REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS - ESL worksheet by ximealex - Free Printable

Let’s go through the task step by step.

We are given a list of verbs, and we need to sort them into two groups:
→ Regular verbs — these form their past tense by adding “-ed” (like “walk → walked”)
→ Irregular verbs — these do NOT follow that rule (like “go → went”, not “goed”)

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First, let’s list all the verbs from the image (they appear twice, but we only need to classify each once):

Fall, do, play, wash, listen, eat, drive,
cook, forget, travel, fly, make, study,
break, work, come, Keep, ask, buy,
watch, paint, go, have, cook, finish,
Visit, give, try, run, take, look, act,
swim, cut, collect

Note: Some verbs are capitalized (like “Fall”, “Keep”, “Visit”) — that doesn’t change whether they’re regular or irregular. We’ll treat them as lowercase for classification.

Also note: “cook” appears twice — we’ll only count it once.

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Now, let’s go one by one and decide if each verb is regular or irregular.

1. fall → fell → irregular
2. do → did → irregular
3. play → played → regular
4. wash → washed → regular
5. listen → listened → regular
6. eat → ate → irregular
7. drive → drove → irregular
8. cook → cooked → regular
9. forget → forgot → irregular
10. travel → traveled → regular
11. fly → flew → irregular
12. make → made → irregular
13. study → studied → regular
14. break → broke → irregular
15. work → worked → regular
16. come → came → irregular
17. keep → kept → irregular
18. ask → asked → regular
19. buy → bought → irregular
20. watch → watched → regular
21. paint → painted → regular
22. go → went → irregular
23. have → had → irregular
24. finish → finished → regular
25. visit → visited → regular
26. give → gave → irregular
27. try → tried → regular
28. run → ran → irregular
29. take → took → irregular
30. look → looked → regular
31. act → acted → regular
32. swim → swam → irregular
33. cut → cut → irregular (yes! “cut” stays the same — that’s irregular)
34. collect → collected → regular

Wait — did we miss any? Let’s double-check the original list:

Original list has 34 words? Let’s count:

Row 1: Fall, do, play, wash, listen, eat, drive → 7
Row 2: cook, forget, travel, fly, make, study → 6 → total 13
Row 3: break, work, come, Keep, ask, buy → 6 → total 19
Row 4: watch, paint, go, have, cook, finish → 6 → total 25 (but “cook” repeated)
Row 5: Visit, give, try, run, take, look, act → 7 → total 32
Row 6: swim, cut, collect → 3 → total 35? Wait, no — row 4 has “cook” again, so unique verbs = 34? Actually, let’s just use the unique set we classified above — 34 items including duplicates? No — better to list unique verbs only.

Actually, looking back: the list is presented in two identical boxes — so it’s the same list twice. So we only need to classify each verb once.

Unique verbs (removing duplicates like “cook”):

From above, we have 34 entries but “cook” appears twice — so 33 unique verbs? Let’s list them without duplication:

Unique verbs:
fall, do, play, wash, listen, eat, drive,
cook, forget, travel, fly, make, study,
break, work, come, keep, ask, buy,
watch, paint, go, have, finish,
visit, give, try, run, take, look, act,
swim, cut, collect

That’s 33 verbs.

Now, let’s re-classify carefully, grouping them:

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REGULAR VERBS (add -ed for past tense):

- play → played
- wash → washed
- listen → listened
- cook → cooked
- travel → traveled
- study → studied
- work → worked
- ask → asked
- watch → watched
- paint → painted
- finish → finished
- visit → visited
- try → tried
- look → looked
- act → acted
- collect → collected

That’s 16 regular verbs.

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IRREGULAR VERBS (do NOT add -ed):

- fall → fell
- do → did
- eat → ate
- drive → drove
- forget → forgot
- fly → flew
- make → made
- break → broke
- come → came
- keep → kept
- buy → bought
- go → went
- have → had
- give → gave
- run → ran
- take → took
- swim → swam
- cut → cut (past tense is same — still irregular)

That’s 18 irregular verbs.

