1. Past Tense of Irregular Verbs
Review
Regular Verbs
Spelling Rules
Learn
New Irregular Verbs
Practice
Selecting the Correct Irregular Verb

2. Review of Regular Verb Spelling Rules: Appendix 4, page 214
Add ed
Started, finished, washed, helped, listened, watched
Verbs ending in e, add only d
Lived, cared, died, dated, shared
Change the y to i and add ed
Dried, cried, fried, married, spied
Don’t change the y to i just add ed
Prayed, played, stayed, destroyed
CVC rule: double the final consonant & add ed
Stopped, robbed, lobbed, napped
Do not double final w or x, just add ed
Wowed, mixed, jinxed, meowed, vowed,
Two syllables, and the 2nd is stressed, double the final consonant and add ed
Remitted, permitted, admitted, occurred
Two syllables, and the 2nd is not stressed, don’t double the final consonant, just add ed
Happened, listened, opened, earned,

3. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Bring Brought Take
Took
Ring
Rang
Sing
Sang
Sting
Stung

4. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Buy Bought Pay
Paid
Give
Gave
Get
Got

5. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Eat Ate Bite Bit
Drink
Drank
Make
Made
Sit
Sat

6. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Draw Drew Cut Put
Write
Wrote
Send
Sent

7. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Feel Felt Pet Say
Said
Have
Had
Teach
Taught

8. Irregular Verbs Present Tense Definition Past Tense Become Became
Break
Broke
Build
Built
Catch
Caught

9. Select the correct Verb:
Go Went
Fly Flew
Ride Rode
Drive Drove
Run Ran
Leave Left

10. Activity 6: Page 100 A Surprising Day
Yesterday I decided to go to the beach because the weather was so beautiful. It took me about an hour to get ready. I found my bathing suit, towel, sunglasses and a good book. (1.) ________________________. Then I packed all these things in my beach bag. Finally, I was ready. (2.) ___________________________. I saw it was raining. I waited for it to stop, but it continued. Unfortunately, I had to stay home yesterday.
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11. Activity 7: page 101
1. When were you born? _________________________________
2. How did you feel yesterday? _________________________________
3. Where did you go last weekend? _________________________________
4. When did you see a movie? _________________________________

12. Activity 7: page 101 (continued)
5. What did you buy last week? _________________________________
6. Whom did you speak with yesterday? _________________________________
7. When did you leave for school this morning? _________________________________
8. When did you do your homework? _________________________________

13. Activity 9: Practicing Negative Verbs in the Past
1. Carmen /live (negative)/ in Connecticut / in 1997.
2. Shelley / study (negative) / engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents / visit (negative) / him last year.
4. Dinosaurs / have (negative) / large brains.
5. John / help (negative) / me with my homework!

14. Activity 9: Practicing Negative Verbs in the Past
1. Carmen did not live in Connecticut in
2. Shelley did not study engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents did not visit him last year.
4. Dinosaurs did not have large brains.
5. John did not help me with my homework!

15. Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions
1. Winston Churchill was a leader of Mexico.
2. Confucius lived in Japan.
3. Pele’ played basketball.
4. The Beatles sang in Arabic.
5. The Titanic sank in the Pacific Ocean.

16. Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions
6. The Statue of Liberty came from Italy.
7. Thomas Edison invented the radio.
8. Stephen King wrote Romeo and Juliet.
9. The prophet Mohammed spoke Hindi.
10. Marilyn Monroe was an engineer.

17. Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions
1. Winston Churchill wasn’t a leader of Mexico. He was a leader of Great Britain.
2. Confucius didn’t live in Japan. He lived in China.
3. Pele’ didn’t play basketball. He played soccer.
4. The Beatles didn’t sing in Arabic. They sang in English and some German!
5. The Titanic didn’t sink in the Pacific Ocean. It sank in the North Atlantic.

18. Activity 10: Writing Negative Sentences with Contractions
6. The Statue of Liberty didn’t come from Italy. It was a gift from the people of France.
7. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the radio. He invented the light bulb.
8. Stephen King didn’t write Romeo and Juliet. He wrote Carrie and The Shining.
9. The prophet Mohammed didn’t speak Hindi. He spoke Arabic.
10. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t an engineer. She was an actress and a model.

19. Activity 11: Simple Past Tense Review
Bob’s Horrible Day
Bob (1. have)_____ a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be) ________Supposed to get up at 6 a.m., but his alarm clock (3. work, negative) ____________. He (4. wake up) __________ at 8 a.m. There (5. be) ________ no hot water for a shower, so he had to use cold water. After that, his car (6. start, negative) ________________, and he had to take the bus. When Bob (7. get) _________ to work, his boss (8. yell) _____________ at him for being late. Next, his computer (9. crash)______________, and he (10. lose)____________ all of his documents. He (11. stay) ___________________at work until midnight to redo the documents. Bob (12. decide) ___________________ to stay home the next day because he (13. be) _______________too tired from all his bad luck.

20. Activity 11: Simple Past Tense Review
Bob’s Horrible Day
Bob (1. have) had a horrible day on Monday. First, he (2. be) was supposed to get up at 6 a.m., but his alarm clock (3. work, negative) didn’t work. He (4. wake up) woke up at 8 a.m. There (5. be) was no hot water for a shower, so he had to use cold water. After that, his car (6. start, negative) didn’t start, and he had to take the bus. When Bob (7. get) got to work, his boss (8. yell) yelled at him for being late. Next, his computer (9. crash) crashed, and he (10. lose) lost all of his documents. He (11. stay) stayed at work until midnight to redo the documents. Bob (12. decide) decided to stay home the next day because he (13. be) was too tired from all his bad luck.