Grammar Exercise 3
Grammar Exercise 3 is a review of irregular verb forms:
There are many irregular verb forms in English. An irregular verb is one that does not take -ed to form the simple past tenses. Look at these grammar examples:
Regular verb – simple present: I work in a factory.
Regular verb – simple past: I worked in a factory when I was younger.
Irregular verb – simple present: I eat chocolate quite often.
Irregular verb – simple past: I ate chocolate yesterday afternoon.
Look at the grammar examples above. Then complete the exercises below by using the grammatically correct form of the verb.
(1) They __________ (fight) like cats and dogs because of that problem!
(2) He __________ (speed) away in his new sports car.
(3) She __________ (hang) the photograph in her living room yesterday.
(4) I __________ (pay) 12 euros for that book.
(5) He __________ (wind) the old clock carefully.
(6) She __________ (sink) lower into despair after losing her job.
(7) The baby __________ (shut) his eyes and went to sleep
(8) He __________ (thrust) the paper in front of me and asked me to read it.
(9) She __________ (sling) the bag over her shoulder carelessly.
(10) I __________ (wring) out my swimming costume after I got out of the pool.
ANSWERS:
(1) fought
(2) sped
(3) hung
(4) paid
(5) wound
(6) sank
(7) shut
(8) thrust
(9) slung
(10) wrung