Ampersand Lab

Foundation grammar · Lesson 24 · A2

Regular and irregular verbs

Regular verbs make the past simple and past participle with -ed. Irregular verbs do not: sometimes both forms are the same (made, made), sometimes they differ (broke, broken).

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20Steps · about 42 minutes

In this lesson

Regular verbsA1 screen of questions
Irregular verbsB11 screens of questions
Put it together+4 screens of mixed questions

Point A of 2

Regular verbs

The past simple and past participle of regular verbs end in -ed: clean, cleaned; live, lived; paint, painted; study, studied.

The past simple is on its own (Unit 11). The past participle goes with have (present perfect, Units 15 to 18) and with be (passive, Units 21 and 22).

  • I cleaned my boots yesterday. (past simple)
  • Charlie studied engineering at university.
  • I've cleaned my boots. (present perfect)
  • Jane has lived in Bristol for ten years.
  • These rooms are cleaned every day. (passive)
  • My car has been repaired.

Point A · Extra practice

Put the verb into the past simple. All of them are regular.

  1. I the kitchen floor this morning. (clean)

  2. Amy French at college. (study)

  3. The film at seven and finished at nine. (start)

Point B of 2

Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs do not take -ed. In some, the past simple and the past participle match; in others they differ. Nothing predicts which, so they have to be memorised.

Verb Past simple Past participle
make made made
find found found
buy bought bought
cut cut cut
break broke broken
know knew known
begin began begun
go went gone
  • I made a cake yesterday. (past simple)
  • I've made some tea. (past participle, present perfect)
  • Butter is made from milk. (past participle, passive)
  • Someone smashed the bus shelter on Saturday. (past simple)
  • Somebody has broken this window. (present perfect)
  • This window was broken last night. (passive)

Point B · Exercise 24.1 · part 1 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs. For every verb here, the two forms are the same.

  1. Example

    make: made

    Answermake, made, made

  2. Example

    cut: cut

    Answercut, cut, cut

  3. get:

  4. bring:

  5. pay:

  6. enjoy:

Point B · Exercise 24.1 · part 2 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs. For every verb here, the two forms are the same.

  1. buy:

  2. sit:

  3. leave:

  4. happen:

Point B · Exercise 24.1 · part 3 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs. For every verb here, the two forms are the same.

  1. hear:

  2. put:

  3. catch:

  4. watch:

Point B · Exercise 24.1 · part 4 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs. For every verb here, the two forms are the same.

  1. understand:

Point B · Exercise 24.2 · part 1 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

  1. Example

    break: broke, broken

    Answerbreak, broke, broken

  2. begin: ,

  3. eat: ,

  4. drink: ,

  5. drive: ,

Point B · Exercise 24.2 · part 2 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

  1. run: ,

  2. speak: ,

  3. write: ,

  4. come: ,

Point B · Exercise 24.2 · part 3 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

  1. know: ,

  2. take: ,

  3. go: ,

  4. give: ,

Point B · Exercise 24.2 · part 4 of 4

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

  1. throw: ,

  2. forget: ,

Point B · Exercise 24.4 · part 1 of 3

Complete the sentences with one of these verbs in the right form: cost, drive, fly, make, meet, sell, speak, swim, tell, think.

Use these

costdriveflymakemeetsellspeakswimtellthink

  1. Example

    I bought these boots last week. They cost eighty pounds.

    AnswerI bought these boots last week. They cost eighty pounds.

  2. Paul has a van, but he hasn't it for ages.

  3. We to Belfast last month. The flight took an hour.

  4. Who this cake? It's gorgeous.

  5. I Sarah at a wedding three years ago.

Point B · Exercise 24.4 · part 2 of 3

Complete the sentences with one of these verbs in the right form: cost, drive, fly, make, meet, sell, speak, swim, tell, think.

Use these

costdriveflymakemeetsellspeakswimtellthink

  1. We needed money, so we our caravan.

  2. Have you to the manager about the problem?

  3. I across the lake when I was fifteen.

  4. Who you about the party? It was supposed to be a surprise.

Point B · Exercise 24.4 · part 3 of 3

Complete the sentences with one of these verbs in the right form: cost, drive, fly, make, meet, sell, speak, swim, tell, think.

Use these

costdriveflymakemeetsellspeakswimtellthink

  1. I it was going to rain, but it didn't.

Put it together · Exercise 24.3 · part 1 of 4

Put the verb in the right form.

  1. Example

    I washed my hands because they were filthy. (wash)

    AnswerI washed my hands because they were filthy.

  2. Somebody has this window. (break)

  3. I feel great. I really well last night. (sleep)

  4. We a brilliant film yesterday. (see)

  5. It every single day of our camping trip. (rain)

Put it together · Exercise 24.3 · part 2 of 4

Put the verb in the right form.

  1. I've my bag. (lose) Have you it? (see)

  2. Rosa's bike was last week. (steal)

  3. I home early because I had a headache. (go)

  4. Have you your work yet? (finish)

Put it together · Exercise 24.3 · part 3 of 4

Put the verb in the right form.

  1. The shopping centre was about twenty years ago. (build)

  2. Ann to drive when she was eighteen. (learn)

  3. I've never a horse. (ride)

  4. Nadia and I go back a long way. I've her since primary school. (know)

Put it together · Exercise 24.3 · part 4 of 4

Put the verb in the right form.

  1. Yesterday I off a ladder and my leg. (fall / hurt)

Lesson 24 · Result

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