With these irregular verb exercises with answers, you’ll practise verb changes in the present and past simple forms. We also provide a pdf worksheet for additional practice. The answers to the worksheet are included on this page.
Present and past simple forms of irregular verbs
Write the present simple and past simple forms of the irregular verbs in the table.
| Irregular verb | Subject pronouns | Present simple forms | Past simple forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | I / You (singular) |
go
|
went
|
| He / She / It |
goes
|
went
|
|
| We / You / They |
go
|
went
|
|
| know | I / You (singular) |
know
|
knew
|
| He / She / It |
knows
|
knew
|
|
| We / You / They |
know
|
knew
|
|
| come | I / You (singular) | come |
came |
| He / She / It | comes |
came |
|
| We / You / They | come |
came |
|
| take | I / You (singular) | take |
took |
| He / She / It | takes |
took |
|
| We / You / They | take |
took |
|
| eat | I / You (singular) | eat |
ate |
| He / She / It | eats |
ate |
|
| We / You / They | eat |
ate |
Irregular verb sentence completion exercises
Write the correct form of each irregular verb to complete the sentence. Pay attention to the time expression to help you decide which verb tense to use.
She (go) to school every day.
She goes to school every day.
We (see) a shooting star last night.
We saw a shooting star last night.
They (take) the wrong train yesterday.
They took the wrong train yesterday.
I usually (eat) lunch at 12:30.
I usually eat lunch at 12:30.
She (give) me a kiss when we first met.
She gave me a kiss when we first met.
My dad always (drive) me to school on Fridays.
My dad always drives me to school on Fridays.
We (come) back from Paris last Monday.
We came back from Paris last Monday.
The baby often (wake) up at 3 a.m.
The baby often wakes up at 3 a.m.
She (find) an old coin in the garden a few days ago.
She found an old coin in the garden a few days ago.
Multiple-choice questions
Choose the correct past simple form of the verb in parentheses.
1. He _____ (begin) the project last month.
2. They _____ (build) the house in 2010.
3. I _____ (feel) tired after the long journey.
4. She _____ (leave) her keys on the bus.
5. We _____ (meet) them at the park last weekend.
6. I _____ (break) my phone yesterday.
7. She _____ (buy) a new car last week.
8. He _____ (hear) a strange noise last night.
9. The cat _____ (hide) under the sofa.
10. He _____ (choose) the blue one.
| Regular verbs | Irregular verbs |
|---|---|
| play → played | bring → brought |
| start → started | sleep → slept |
| laugh → laughed | write → wrote |
| climb → climbed | leave → left |
| watch → watched | hide → hid |
| cry → cried | fly → flew |
| walk → walked | drink → drank |
| look → looked | eat → ate |
| enjoy → enjoyed | swim → swam |
| smile → smiled | give → gave |
| visit → visited | take → took |
| clean → cleaned | go → went |
| dream → dreamed / dreamt | teach → taught |
| cook → cooked | come → came |
| kick → kicked | |
| help → helped |
