I. Give the past and the past participle of each of the following verbs:

  1. teach 
  2. sing
  3. write 
  4. read 
  5. hurt 
  6. sit 
  7. arise 
  8. take 
  9. beat 
  10. tell

II. Give the present and the past for the following past participles:

  1. thrown 
  2. sworn 
  3. swum 
  4. built 
  5. spoken 
  6. stolen

III. Correct the verbs in the following example sentences.  Give the number and person of each verb:

  1. The blossoms have fell from the trees.
  2. Mary come to school in haste.
  3. Sarah’s exercise is wrote badly.
  4. The thief stoled the money and telled a falsehood about it.
  5. The lake is froze hard.
  6. Charles has took the wrong course.
  7. The bell ringed loud.
  8. The soldiers fit bravely.
  9. She did not git the premium.
  10. The exercise is wrote badly.
  11. James has not spoke the truth.
  12. A sad misfortune has befell him.
  13. The carriage was drawed by four horses.
  14. Being weary  I laid down  and is much refreshed.
  15. The ball was throwed too high.
  16. I see the soldiers when they come.
  17. The wind has blowed the fruit from the trees  and broke the branches.
  18. He sit down upon the bank.
  19. The cattle were drove to pasture.
  20. After he had strove many times  he winned the prize.
  21. The bee stinged Nellie badly.
  22. Edwin has took my knife.
  23. The sky has wore a cloudy aspect for several days.
  24. She singed the song well.
  25. The cars have ran off the track.
  26. Grandmother has weaved the cloth beautifully.
  27. Who teached him grammar?
  28. These apples have growed very fast.
  29. He clinged to the mast.
  30. He give me some money.
  31. Anna stringed the beads quickly.
  32. The vessel has hove in sight.
  33. She springed a leak.
  34. The stone smit him in the face.
  35. The river has overflown its banks.
  36. I seen Harry when he done it.



Back to the top of this page.

Go on to Exercise 29





Trackback URL
Some Responses to “Exercise 28: Working with Irregular Verbs”
  1. On November 22nd, 2010 fatcow hosting said:

    Tyvm for the great info! I would not have gotten this on my own!

  2. On November 22nd, 2010 click here said:

    Thanks a ton for putting this up, it was quite handy and helped me a ton

  3. On November 22nd, 2010 diy solar panels said:

    TY for the helpful information! I wouldn’t have found this by myself!

  4. On November 22nd, 2010 rv awnings said:

    Can I reference some of this on my website if I post a link back to this site?

  5. On November 22nd, 2010 Lucila Crisan said:

    Perhaps a bit of a odd response, but I like your web template you use and My partner and i genuinely desired to let you know! Having many wonderful content this blog site is truly excellent :)

  6. On November 22nd, 2010 Naruto hentai said:

    Is it okay to reference part of this on my site if I post a link back to this website?

  7. On November 23rd, 2010 Mmorpg Oyunlar said:

    Keep it up, wonderful job! Exactly the thing I had to know.

  8. On November 23rd, 2010 Rafael Korbar said:

    This really is such a wonderful resource that you’re providing and also you give it absent free of charge. I love seeing web sites that comprehend the value of offering a quality useful resource for free. It?s the outdated what goes about comes about routine.

  9. On November 25th, 2010 Jacklin Pawl said:

    Top-notch share it is really. Friend on mine has been looking for this info

  10. On November 26th, 2010 Ty Coulson said:

    Probably a little bit of a weird reply, however I much like the actual template you use and We really wanted to tell you! Together with several wonderful articles this web site is truly excellent :)

Leave your own comments about this post: