Irregular Past Tense Verbs worksheet for practicing verb conjugation.

Let’s go through each verb one by one. The task is to write the present tense form of each irregular past tense verb listed.

Wait — actually, looking again: the column says “Past” and lists verbs like *fight*, *find*, *fly*, etc. But those are actually the base (present) forms, not the past tense! For example:

- “fight” → past tense is “fought”
- “find” → past tense is “found”
- “fly” → past tense is “flew”

But the directions say:
> Write the present tense form of each irregular verb.

That doesn’t make sense if the left column already shows present tense verbs.

Actually — let me re-read carefully.

The title is: Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Then it says:
> DIRECTIONS: Write the present tense form of each irregular verb.

And under “Past”, it lists: fight, find, fly, forbid, forget, forgive, freeze, get, give, go, grow, hang.

This is confusing — because these are NOT past tense forms. They’re base/present forms.

So what’s really happening here?

I think there’s a mistake in how the worksheet is labeled.

In reality, for irregular verbs, we usually learn:

Base (Present) → Past → Past Participle

Example:
go → went → gone

But this worksheet says “Past” on the left, and asks for “Present” on the right.

That would mean: if “fight” is listed under “Past”, then its present tense should be... “fight”? That doesn’t change.

Wait — that can’t be right.

Alternatively — maybe the worksheet meant to list the past tense forms on the left, but accidentally wrote the base forms instead.

Let’s check common irregular verbs:

If the left column were truly past tense, then:

- fought → fight
- found → find
- flew → fly
- forbade → forbid
- forgot → forget
- forgave → forgive
- froze → freeze
- got → get
- gave → give
- went → go
- grew → grow
- hung → hang

Ah! Now it makes sense.

So even though the worksheet says “Past” and lists “fight”, “find”, etc., it’s likely a labeling error — and they actually want you to convert from past tense to present tense.

But since “fight” is not past tense — unless… wait, some verbs don’t change!

For example: “cut” → past is still “cut”.

But “fight” changes to “fought”.

So perhaps the worksheet has a typo — and the left column should be the past tense forms, but they printed the base forms by mistake.

Given that, and since the instruction says “Write the present tense form of each irregular verb”, and the verbs listed are actually the base forms, then the answer for all of them is just themselves?

That seems too easy — and defeats the purpose.

Alternative interpretation:

Maybe the worksheet meant to say: “Here are some irregular verbs in their base form. Write their past tense.”

But no — the direction clearly says: “Write the present tense form”.

Let me look at the header again:

“Irregular Past Tense Verbs”

Then below: “DIRECTIONS: Write the present tense form of each irregular verb.”

And the table has two columns: “Past” and “Present”

Under “Past”: fight, find, fly, etc.

This is very confusing.

Perhaps “Past” here means “the verb as given”, and they want you to write the present tense — which for most of these is the same as the base form.

But that doesn’t help anyone learn.

Another possibility: Maybe “Past” is mislabeled, and it’s supposed to be “Base Verb”, and they want you to write the past tense? But the direction says “present tense”.

I think there’s an error in the worksheet.

But since I have to solve it as given, and the direction says: “Write the present tense form of each irregular verb”, and the verbs listed under “Past” are actually the base/present forms, then the correct answer for each is the same word.

For example:

1. fight → present tense: fight
2. find → present tense: find
3. fly → present tense: fly
... and so on.

But that feels wrong educationally.

Wait — let’s consider: maybe “irregular past tense verbs” refers to verbs whose past tense is irregular, and they’re giving you the past tense form, and asking for present.

But again, “fight” is not past tense.

Unless… for some verbs, the past tense is the same as present? Like “put”, “cut”, “hit”.

But “fight” is not one of them.

I think the only logical conclusion is that the worksheet has a labeling error.

Given that, and since this is for a student, I should assume that the intent was:

“Here are some irregular verbs in their base (present) form. Write their past tense.”

Because that’s a standard exercise.

Moreover, the title is “Irregular Past Tense Verbs”, implying we’re working with past tense forms.

Also, in many worksheets, they list the base verb and ask for past tense.

So I believe the direction has a typo — it should say “Write the past tense form”.

Otherwise, the exercise is meaningless.

To confirm, let’s take verb #10: “go”

If “go” is under “Past”, and we’re to write present tense, it’s “go” — but that’s trivial.

Whereas if “go” is the base, and we write past tense, it’s “went” — which is useful.

Similarly, “give” → past is “gave”

“get” → past is “got”

All of these make sense as base-to-past conversions.

Therefore, despite the wording, I will assume the intended task is:

Given the base (present) form of each irregular verb, write its past tense form.

This matches the title “Irregular Past Tense Verbs” and makes educational sense.

So let’s proceed with that.

Step-by-step:

1. fight → past tense: fought
2. find → past tense: found
3. fly → past tense: flew
4. forbid → past tense: forbade
5. forget → past tense: forgot
6. forgive → past tense: forgave
7. freeze → past tense: froze
8. get → past tense: got
9. give → past tense: gave
10. go → past tense: went
11. grow → past tense: grew
12. hang → past tense: hung (note: for objects; "hanged" is for executions, but generally "hung" is accepted for general use)

Now, double-checking each:

- fight/fought ✔
- find/found ✔
- fly/flew ✔
- forbid/forbade ✔ (sometimes "forbid" can be used as past in informal, but standard is "forbade")
- forget/forgot ✔
- forgive/forgave ✔
- freeze/froze ✔
- get/got ✔
- give/gave ✔
- go/went ✔
- grow/grew ✔
- hang/hung ✔ (in modern usage, "hung" is standard for suspending things; "hanged" is specific to execution)

All correct.

Final Answer:

1. fought
2. found
3. flew
4. forbade
5. forgot
6. forgave
7. froze
8. got
9. gave
10. went
11. grew
12. hung