Total: 16 + 18 = 34? Wait — we said 33 unique verbs. Did we miscount?

Let’s count the unique verbs again from the original list:

Original list (first box):

Row 1: Fall, do, play, wash, listen, eat, drive → 7
Row 2: cook, forget, travel, fly, make, study → 6 → total 13
Row 3: break, work, come, Keep, ask, buy → 6 → total 19
Row 4: watch, paint, go, have, cook, finish → 6 → but “cook” already counted → so 5 new → total 24
Row 5: Visit, give, try, run, take, look, act → 7 → total 31
Row 6: swim, cut, collect → 3 → total 34

Ah — so there are 34 verbs listed, with “cook” appearing twice. So when classifying, we should include both instances? But that doesn’t make sense — probably a typo or repetition in the worksheet. Since the task is to “identify and classify”, we should classify each verb as it appears — but since “cook” is the same verb, we classify it once.

But to be safe, let’s assume the worksheet intends for us to classify each word as it appears — even if duplicated. However, in practice, students would list each verb once per category.

Looking at the answer format — there are two notebooks labeled “REGULAR” and “IRREGULAR” with lines — likely expecting each verb written once under its category.

So we’ll proceed with unique verbs only — 33 unique verbs? Wait, let’s list them alphabetically to avoid missing:

Alphabetical unique list:

act, ask, break, buy, come, cook, cut, do, drive, eat, fall, finish, fly, forget, give, go, have, keep, listen, look, make, paint, play, run, study, swim, take, travel, try, visit, watch, wash, work

Count: 33 verbs.

Earlier I had 16 regular and 18 irregular — that’s 34. Where’s the extra?

Ah — I included “cook” in regular, and also had “cook” in the list — but in my irregular list I didn’t include it again. Let’s recount regular and irregular from the 33 unique verbs.

List of 33 unique verbs:

1. act → regular
2. ask → regular
3. break → irregular
4. buy → irregular
5. come → irregular
6. cook → regular
7. cut → irregular
8. do → irregular
9. drive → irregular
10. eat → irregular
11. fall → irregular
12. finish → regular
13. fly → irregular
14. forget → irregular
15. give → irregular
16. go → irregular
17. have → irregular
18. keep → irregular
19. listen → regular
20. look → regular
21. make → irregular
22. paint → regular
23. play → regular
24. run → irregular
25. study → regular
26. swim → irregular
27. take → irregular
28. travel → regular
29. try → regular
30. visit → regular
31. watch → regular
32. wash → regular
33. work → regular

Now, let’s count regular:
act, ask, cook, finish, listen, look, paint, play, study, travel, try, visit, watch, wash, work → that’s 15

Wait — I missed one? Let’s list them:

Regular:
1. act
2. ask
3. cook
4. finish
5. listen
6. look
7. paint
8. play
9. study
10. travel
11. try
12. visit
13. watch
14. wash
15. work

That’s 15.

Irregular:
break, buy, come, cut, do, drive, eat, fall, fly, forget, give, go, have, keep, make, run, swim, take → that’s 18

15 + 18 = 33 — perfect.

But earlier I thought “collect” was in the list — yes! I forgot “collect” in this alphabetical list.

Add “collect” → which is regular.

So now regular: 16 (adding collect)

Irregular: still 18

Total: 34 — but we only have 33 unique verbs? Contradiction.

Let’s go back to the original image text.

The user provided text:

First box:
Fall do play wash listen eat drive
cook forget travel fly make study
break work come Keep ask buy
watch paint go have cook finish
Visit give try run take look act
swim cut collect

Second box is identical.

So in first box, let’s count lines:

Line 1: 7 words
Line 2: 6 words → total 13
Line 3: 6 words → total 19
Line 4: 6 words → but “cook” repeated → so 5 new → total 24
Line 5: 7 words → total 31
Line 6: 3 words → total 34

Yes, 34 words in the list, with “cook” appearing twice.

