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Practice Exercise in Verb Form | English Grammar Exercise

Practice Exercise in Verb Form | English Grammar Exercise

Write the correct verb form in each of the following sentences. If in doubt, check the List of Irregular Verbs. Match Answers at the end.

1. eat – They haven’t _____ out in months.
2. caught – The umpire said that Reggie had _____ the ball before it touched the ground.
3. swim – They _____ across the bay in less than an hour.
4. drink – All the soda had been _____ by the end of the dance.
5. go – Charlotte had already _____ home by the time Peter arrived.
6. lay (to place) – After the burial, his widow _____ a wreath on the gravesite.
7. shine – The sun _____ all day.
8. shrink – When he put on the sweatshirt, he noticed that it had _____.
9. sing – The four of them have already _____ two songs.
10. slay – In the story the king was relieved when These us _____ the Minotaur.

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List of Irregular Verbs (Common) | English Grammar and Composition

List of Irregular Verbs

Present Past Past Participle

(Add have, has, or had)

Awake awoke awakened
Bear bore borne
Beat beat beat
Begin began begun
bid (to command) bade bidden
Bite bit bitten
Break broke broken
Bring brought brought
burn burnt or burned burnt or burned
burst burst burst
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
dive dived or dove dived
dream dreamt or dreamed dreamt or dreamed
drink drank drunk
drown drowned drowned
dwell dwelt or dwelled dwelt or dwelled
fight fought fought
flee fled fled
fling flung flung
freeze froze frozen
get got got or gotten
hang(a thing) hung hung
hang(a person) hanged hanged
lay laid laid
lead led led
lend lent lent
lie(to recline) lay lain
lie (to tell an untruth) lied lied
put put put
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
set set set
shine (intransitive) shone shone
shrink shrank or shrunk shrunk or shrunken
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
slay slew slain
speak spoke spoken
spit spit or spot spit or spot
spring sprang sprung
sting stung stung
strive strove or strived striven or strived
swear swore sworn
swim swam swum
swing swung swung
tear tore torn
tread trod trod or trodden
wake woke or waked waked or woken
wear wore worn
write wrote written