Diirectiions: Choose the correct form of the helping verb to be.

Then write the correct

form
of the verb in irregular past participle form.
Examplle: The water (am/are/is) __________ (to freeze).
The water (am/are/ is ) frozen (to freeze).
1) Her arm (am/are/is) __________ (to break).
2) The old man (am/are/is) __________ (to drink).
3) Our house key (am/are/is) __________ (to hide) in the bushes.
4) The employees (am/are/is) __________ (to do) with work today.
5) The snake bite (am/are/is) __________ (to swell).
6) The eighth page of my book (am/are/is) __________ (to tear).
7) A picture (was/were) __________ (to draw) on the chalkboard.
8) My bicycle (was/were) __________ (to steal) yesterday.
9) The milk (am/are/is) all __________ (to go).
10) All my children (am/are/is) full __________ (to grow).
11) The secret will be __________ (to know) by tomorrow morning.
12) Once I get back from the hike, my boots will be well __________ (to wear).
Diirectiions: Write the correct form of the irregular verb in simple past tense.
Examplle: He __________ (to drink) the coffee.
He drank (to drink) the coffee.
1) The moon __________ (to come) out late last night.
2) Jessica __________ (to lose) her first tooth this morning.
3) My entire family __________ (to catch) the flu last winter.
4) The employees __________ (to do) a lot of work today.
5) The swimmers __________ (to hold) their breath and jumped in the water.
6) The baker __________ (to make) a cake for my birthday.
7) They __________ (to take) a picture of the mountain.
8) The teacher __________ (to teach) the students chemistry last year.
9) I __________ (to wear) my jacket to work yesterday.
10) We __________ (to go) to the zoo last weekend.
10) Tom __________ (to write) his family a letter.
12) I __________ (to see) a movie last night.

Usiing Irregullar Verbs iin Perfectt Tense

1.. For many verbs, the perfect tense does not end in ed.
2.. The perfect tense form of these verbs is irregular.
Use have or has and the past participle to form the perfect tense.
[subject] + [have/has] + [past participle]
Use have for I, you, we, they subjects. Use has for he/she/it subjects.
I have been to Spain. You have been to Spain. We have been to Spain.
They have been to Spain. He/she/it has been to Spain.
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Diirectiions: Choose have, has. Then write the correct form of the verb in perfect
tense.
Examplle: I (have/has) ___________ (to know) Jaime for six years.
I (have/has) known (to know) Jaime for six years.
1) I (have/has) ___________ (to see) the Statue of Liberty before.
2) They (have/has) ___________ (to write) ten letters to the governor.
3) James (have/has) ___________ (to be) to Canada twice.
4) The students (have/has) ___________ (to do) their homework.
5) (Have/Has) you ___________ (to catch) a baseball before?
6) He (have/has) ___________ (to eat) three pieces of chocolate cake today.
7) My heart (have/has) been ___________ (to break) before.
8) (Have/Has) you ___________ (to forget) the password?
9) (Have/Has) you ___________ (to choose) a name for your new baby?
10) All the money (have/has) been ___________ (to steal) from the bank.
11) If the enemy sinks another battleship, they will (have/has) ___________ (to sink)
five of them today.
12) By the time we arrive in Mexico, we will (have/has) ___________ (to drive) 800

miles total.

Usiing Irregullar Verbs tthatt Sttay tthe Same

Some irregular verbs stay the same in the base form, simple past, and past participle.
These irregular verbs act like regular verbs in the progressive aspect and for (he, she,
it)
subjects in the present tense.
Examplle: base form (to cut) = Cut
The irregular verb (to cut) stays the same in the simple aspect of the past tense:
[Any Subject] cut the paper yesterday. (simple aspect of the past tense)
The irregular verb (to cut) stays the same in the past participle form:
[Any Subject] [has/have] cut the paper already. (perfect aspect of the present tense )
[Any Subject] [had] cut the paper before we arrived. (perfect aspect of the past tense )
The paper [is/was/will be/is going to be] cut. (past participle in all tenses)
Diirectiions: Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences. Cross out
any verb
forms that do not exist. Some verbs are regular, some are irregular.
Examplle: He (quit , quits, quitted) his job last week.
1) She always (put, puts, putted) lots of cream in her coffee.
2) He (hit, hits, hitted) his head last night.
3) His head (hurt, hurts, hurted) after he hit it.
4) The children (play, plays, played) soccer last weekend.
5) The arsonist (set, sets, setted) fire to several houses in our neighborhood last year.
6) The door is (shut, shuts, shutted).
7) The audience (laugh, laughs, laughed) at the joke.
8) My father (split, splits, splitted) lots of wood so that we could make a fire.
9) The chef has (bake, bakes, baked) three wedding cakes.
10) The trip is (plan, plans, planned).
11) I have never (like, likes, liked) chocolate.
12) The boy (touch, touches, touched) the painting while it was still wet.
13) My mother (let, lets, letted) me stay up late last night.
14) The kitten (try, tries, tried) to drink the milk every time I eat cereal.
15) The men (bet, bets, betted) on horses at the racetrack last Monday.
16) Janet has never (spread, spreads, spreaded) butter on her bread before.
17) The bubble (burst, bursts, bursted) and soap got in my eye.
18) The work is (finish, finishes, finished).
19) I (visit, visits, visited) my mother last week.
20) The dog (want, wants, wanted) to go outside. Please let him out.
Usiing Irregullar Verbs that Stay the Same iin Siimplle Past and Past
Partiiciiplle Form
Diirectiions: Complete the following sentences. Some of the irregular verbs below stay
the same in simple past and past participle forms, and some do not. Write whether the
verb changes or stays the same on the line to the right.
Examplle: He _________ (to have) a great time at the party last night. . _______________
A great time was _________ (to have) at the party last night.
He ___had___ (to have) a great time at the party last night. .
same__
A great time was ___had___ (to have) at the party last night.
1) They lost (to lose) their key yesterday.
Their key is lost (to lose).

__stays the

___stays the same___

2) The chef took (to take) four hours to cook dinner for us last night.
_____changes_____
The chef had taken (to take) that long to cook dinner for us before.

3) Juan laid (to lay) his head on the pillow last night.
same___
Juans head was laid (to lay) on the pillow last night.

___stays the

4) The plane flew (to fly) all night long.

_____changes_____
The plane has flown (to fly) all night long in the past.
5) I met (to meet) James for the first time yesterday.
same___
I had never met (to meet) James before yesterday.
6) The family ate (to eat) dinner together last night.
_____changes_____
The family hasnt eaten (to eat) together in a long time.
7) Henry and Roberto spent (to spend) all the money last weekend.
same___
All the money was spent (to spend) last weekend.
8) The robber shot (to shoot) the police officer yesterday.
same___
A police officer has been shot (to shoot).
9) We drove (to drive) to the beach last summer.
_____changes_____
We have driven (to drive) to the beach before.

___stays the

___stays the

___stays the