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.
goes
We (see) a shooting star last night.
saw
They (take) the wrong train yesterday.
took
I usually (eat) lunch at 12:30.
eat
She (give) me a kiss when we first met.
gave
My dad always (drive) me to school on Fridays.
drives
We (come) back from Paris last Monday.
came
The baby often (wake) up at 3 a.m.
wakes
She (find) an old coin in the garden a few days ago.
found
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 |
