Past participle verb practice worksheet with a storm-themed illustration.

Let's solve the worksheet titled "It's a Disaster!", which asks you to write the past participle form of each present tense verb in the blank.

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🔹 What is a past participle?

The past participle is typically used with auxiliary verbs (like *have*, *had*, *has*, *could have*, etc.) to form perfect tenses. For regular verbs, it's usually formed by adding -ed or -d to the base form. For irregular verbs, the past participle is different and must be memorized.

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✔ Let’s go through each sentence:

1. No one could have (know) the terrible disaster that awaited.
→ "know" → known
✔️ Answer: known

2. None of us would have (think) this could ever happened.
→ "think" → thought
✔️ Answer: thought

3. We could not have (predict) this calamity.
→ "predict" → predicted
✔️ Answer: predicted

4. It was as if lightning had (strike)_______.
→ "strike" → struck
✔️ Answer: struck

5. This problem should never have (arise)_______.
→ "arise" → arisen
✔️ Answer: arisen

6. But we should have (see) it coming.
→ "see" → seen
✔️ Answer: seen

7. Someone could have (do) something.
→ "do" → done
✔️ Answer: done

8. Maybe I could have (find) a solution.
→ "find" → found
✔️ Answer: found

9. Mom could have (ask) a neighbor for help.
→ "ask" → asked
✔️ Answer: asked

10. My brother could have (go) to the store.
→ "go" → gone
✔️ Answer: gone

11. He could have (got) something to prevent this problem.
→ "get" → gotten (or got in British English, but gotten is standard in American English for past participle)
However, note: In modern usage, especially in American English, gotten is correct. But sometimes got is accepted informally.
✔️ Best answer: gotten (or got – both are acceptable depending on dialect)

12. He could have (bring) back exactly what was needed.
→ "bring" → brought
✔️ Answer: brought

13. I should have gone with him and (choose) just the right thing.
→ "choose" → chosen
✔️ Answer: chosen

14. But in the end, no one had (give) any thought to stopping it from happening.
→ "give" → given
✔️ Answer: given

15. That is why we have now (run) out of ice cream!
→ "run" → run (irregular: run → ran → run)
✔️ Answer: run

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✔ Final Answers:

1. known
2. thought
3. predicted
4. struck
5. arisen
6. seen
7. done
8. found
9. asked
10. gone
11. gotten (or got)
12. brought
13. chosen
14. given
15. run

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📝 Bonus: Write your own sentences using past participles of drive, write, and swing

Here are examples:

1. Drive:
→ I have driven this car for five years.
→ She had driven all night before arriving.

2. Write:
→ He has written three novels so far.
→ They had written the report before the meeting.

3. Swing:
→ We have swung on those swings since childhood.
→ The bat had swung too fast to catch.

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✔ All done! This exercise helps reinforce understanding of past participles, especially for irregular verbs like *know* → *known*, *think* → *thought*, *go* → *gone*, etc.

Let me know if you'd like a printable version or want to practice more!