Quiz playing is a wonderful way to increase your knowledge of English as a Second Language. Remember that all of our ESL quizzes have titles that are both friendly and technical at the same time… In the case of this quiz you might like to tell your friends about “Been There, Done That” but no doubt your teachers will talk about the “Irregular Past Forms quiz”! If you hear a technical term and you want to find a quiz about the subject then just look through the list of quiz titles until you find what you need.
There's a widespread modern saying in English - you may well have heard it - 'Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt'! It's a way of saying that you have gained a range of experience.
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Like many European languages, English expresses single past actions using the Perfect Tense ('per-fect' comes from Latin, meaning 'completely done', i.e. the action is over by the time you are talking about it). We say 'I have done...' in much the same way as French says 'j'ai fait' or German, 'ich habe gemacht'. In these cases too, there is a present form built-into the verb phrase as a whole: 'I HAVE ... (done, etc.)'.
Like many other languages, too, English has some verbs, including ones that come up quite frequently, which have irregular past forms. How many of them do you recognise? Let's see!
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'Oh no, someone's ... ... the dirty washing in with the clean again!' |
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... putted .. |
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... pit ... |
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... put ... |
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... putten ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The announcer ... ... that she had ... ... the World Record.' |
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... say ... / ... break ... |
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... said ... / ... breaked ... |
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... said ... / ... broken ... |
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... sed ... / ... broke ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'They had not ... ... the instructions properly, so they ... ... it too late to enter the competition.' |
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... read ... / ... left ... |
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... read ... / ... leaved... |
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... red ... / ... left ... |
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... readed ... / ... left ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'She came back from the shops having ... ... more than she ... ... to!' |
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... spend ... / ... mean ... |
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... spended ... / ... meaned ... |
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... spended ... / ... meant ... |
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... spent ... / ... meant ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'We hope you have not ... ... what you were ... ... last week.' |
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... forget ... / ... tell ... |
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... forgetted ... / ... telled ... |
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... forgotted ... / ... tolled ... |
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... forgotten ... / ... told ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'I would have ... ... this suit to the party, but the sleeve of the jacket is ... ... .' |
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... wear ... / ... tear ... |
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... weared ... / ... teared ... |
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... wore ... / ... tore ... |
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... worn ... / ... torn ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
If a Driving Test examiner has to fail a candidate, he must sign a form where he will have ... ... about how well (or badly) the candidate has ... ... , in case of any complaint afterwards. |
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... wrote ... / ... drived ... |
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... written ... / ... drived ... |
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... written ... / ... driven ... |
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... writed ... / ... drove ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The boat has ... ... to the bed of the lake, but luckily all the people have ... ... to safety on the bank.' |
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... sink ... / ... swim ... |
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... sank ... / ... swam ... |
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... sunk ... / ... swum ... |
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... sonk ... / ... swom ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The out-of-control car ... ... the motorcycle, which then ... ... across the road.' |
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... strike ... / ... spin ... |
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... strack ... / ... span ... |
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... struck ... / ... spun ... |
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... stroke ... / ... spinned ... |
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'What a dreadful hotel! I have never ... ... the toast to be so ... ... .' |
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... know ... / ... burn ... |
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... known ... / ... burnt ... |
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... knowed ... / ... burned ... |
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... knaw ... / ... barnt ... |
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1.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'Oh no, someone's ... ... the dirty washing in with the clean again!' |
|
[ ] |
... putted .. |
[ ] |
... pit ... |
[x] |
... put ... |
[ ] |
... putten ... |
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2.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The announcer ... ... that she had ... ... the World Record.' |
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[ ] |
... say ... / ... break ... |
[ ] |
... said ... / ... breaked ... |
[x] |
... said ... / ... broken ... |
[ ] |
... sed ... / ... broke ... |
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3.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'They had not ... ... the instructions properly, so they ... ... it too late to enter the competition.' |
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[x] |
... read ... / ... left ... |
[ ] |
... read ... / ... leaved... |
[ ] |
... red ... / ... left ... |
[ ] |
... readed ... / ... left ... |
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4.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'She came back from the shops having ... ... more than she ... ... to!' |
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[ ] |
... spend ... / ... mean ... |
[ ] |
... spended ... / ... meaned ... |
[ ] |
... spended ... / ... meant ... |
[x] |
... spent ... / ... meant ... |
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5.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'We hope you have not ... ... what you were ... ... last week.' |
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[ ] |
... forget ... / ... tell ... |
[ ] |
... forgetted ... / ... telled ... |
[ ] |
... forgotted ... / ... tolled ... |
[x] |
... forgotten ... / ... told ... |
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6.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'I would have ... ... this suit to the party, but the sleeve of the jacket is ... ... .' |
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[ ] |
... wear ... / ... tear ... |
[ ] |
... weared ... / ... teared ... |
[ ] |
... wore ... / ... tore ... |
[x] |
... worn ... / ... torn ... |
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7.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
If a Driving Test examiner has to fail a candidate, he must sign a form where he will have ... ... about how well (or badly) the candidate has ... ... , in case of any complaint afterwards. |
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[ ] |
... wrote ... / ... drived ... |
[ ] |
... written ... / ... drived ... |
[x] |
... written ... / ... driven ... |
[ ] |
... writed ... / ... drove ... |
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8.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The boat has ... ... to the bed of the lake, but luckily all the people have ... ... to safety on the bank.' |
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[ ] |
... sink ... / ... swim ... |
[ ] |
... sank ... / ... swam ... |
[x] |
... sunk ... / ... swum ... |
[ ] |
... sonk ... / ... swom ... |
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9.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'The out-of-control car ... ... the motorcycle, which then ... ... across the road.' |
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[ ] |
... strike ... / ... spin ... |
[ ] |
... strack ... / ... span ... |
[x] |
... struck ... / ... spun ... |
[ ] |
... stroke ... / ... spinned ... |
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10.
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Choose the answer which will best complete the blank/s in correct English.
'What a dreadful hotel! I have never ... ... the toast to be so ... ... .' |
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[ ] |
... know ... / ... burn ... |
[x] |
... known ... / ... burnt ... |
[ ] |
... knowed ... / ... burned ... |
[ ] |
... knaw ... / ... barnt ... |
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