Printable worksheet designed to help students practice identifying irregular verbs by circling the correct form in sentences.

Let me work through each sentence carefully to determine the correct irregular verb form.

1. "I will (tell / told) you about my life."
- "Will" indicates future tense, so we need the base form of the verb.
- "Tell" is the base form; "told" is past tense.
- Answer: tell

2. "We (think / thought) it would be a good idea to go camping."
- "Would be" indicates this is in the past (reported speech/past thinking).
- "Thought" is the past tense of "think."
- Answer: thought

3. "I (tear / tore) my knee ligaments playing basketball."
- This describes something that already happened (past event).
- "Tore" is the past tense of "tear."
- Answer: tore

4. "We (swim / swam) very late at night."
- This describes a past action.
- "Swam" is the past tense of "swim."
- Answer: swam

5. "The baseball player (steal / stole) third base."
- This describes a past action in a game.
- "Stole" is the past tense of "steal."
- Answer: stole

6. "We (ride / rode) the bus to school."
- This describes a past action.
- "Rode" is the past tense of "ride."
- Answer: rode

7. "He (saw / see) how much we enjoyed the show."
- "Enjoyed" is past tense, so the seeing also happened in the past.
- "Saw" is the past tense of "see."
- Answer: saw

8. "I (sit / sat) in my seat for the game."
- This describes a past action.
- "Sat" is the past tense of "sit."
- Answer: sat

9. "I (sleep / slept) all night."
- This describes a past action.
- "Slept" is the past tense of "sleep."
- Answer: slept

10. "I (ride / rode) the horse around the stable."
- This describes a past action.
- "Rode" is the past tense of "ride."
- Answer: rode

Final Answer:
1. tell
2. thought
3. tore
4. swam
5. stole
6. rode
7. saw
8. sat
9. slept
10. rode