Regular and Irregular Verb
*The
bear escaped from
the circus.
*I worked for 10 hours yesterday.
*My father taught me to swim.
*She put all the fruits into the basket.
*The
highlighted verbs are in the simple past tense. They denote that the action
happened in the past. Some verbs can be changed to the past tense by adding –ed
to the base form. These are called regular verbs.
Like-liked
*Some
other verbs take different forms when changed into past tense. Such verbs are
called irregular verbs.
See-saw
*Some
irregular verbs do not change their form when converted to past tense.
Read-read
A.
Complete these sentences with
the right form of the verbs given in the brackets.
1. Woke up very early this morning.
2. He sat watching birds in the park all evening.
3. We went to the cinema last Sunday.
4. I saved some money to buy a new
bike.
5. She waved good-bye to her parents at
the airport.
6. MY mother baked some delicious biscuits
today.
7. Simon taught Science at a school before
he took up a new job.
8. She brought a tray full of sandwiches for
all of us.
B. Match the base forms of verbs
in column A with the simple past forms in column B.
1. Fly – d.flew
2. Preech-i.preached
3. Meet-g.met
4. Thank-p.thanked
5. Call-m.called
6. Run-t.ran
7. Tick-w.ticked
8. Send-n.sent
9. Pay-a.paid
10. Steal-h.stole
11. Give-o.gave
12. Try-e.tried
13. Want-f.wanted
14. Behave-u.behaved
15. Tremble-v.trembled
16. Speak-b.spoke
17. Throw-j.threw
18. Catch-k.caught
19. Hit-c.hit
20. Make-l.made
21. Draw-l.drew
22. Plan-s.planned
23. Seek-q.saught
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