1. Write the missing forms:
- FELL → SPEAK → SPOKE
- DRAW → DREW → KNITTED → KNIT
- SAW → KEEP → KEPT
- COME → CAME → GIVE → GAVE
- BEGAN → NEED → NEEDED
- BE → WAS/WERE → SEND → SENT
- STUDIED → SWAM → SWAM
- WRITE → WROTE → SLEEP → SLEPT
- LIVE → LIVED → THOUGHT → THOUGHT
- BRING → BROUGHT → CATCH → CAUGHT
- FLEW → MADE → MADE
- RIDE → RODE → STAY → STAYED
- COULD → PAID → PAID
- GET → GOT → DO → DID
- SOLD → RAN → RAN
2. Complete the sentences with the correct past form. Use the verbs from exercise 1.
1. Adam bought a new iPad last week.
2. “Did you see Tim at school?” “Yes, I saw him with Sue.”
3. Carol didn’t do the exercises yesterday.
4. My father thought moving to London was a mistake!
5. “Did Pam sell her flat last month?” No, she didn’t.
6. Grandma knitted a nice sweater for me for my birthday.
7. The film began at 7:30, but at 7:40 it stopped.
8. We swam in the pool on Friday.
9. Where did you stay in London, in a hotel or with friends?
10. He read a fantastic book last year. I bought it as soon as it was published.
11. Unfortunately we missed the bus, so we walked back home very late.
3. Choose the right option:
1. Alan didn’t see Paula t school.
2. Were you at the cinema yesterday?
3. Carol brought her new laptop to school.
4. The baby cried all night long.
5. My brother could swim when he was four.
6. Charles prepared a nice dinner.
7. The children ate a cheese sandwich.
8. Did you sit next to Mary?
4. Fill in Dave’s routine by putting the most suitable past verb (affirmative or negative). Different options are possible.
Yesterday, Dave got up at 7:15. His mother made breakfast for him. Dave drank some orange juice and ate some eggs & bacon. After breakfast, he got dressed, brushed his teeth and combed his hair. He kissed mum before leaving home.
Dave met his friends at the bus stop. They waited for 10 minutes, but it didn’t come, so they walked to school, but unfortunately they arrived late, so the teacher got angry.
Dave and his friends had lunch at the canteen. Yesterday’s menu was horrible.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of regular and irregular verb worksheet.
