Grade 2 worksheet focusing on past tense of irregular verbs, with a fun cartoon pencil character.

The task is to write the past tense of the given irregular verbs. Here is the solution with explanations:

List of Verbs and Their Past Tenses:

1. Present: give
- Past: gave
- Explanation: The verb "give" changes its spelling in the past tense to "gave."

2. Present: hear
- Past: heard
- Explanation: The verb "hear" adds "-d" to form the past tense.

3. Present: begin
- Past: began
- Explanation: The verb "begin" changes its spelling to "began" in the past tense.

4. Present: beat
- Past: beat
- Explanation: The verb "beat" remains the same in both present and past tenses (it is an exception).

5. Present: choose
- Past: chose
- Explanation: The verb "choose" changes its spelling to "chose" in the past tense.

6. Present: deal
- Past: dealt
- Explanation: The verb "deal" changes its spelling to "dealt" in the past tense.

7. Present: feed
- Past: fed
- Explanation: The verb "feed" changes its spelling to "fed" in the past tense.

8. Present: swim
- Past: swam
- Explanation: The verb "swim" changes its spelling to "swam" in the past tense.

9. Present: keep
- Past: kept
- Explanation: The verb "keep" changes its spelling to "kept" in the past tense.

10. Present: meet
- Past: met
- Explanation: The verb "meet" changes its spelling to "met" in the past tense.

Final Answer:

| Present | Past |
|---------|------------|
| 1. give | gave |
| 2. hear | heard |
| 3. begin | began |
| 4. beat | beat |
| 5. choose | chose |
| 6. deal | dealt |
| 7. feed | fed |
| 8. swim | swam |
| 9. keep | kept |
| 10. meet | met |

Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{
\begin{array}{ll}
1. & \text{gave} \\
2. & \text{heard} \\
3. & \text{began} \\
4. & \text{beat} \\
5. & \text{chose} \\
6. & \text{dealt} \\
7. & \text{fed} \\
8. & \text{swam} \\
9. & \text{kept} \\
10. & \text{met} \\
\end{array}
}
\]