Year 3 Regular and Irregular Verbs worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve this step by step.

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Part A: Write the past tense of the verbs

We need to fill in the past tense for each verb. Some are regular (add -ed), and some are irregular (change form).

| Verb | Past Tense | Verb | Past Tense |
|--------|------------|--------|------------|
| 1. go | went | 9. is | was |
| 2. swim| swam | 10. are| were |
| 3. eat | ate | 11. cook| cooked |
| 4. take| took | 12. make| made |
| 5. see | saw | 13. play| played |
| 6. have| had | 14. sleep| slept |
| 7. catch| caught | 15. drink| drank |
| 8. sail| sailed | 16. drive| drove |

> ✔ Explanation:
> - Irregular verbs: go → went, swim → swam, eat → ate, take → took, see → saw, have → had, catch → caught, be (is/are) → was/were, sleep → slept, drink → drank, drive → drove.
> - Regular verbs: cook → cooked, make → made, play → played, sail → sailed.

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Part B: Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense

We’re given a list of verbs:
go, swim, eat, sleep, drink, drive

Now let’s look at the sentences and pictures:

#### 1. Derek's father 🚗 ________ him to school.
- Picture shows a car with a man driving.
- Verb: drive
- Past tense: drove
- ✔ Answer: drove

#### 2. Derek 🍝 ________ spaghetti and ________ juice for lunch.
- Picture shows eating food and drinking.
- Verbs: eat, drink
- Past tense: ate, drank
- ✔ Answer: ate, drank

#### 3. Later Derek 🏋️‍♂️ ________ to the gym.
- Picture shows going to the gym (walking or moving).
- Verb: go
- Past tense: went
- ✔ Answer: went

#### 4. At the gym he 🏊‍♂️ ________ in the pool.
- Picture shows swimming.
- Verb: swim
- Past tense: swam
- ✔ Answer: swam

#### 5. Derek 🛌 ________ at nine o'clock.
- Picture shows sleeping in bed.
- Verb: sleep
- Past tense: slept
- ✔ Answer: slept

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Part A:
1. went
2. swam
3. ate
4. took
5. saw
6. had
7. caught
8. sailed
9. was
10. were
11. cooked
12. made
13. played
14. slept
15. drank
16. drove

#### Part B:
1. drove
2. ate, drank
3. went
4. swam
5. slept

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This exercise helps distinguish between regular and irregular verbs and apply them in context using simple past tense.