Regular & Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Name:___________________________

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the rules for what verbs are supposed to look and sound like in the past tense. Regular verbs are easy to find in the past tense because they end with the letters -ed. You see them and use them all the time: talked, painted, worked, played, helped, smiled, cooked, turned, looked, wanted, etc. are just a little different, like verbs that end in y and the y changes to i before the -ed ending is added. Others take on some very unusual forms that you just have to remember. For example, you may sing in the choir today, but you sang in the choir yesterday, not singed. All of the verbs below are in the present tense. Some of them are regular verbs, and some are irregular verbs. Write the correct past tense form of each verb. Circle the Irregular Verbs.

Irregular verbs are sneaky because they dont follow the -ed rule. Some

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

bring call sell swim create sleep stretch come serve

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

are visit grow sit wish create run

20. learn 21. 22. 23. fill eat drive

10. show 11. teach

12. carry

24. dance

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Regular & Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Key Name:___________________________

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the rules for what verbs are supposed to look and sound like in the past tense. Regular verbs are easy to find in the past tense because they end with the letters -ed. You see them and use them all the time: talked, painted, worked, played, helped, smiled, cooked, turned, looked, wanted, etc. are just a little different, like verbs that end in y and the y changes to i before the -ed ending is added. Others take on some very unusual forms that you just have to remember. For example, you may sing in the choir today, but you sang in the choir yesterday, not singed. All of the verbs below are in the present tense. Some of them are regular verbs, and some are irregular verbs. Write the correct past tense form of each verb. Circle the Irregular Verbs.

Irregular verbs are sneaky because they dont follow the -ed rule. Some

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

bring call sell swim

brought called sold swam

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

are visit grow sit wish

were visited grew sat wished

create created sleep slept stretch stretched come came serve served showed taught carried

create created run ran learned filled ate drove

20. learn 21. 22. 23. fill eat drive

10. show teach 11. carry 12.

24. dance danced

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