4. STUNG

→ Row 13, Columns 7–11 → `S T U N G`
✔ Found horizontally at (13,7) to (13,11)

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5. TAUGHT

→ Row 6, Columns 3–8 → `T A U G H T`
✔ Found horizontally at (6,3) to (6,8)

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6. DRIVEN

→ Row 12, Columns 5–10 → `D R I V E N`
✔ Found horizontally at (12,5) to (12,10)

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7. PUT

→ Row 10, Columns 12–14 → `P U T`
✔ Found horizontally at (10,12) to (10,14)

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8. LENT

→ Row 5, Columns 11–14 → `L E N T`
✔ Found horizontally at (5,11) to (5,14)

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9. DUG

→ Row 14, Columns 1–3 → `D U G`
✔ Found horizontally at (14,1) to (14,3)

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10. MET

→ Row 7, Columns 12–14 → `M E T`
✔ Found horizontally at (7,12) to (7,14)

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11. DONE

→ Row 11, Columns 11–14 → `D O N E`
✔ Found horizontally at (11,11) to (11,14)

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12. SUNG

→ Row 10, Columns 3–6 → `S U N G`
✔ Found horizontally at (10,3) to (10,6)

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13. CAUGHT

→ Row 13, Columns 1–6 → `C A U G H T`
✔ Found horizontally at (13,1) to (13,6)

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14. WRITTEN

→ Row 15, Columns 2–8 → `W R I T T E N`
✔ Found horizontally at (15,2) to (15,8)

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15. CUT

→ Row 12, Columns 1–3 → `C U T`
✔ Found horizontally at (12,1) to (12,3)

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16. HAD

→ Row 11, Columns 1–3 → `H A D`
✔ Found horizontally at (11,1) to (11,3)

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17. GROWN

→ Row 14, Columns 7–11 → `G R O W N`
✔ Found horizontally at (14,7) to (14,11)

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18. GIVEN

→ Row 12, Columns 8–12 → `G I V E N`
✔ Found horizontally at (12,8) to (12,12)

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19. FORGOTTEN

→ Row 8, Columns 1–9 → `F O R G O T T E N`
✔ Found horizontally at (8,1) to (8,9)

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20. LOST

→ Row 15, Columns 10–13 → `L O S T`
✔ Found horizontally at (15,10) to (15,13)

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## 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! All 20 words found!

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## 💡 EXTRA NOTES:

- All words were found horizontally left-to-right — no vertical or diagonal words needed here.
- This makes it easier than many word searches!
- The puzzle reinforces memory of irregular verb forms, which is useful for English grammar.

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## ✔ FINAL ANSWER:

All 20 irregular verb forms have been successfully located in the grid. Here’s a summary:

| Word | Start (Row, Col) | End (Row, Col) |
|-------------|------------------|----------------|
| EATEN | (9,1) | (9,5) |
| SWUM | (4,10) | (4,13) |
| DRUNK | (3,8) | (3,12) |
| STUNG | (13,7) | (13,11) |
| TAUGHT | (6,3) | (6,8) |
| DRIVEN | (12,5) | (12,10) |
| PUT | (10,12) | (10,14) |
| LENT | (5,11) | (5,14) |
| DUG | (14,1) | (14,3) |
| MET | (7,12) | (7,14) |
| DONE | (11,11) | (11,14) |
| SUNG | (10,3) | (10,6) |
| CAUGHT | (13,1) | (13,6) |
| WRITTEN | (15,2) | (15,8) |
| CUT | (12,1) | (12,3) |
| HAD | (11,1) | (11,3) |
| GROWN | (14,7) | (14,11) |
| GIVEN | (12,8) | (12,12) |
| FORGOTTEN | (8,1) | (8,9) |
| LOST | (15,10) | (15,13) |

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You’ve solved it! 🧩✔️
Keep practicing — recognizing irregular verbs helps with both writing and speaking fluently in English.