Practice Makes Perfect

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The Simple Past Tense
with Irregular Verbs: 1
Some verbs do not use the -ed ending to express the past tense. These are irregular 
verbs, and they have unique past tense forms. They have the same form for all 
persons in the past tense, and they must be memorized.
to hide (hid) to drink (drank) to wear (wore) to go (went)
I hid 
I drank 
I wore 
I went
you hid 
you drank 
you wore 
you went
he hid 
he drank 
he wore 
he went
she hid 
she drank 
she wore 
she went
it hid 
it drank 
it wore 
it went
we hid 
we drank 
we wore 
we went
they hid 
they drank 
they wore 
they went
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EXERCISE
 Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following irregular verbs 
and vocabulary words needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the 
words in your language in the space provided. 
to feel 
→
felt 
to do 
→
did 
to bite 
→
bit 
to find 
→
found
to blow 
→
blew 
to fall 
→
fell 
to shake 
→
shook
to cut 
→
cut 
to tear 
→
tore 
to break 
→
broke 
to slide 
→
slid 
to buy 
→
bought
to spend 
→
spent
to take 
→
took 
to teach 
→
taught
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practice makes perfect Basic 
English
honeymoon dishes 
earthquake 
saw 
grandparent cup 
toboggan 
overseas
Ireland 
down 
finger 
favorite 
mountain 
high school
when 
after 
pants 
gift 
math 
ankle 
Rewrite the following sentences in the simple past tense using the irregular past tense form of the verb
in parentheses.
1. She (to blow) on her soup because it was hot. 
2. The house (to shake) a lot during the earthquake. 
3. They (to take) the plane and (to spend) their honeymoon overseas. 
4. I always (to feel) sick when I was pregnant. 
5. He (to tear) his pants when he (to fall). 
6. We (to buy) a nice gift for our grandparents in Ireland. 
7. The kids (to slide) down the mountain on their new toboggan. 
8. I (to do) the dishes after supper. 
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9. I (to cut) my finger on the sharp saw. 
10. You (to break) my favorite cup. 
11. Your dog (to bite) my ankle. 
12. Karen (to find) a purse at the beach. 
13. I (to teach) math at the high school last year.