PAST SIMPLE: MIXED REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

1. Write the missing forms: 2. Complete the sentences with the correct past
form. Use the verbs from exercise 1.
INFINITIVE PAST INFINITIVE PAST
fall FELL SPEAK spoke 1. Adam __________
got a new iPad last week. (+)
DRAW Drew Knit KNITTED 2. “ _________
Had you __________
see Tim at school (?)”
See SAW KEEP Kept “Yes, I ________. He ________ with Sue” (+)
saw her was
COME Came GIVE Gave didn't do the exercises yesterday (-)
3. Carol __________
Begin BEGAN Need NEEDED 4. My father ___________
thought moving to London
BE Was/Were SEND Sent was a mistake! (+)
Study STUDIED Swim SWAM Did
5. “_________ Pam ________
sell her flat last
WRITE Wrote SLEEP Slept month?” No, she didn't
________.”
LIVE Lived Think THOUGHT
6. Grandma __________
knitted a nice sweater to me
Go WENT WAKE Woke
for my birthday (+)
BRING Brought CATCH Caught
Fly FLEW Make MADE 7. The film ___________
didn't starts at 7:30, but at 7:40 (-)

RIDE Rode STAY Stayed 8. We ___________

swam in the pool on Friday (+)
Can COULD Pay PAID 9. Where did__________ you ________
stay in London, in
Sell SOLD DO Did a hotel or with friends?
GET Got Run RAN 10. He ___________
wrote a fantastic book last year
(+). I ___________
got it as soon as it was published
(+)
11. Unfortunately we didn't
___________
get the bus (-), so
we ___________
came back home very late (+).

4. Fill in Dave’s routine by putting the most

suitable past verb (affirmative or negative).
Different options are possible.
woke
Yesterday, Dave ……………… up at 7:15, but he
………………
didn't get up until 7:25. His mother ……………
prepared
drunk some orange
breakfast for him. Dave ……………
3. Choose the right option: ate
juice and …………… some eggs & bacon. After
got
breakfast, he ………………… brushed
dressed, ………………
1. Alan didn’t see/ didn’t watch Paula t school. his teeth and combed kissed
…………… his hair. He ………………
2. Did you be/ Were you at the cinema mum before leaving home.
yesterday?
3. Carol brought/ bought her new laptop to met
Dave …………… his friends at the bus stop. They
school. wited didn't care
………… for 10 minutes, but it ……………, so they
4. The baby cried/cryed all night long. wlaked to school, but unfortunately they
………………
5. My brother could swim/could swam when he arrived late, so the teacher …………………
…………… was
was four. angry.
6. Charles repaired/prepared a nice dinner.
7. The children ate/eatted a cheese sandwich. had
Dave and his friends …………… lunch at the
8. Did you sit/ Did you sat next to Mary? was horrible.
canteen. Yesterday’s menu …………
9. There was/were a lot of people at the match. didn't eat
They …………… it. There were
……………… vegetables
10. Some of my friends missed/ mised the party. said
and fish. Everybody ……………… was
it …………… a
11. Peter forgot/forgotted my birthday. didn like
healthy menu, but they ……………… it.
12. The children plaied/ played football after
school. went
After school Dave ……………… back home on
13. Did you studied/ Did you study a lot for the took
foot. It …………… him 40 minutes. When he
exam? went
…………… was worried
home, his mother …………
14. Who helped/ did helped you with the forgot
because Dave ……………… her to say he would
homework? be late. What a day!