So for classification, since it’s the same verb, we classify “cook” once as regular.

But when writing in the notebook, should we write it twice? Probably not — the task is to classify the verbs, not every instance.

To match the worksheet, which has two separate notebooks (probably for two students or two copies), we can list each unique verb once under its category.

So final classification:

Regular Verbs (16):
play, wash, listen, cook, travel, study, work, ask, watch, paint, finish, visit, try, look, act, collect

Irregular Verbs (18):
fall, do, eat, drive, forget, fly, make, break, come, keep, buy, go, have, give, run, take, swim, cut

Wait — that’s 16 + 18 = 34, but we have only 33 unique verbs because “cook” is duplicated. So if we list “cook” only once in regular, then we have 15 regular + 18 irregular = 33.

But in the list above, I have 16 regular — that includes “cook” once.

Let’s list the 34 items as they appear and classify each:

1. Fall → irregular
2. do → irregular
3. play → regular
4. wash → regular
5. listen → regular
6. eat → irregular
7. drive → irregular
8. cook → regular
9. forget → irregular
10. travel → regular
11. fly → irregular
12. make → irregular
13. study → regular
14. break → irregular
15. work → regular
16. come → irregular
17. Keep → irregular (same as keep)
18. ask → regular
19. buy → irregular
20. watch → regular
21. paint → regular
22. go → irregular
23. have → irregular
24. cook → regular (again)
25. finish → regular
26. Visit → regular
27. give → irregular
28. try → regular
29. run → irregular
30. take → irregular
31. look → regular
32. act → regular
33. swim → irregular
34. cut → irregular
35. collect → regular? Wait, line 6 has "swim cut collect" — that's three, so item 33,34,35? But earlier count was 34.

Let's number properly:

From the text:

Line 1: Fall(1), do(2), play(3), wash(4), listen(5), eat(6), drive(7) → 7
Line 2: cook(8), forget(9), travel(10), fly(11), make(12), study(13) → 6 → total 13
Line 3: break(14), work(15), come(16), Keep(17), ask(18), buy(19) → 6 → total 19
Line 4: watch(20), paint(21), go(22), have(23), cook(24), finish(25) → 6 → total 25
Line 5: Visit(26), give(27), try(28), run(29), take(30), look(31), act(32) → 7 → total 32
Line 6: swim(33), cut(34), collect(35) → 3 → total 35

Oh! There are 35 verbs listed? But that can't be — let's count the words in the user's message.

User's message for first box:

"Fall do play wash listen eat drive
cook forget travel fly make study
break work come Keep ask buy
watch paint go have cook finish
Visit give try run take look act
swim cut collect"

Count the words:

Row 1: 7 words
Row 2: 6 words
Row 3: 6 words
Row 4: 6 words
Row 5: 7 words
Row 6: 3 words
Total: 7+6+6+6+7+3 = 35 words.

And "cook" appears in row 2 and row 4, so twice.

So 35 items, with "cook" duplicated.

For classification, we should classify each occurrence, but since it's the same verb, it will be in the same category.

In the notebook, students might write each verb once, or as many times as it appears — but typically, for such tasks, they list each unique verb once.

To be precise, let's classify all 35 occurrences:

1. Fall → irregular
2. do → irregular
3. play → regular
4. wash → regular
5. listen → regular
6. eat → irregular
7. drive → irregular
8. cook → regular
9. forget → irregular
10. travel → regular
11. fly → irregular
12. make → irregular
13. study → regular
14. break → irregular
15. work → regular
16. come → irregular
17. Keep → irregular
18. ask → regular
19. buy → irregular
20. watch → regular
21. paint → regular
22. go → irregular
23. have → irregular
24. cook → regular
25. finish → regular
26. Visit → regular
27. give → irregular
28. try → regular
29. run → irregular
30. take → irregular
31. look → regular
32. act → regular
33. swim → irregular
34. cut → irregular
35. collect → regular

Now, count regular: positions 3,4,5,8,10,13,15,18,20,21,24,25,26,28,31,32,35 → that's 17

List: play, wash, listen, cook, travel, study, work, ask, watch, paint, cook, finish, visit, try, look, act, collect → 17 items, but "cook" twice.

