use of irregular verbs

verbs that do not follow the simple system of adding “d” or “ed” to the end of the word to form the past tense. That means the spellings can be a little tricky. Some irregular verbs follow patterns, such as drink–drank, spring–sprang, know-knew, and blow-blew but you can’t use this patterns always. Unfortunately, learning irregular verbs means memorization.

examples

The dog bit the hand that fed him.
That dog has bitten many people in the past.
My best friends came to the party.
I caught the ball.
We had our cake and ate it, too.
James fell in the lake, too.
Larry went home.
John hung his hat on the hat tree.


exercises

She _ _ _ (bring) some chocolates to the party.
I _ _ _ (hear) a new song on the radio.
I _ _ _ (read) three books last week.
They _ _ _ (speak) French to the waitress.
He _ _ _ (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't understand.
I _ _ _ (forget) to buy some milk.

She _ _ _  (have) a baby in June.
You _ _ _ (lose) your keys last week.
They _ _ _ (swim) 500m.
I _ _ _ (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.
At the age of 23, she _ _ _  (become) a doctor.
I _ _ _ (know) the answer yesterday.