Regular & Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Regular & Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Regular Past Tense Verbs

• Most verbs are regular verbs. They form their past tense by adding -ed or -d. A regular verb also adds -ed when it is used with the helping verbs has, have, or had

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Regular Verbs

Tell the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses ( ).

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Last week, our class (learn) about World War II.

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Regular Verbs

Tell the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses ( ).

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Women have (volunteer) to help the war effort in many ways.

Irregular Verbs

• Some verbs are irregular.

• These verbs don’t add -ed or -d to form the past tense. Some very common verbs are irregular. 

Multiple Choice

Irregular Verbs Identify each underlined verb as regular or irregular.

Jake took his history test today.

• regular

• Irregular

Multiple Choice

Irregular Verbs Identify each underlined verb as regular or irregular.

Joanne studied all weekend for the test.

• regular

• irregular

Multiple Choice

Irregular Verbs Identify each underlined verb as regular or irregular.

Tess wrote note cards.

• regular

• irregular

Multiple Choice

Irregular Verbs Identify each underlined verb as regular or irregular.

They knew the names of the Revolutionary War heroes.

• regular

• irregular

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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Jake (thank) Tess for her help

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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Jason (forget) how to spell the general’s name.

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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Matt (remember) when he fought in the battle.

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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Hallie’s hard work (pay) off!

Multiple Choice

Past Tense Irregular Verbs

Identity the past tense of the irregular verb.

write

• writted

• writed

• wrote

• wroted

Multiple Choice

Past Tense Irregular Verbs

Identity the past tense of the irregular verb.

send

• sent

• saught

• sended

• sented

Multiple Choice

Past Tense Irregular Verbs

Identity the past tense of the irregular verb.

teach

• teached

• taught

• has teach

• taughted

Multiple Choice

Past Tense Irregular Verbs

Identity the past tense of the irregular verb.

buy

• buyed

• bought

• byed

• boughted

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