IRREGULAR VERB EXERCISE

 

Irregular verbs have patterns of regularity.  These verbs can be grouped by similar vowel changes and spelling changes.  Fill in the blanks with the past form and the past participles of the following verbs.

 

 

begin               began              begun

spring

ring

sing

sink

swim

 

come               came                come

become

overcome

 

break               broke              broken

(a)wake           

freeze  

speak

steal

choose

 

drive                drove               driven

(a)rise

ride

write

 

blow                 blew                 blown

grow

know

throw

draw

fly

 

bite                  bit                    bitten

hide

slide                 slid                   slid

 

sting                stung               stung

swing

strike

dig

spin

win                   won                  won

 

bleed               bled                 bled

feed

speed

flee

lead

read                 read                 read


keep                kept                 kept

sleep

sweep

weep

creep

kneel

feel

leave

 

bring                brought                       brought

buy

fight

think

catch                caught             caught

teach

 

swear               swore              sworn

tear

wear

 

tell                   told                  told

sell                  

 

find                  found               found

grind

wind

 

send                sent                 sent

spend

bend

lend

built                 built                 built

 

beat                 beat                 beat

bet

burst

cost

cut

hit

knit

let

quit

shut

split

set

spread

Written by the tutors and staff of the English Language Resource Center at Bergen Community College, NJ