Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises

This irregular verbs exercise has over 50 irregular verbs that you need to write the past tense and past participle for. Improve your English grammar.

Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises

How To Form The Present Perfect Simple with irregular verbs:

1st Column
Compliment
2nd Column
Past Simple Affirmitive
3rd Column
Past Participle
eatateeaten
becomebecamebecome

Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises With Answers

To form the Present Perfect Simple affirmative take a subject (I, my friend...) and after that put the auxiliary verb have in the corresponding form of the present simple ( I have..., my friend has...) and then put the past participle, the word from column 3 of the irregular verb list (became, eaten). Put this all together and we have: I have become. My friend has eaten. To make negatives put not after the auxiliary have. I have not become. My friend has not eaten. Note in the negative we continue to use the past participle from column 3 unlike negatives for the past simple. To form questions change the position of the subject and the auxiliary verb have. This gives us: Have I Become? Has my friend eaten? Again note that we continue to use the past participle from column 3 unlike negatives for the past simple. If we wish we can place a question word before our interrogative form. What have I become? How much has my friend eaten? The table below shows the form of the past simple for irregular verbs:

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AffirmativeNegativeInterrogative
I have eatenI have not eatenHave I eaten?
You have eatenYou have not eatenHave you eaten?
He has eatenHe has not eatenHas he eaten?
She has eatenShe has not eatenHas she eaten?
It has eatenIt has not eatenHas it eaten?
We have eatenWe have not eatenHave we eaten?
You have eatenYou have not eatenHave you eaten?
They have eatenThey have not eatenHave they eaten?

Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises Pdf With Answers

Irregular

The following video explains how to form the Present Perfect Simple with irregular verbs:

Transcript:
How to form the Present Perfect Simple with irregular verbs. It's easy. It's the same as with the regular ones. You take a subject I, then your auxiliary verb have, in the present simple and then you use the past participle. For irregular verbs, that's the word in column 3. Eat, ate eaten. Column 3. Number 3. Fight, fought, fought. Number 3. OK. So, I have eaten. You have eaten. To make negatives put not after the have. I have not eaten. We still use the word from column 3, eaten. To make questions. Have you eaten? The word again from column 3. So, this is easy to construct and remember it's different from the past simple. It's different from column 2 and we use it in a different way. So, to make the past... sorry, to make the present perfect simple with irregular verbs, I have and then the past participle, eaten. In the negative I have not eaten. For questions, have I eaten? So... that's simple, I am sure you understood it clearly. What's more difficult is when to use it. See you soon.

Irregular verbs:
There are several groups of irregular verbs that behave in the same way. If you can remember the pattern it will help you to learn some of the verbs.

1st Column2nd Column3rd Column
Pattern 1BringBroughtBrought
BuyBoughtBought
CatchCaughtCaught
Pattern 2DrinkDrankDrunk
SinkSankSunk
SingSangSung
Pattern 3ChooseChoseChosen
LooseLostLost
FreezeFrozeFrozen
Pattern 4BleedBledBled
FeedFedFed
ReadReadRead
Pattern 5BlowBlewBlown
GrowGrewGrown
FlyFlewFlown
Pattern 6DealDeltDelt
FeelFeltFelt
KeepKeptKept
Pattern 7BetBetBet
CutCutCut
SetSetSet
VerbsRegular And Irregular Verbs Exercises

Regular And Irregular Verbs Exercises For Beginners

In this video the list of irregular verbs shown below has been read so you can learn the correct pronunciation.

The following table is a list of the most common irregular verbs in English, it is highly reccommended that you learn it:

1st Column2nd Column3rd Column
bewas/werebeen
becomebecamebecome
beginbeganbegun
blowblewblown
breakbrokebroken
bringbroughtbrought
buildbuiltbuilt
burstburstburst
buyboughtbought
catchcaughtcaught
choosechosechosen
comecamecome
costcostcost
cutcutcut
dealdeltdelt
dodiddone
drinkdrankdrunk
drivedrovedriven
eatateeaten
fallfellfallen
feedfedfed
feelfeltfelt
fightfoughtfought
findfoundfound
flyflewflown
forbidforbadeforbidden
forgetforgotforgotten
forgiveforgaveforgiven
freezefrozefrozen
getgotgot/gotten
givegavegiven
gowentgone
growgrewgrown
havehadhad
hearheardheard
hidehidhidden
hithithit
holdheldheld
hurthurthurt
keepkeptkept
knowknewknown
laylaidlaid
leadledled
leaveleftleft
letletlet
lielaylain
loselostlost
makemademade
meetmetmet
paypaidpaid
putputput
quitquitquit
readreadread
rideroderidden
ringrangrung
riseroserisen
runranrun
saysaidsaid
seesawseen
seeksoughtsought
sellsoldsold
sendsentsent
setsetset
shakeshookshaken
shineshoneshone
singsangsung
sitsatsat
sleepsleptslept
speakspokespoken
spendspentspent
springsprangsprung
standstoodstood
stealstolestolen
swimswamswum
swingswangswung
taketooktaken
teachtaughttaught
teartoretorn
telltoldtold
thinkthoughtthought
throwthrewthrown
understandunderstoodunderstood
wakewokewoken
wearworeworn
winwonwon
writewrotewritten