Let’s go through each verb one by one. We need to decide if it’s
regular or
irregular, and if it’s irregular, we circle it (but since we’re writing here, I’ll just list the ones that are irregular). Then, for ALL verbs — regular or not — we write their correct past tense form.
Remember:
- Regular verbs end in “-ed” in past tense (like walked, played).
- Irregular verbs don’t follow that rule — they change in weird ways (like sing → sang, go → went).
Let’s start:
1.
bring → brought → *irregular*
2.
call → called → regular
3.
sell → sold → *irregular*
4.
swim → swam → *irregular*
5.
create → created → regular
6.
sleep → slept → *irregular*
7.
stretch → stretched → regular
8.
come → came → *irregular*
9.
serve → served → regular
10.
show → showed → regular (sometimes shown, but showed is standard past)
11.
teach → taught → *irregular*
12.
carry → carried → regular (just add -ied because it ends in y after consonant)
13.
are → were → *irregular* (this is a form of “be”)
14.
visit → visited → regular
15.
grow → grew → *irregular*
16.
sit → sat → *irregular*
17.
wish → wished → regular
18.
watch → watched → regular
19.
run → ran → *irregular*
20.
learn → learned (or learnt) → usually considered regular in American English
21.
fill → filled → regular
22.
eat → ate → *irregular*
23.
drive → drove → *irregular*
24.
dance → danced → regular
Now, let’s list only the
irregular verbs (the ones you should circle):
→ bring, sell, swim, sleep, come, teach, are, grow, sit, run, eat, drive
That’s 12 irregular verbs total.
And now, here’s the full list with correct past tense forms:
1. bring → brought
2. call → called
3. sell → sold
4. swim → swam
5. create → created
6. sleep → slept
7. stretch → stretched
8. come → came
9. serve → served
10. show → showed
11. teach → taught
12. carry → carried
13. are → were
14. visit → visited
15. grow → grew
16. sit → sat
17. wish → wished
18. watch → watched
19. run → ran
20. learn → learned
21. fill → filled
22. eat → ate
23. drive → drove
24. dance → danced
Final Answer:
Irregular verbs to circle: bring, sell, swim, sleep, come, teach, are, grow, sit, run, eat, drive
Past tense forms:
1. brought
2. called
3. sold
4. swam
5. created
6. slept
7. stretched
8. came
9. served
10. showed
11. taught
12. carried
13. were
14. visited
15. grew
16. sat
17. wished
18. watched
19. ran
20. learned
21. filled
22. ate
23. drove
24. danced
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of regular and irregular verbs worksheet.