Past Simple Tense - Worksheet worksheet - Free Printable

Explanation:
We are asked to fill in the blanks with the past simple form of the irregular verbs given in parentheses.
Remember: For irregular verbs, the past simple form does *not* end in “-ed” — we must memorize them.

Let’s go one by one:

1. bring → past simple = brought
2. hear → past simple = heard
3. read → past simple = read (spelled same, but pronounced /red/)
4. speak → past simple = spoke
5. understand → past simple = understood
6. forget → past simple = forgot
7. have → past simple = had
8. lose → past simple = lost
9. swim → past simple = swam
10. give → past simple = gave
11. become → past simple = became
12. know → past simple = knew
13. tell → past simple = told
14. lend → past simple = lent
15. drink → past simple = drank
16. sleep → past simple = slept
17. keep → past simple = kept
18. choose → past simple = chose
19. begin → past simple = began
20. fly → past simple = flew
21. drive → past simple = drove
22. teach → past simple = taught
23. send → past simple = sent
24. leave → past simple = left

Double-check a few tricky ones:
- *Read* is spelled the same but pronounced differently — correct as read.
- *Lend* → lent, not *lended* (irregular).
- *Begin* → began, not *begun* (that’s past participle).
- *Fly* → flew, not *flyed*.

All forms match standard irregular verb lists.

Final Answer:
1. brought
2. heard
3. read
4. spoke
5. understood
6. forgot
7. had
8. lost
9. swam
10. gave
11. became
12. knew
13. told
14. lent
15. drank
16. slept
17. kept
18. chose
19. began
20. flew
21. drove
22. taught
23. sent
24. left