Past Participle of irregular verbs - Exercise 4 - Worksheet ... - Free Printable

The task is to write the past participles of the given irregular verbs. The past participle is the form of a verb used in perfect tenses and passive voice. For regular verbs, the past participle is formed by adding "-ed" to the base form (e.g., "walk" → "walked"). However, irregular verbs have unique past participle forms that do not follow this pattern.

Here are the solutions with explanations:

List of Verbs and Their Past Participles:

1. catch → caught
- Irregular: The past participle is "caught," not "catched."

2. grow → grown
- Irregular: The past participle is "grown," not "growed."

3. meet → met
- Irregular: The past participle is "met," not "meetted."

4. stand → stood
- Irregular: The past participle is "stood," not "standed."

5. freeze → frozen
- Irregular: The past participle is "frozen," not "freezed."

6. light → lit or lighted
- Both "lit" and "lighted" are correct past participles for "light." Choose one based on context or preference.

7. drink → drunk
- Irregular: The past participle is "drunk," not "drinked."

8. learn → learned or learnt
- Both "learned" (American English) and "learnt" (British English) are correct.

9. shine → shone
- Irregular: The past participle is "shone," not "shined."

10. bear → borne or born
- "Borne" is the past participle used in most contexts, while "born" is typically used to describe someone's birth (e.g., "She was born in 1990").

11. hit → hit
- Regular: The past participle is the same as the base form because it does not change.

12. ride → ridden
- Irregular: The past participle is "ridden," not "rided."

13. send → sent
- Irregular: The past participle is "sent," not "sended."

14. tell → told
- Irregular: The past participle is "told," not "telled."

15. feel → felt
- Irregular: The past participle is "felt," not "feeld."

16. sleep → slept
- Irregular: The past participle is "slept," not "sleeped."

17. break → broken
- Irregular: The past participle is "broken," not "breaked."

18. cut → cut
- Regular: The past participle is the same as the base form because it does not change.

19. shut → shut
- Regular: The past participle is the same as the base form because it does not change.

20. forgive → forgiven
- Irregular: The past participle is "forgiven," not "forgived."

Final Answer:

```
1. catch → caught
2. grow → grown
3. meet → met
4. stand → stood
5. freeze → frozen
6. light → lit/lighted
7. drink → drunk
8. learn → learned/learnt
9. shine → shone
10. bear → borne/born
11. hit → hit
12. ride → ridden
13. send → sent
14. tell → told
15. feel → felt
16. sleep → slept
17. break → broken
18. cut → cut
19. shut → shut
20. forgive → forgiven
```

Boxed Final Answer:
\boxed{
\begin{aligned}
1. & \text{ caught} \\
2. & \text{ grown} \\
3. & \text{ met} \\
4. & \text{ stood} \\
5. & \text{ frozen} \\
6. & \text{ lit/lighted} \\
7. & \text{ drunk} \\
8. & \text{ learned/learnt} \\
9. & \text{ shone} \\
10. & \text{ borne/born} \\
11. & \text{ hit} \\
12. & \text{ ridden} \\
13. & \text{ sent} \\
14. & \text{ told} \\
15. & \text{ felt} \\
16. & \text{ slept} \\
17. & \text{ broken} \\
18. & \text{ cut} \\
19. & \text{ shut} \\
20. & \text{ forgiven} \\
\end{aligned}
}