Unique regular verbs: play, wash, listen, cook, travel, study, work, ask, watch, paint, finish, visit, try, look, act, collect → 16 unique.

Similarly, irregular: 1,2,6,7,9,11,12,14,16,17,19,22,23,27,29,30,33,34 → 18 items.

Unique irregular: fall, do, eat, drive, forget, fly, make, break, come, keep, buy, go, have, give, run, take, swim, cut → 18 unique.

So for the answer, since the notebook has lines, and likely expects each verb written once, we should list the unique verbs.

But to match the task, perhaps the student is to write each verb as it appears in the list under the correct category.

However, in standard practice, for such classification tasks, we list each verb once.

Given that, and to avoid confusion, I'll provide the unique verbs classified.

Final decision:

Regular Verbs (16 unique):
act, ask, collect, cook, finish, listen, look, paint, play, study, travel, try, visit, watch, wash, work

Irregular Verbs (18 unique):
break, buy, come, cut, do, drive, eat, fall, fly, forget, give, go, have, keep, make, run, swim, take

Note: "Keep" is capitalized in the list, but it's the same as "keep", so we use lowercase for consistency.

Also, "Visit" is capitalized, but we use "visit".

So for the final answer, we'll list them in the categories.

Since the worksheet has two notebooks, one for regular and one for irregular, the student should write the verbs in the respective columns.

So the final answer is the classification.

But the user didn't specify how to present the answer — probably just to identify which are regular and which are irregular.

Since the instruction is to "solve the problem", and the problem is to classify, I'll provide the two lists.

But in the response format, the Final Answer should be the correct answer — which is the sorted lists.

However, to make it clear, I'll write:

Regular verbs: [list]
Irregular verbs: [list]

But let's confirm with a reliable source or common knowledge.

Common irregular verbs include: be, have, do, say, get, make, go, know, take, see, come, think, look, want, give, use, find, tell, ask, work, seem, feel, try, leave, call — wait, "ask" is regular? No, "ask" is regular: asked.

"look" is regular: looked.

"try" is regular: tried.

"have" is irregular: had.

"do" is irregular: did.

"go" is irregular: went.

"take" is irregular: took.

"come" is irregular: came.

"make" is irregular: made.

"break" is irregular: broke.

"buy" is irregular: bought.

"give" is irregular: gave.

"run" is irregular: ran.

"swim" is irregular: swam.

"cut" is irregular: cut (past tense same).

"fall" is irregular: fell.

"eat" is irregular: ate.

"drive" is irregular: drove.

"fly" is irregular: flew.

"forget" is irregular: forgot.

"keep" is irregular: kept.

All good.

Regular: play, wash, listen, cook, travel, study, work, ask, watch, paint, finish, visit, try, look, act, collect — all take -ed.

Yes.

So for the Final Answer, I'll provide the two lists.

But since the user might expect the answer in the context of the worksheet, and the worksheet has two notebooks, perhaps the answer is to fill those notebooks.

But for this response, I'll state the classification.

Final Answer:
Regular verbs: act, ask, collect, cook, finish, listen, look, paint, play, study, travel, try, visit, watch, wash, work
Irregular verbs: break, buy, come, cut, do, drive, eat, fall, fly, forget, give, go, have, keep, make, run, swim, take

Note: "Keep" and "Visit" are included as "keep" and "visit" (lowercase for consistency).

Also, "cook" is listed once, even though it appeared twice in the original list.

This should be accurate.