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English Quiz - Verbs - Past Tense (Irregular) 1 (Questions)

Some verbs change in surprising ways. Learn how go becomes went and run becomes ran, helping your sentences sound right when you talk about yesterday.

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Fascinating Fact:

In the playground, run flips to ran, a quick irregular past tense step to show the race is done.

In KS1 English, children meet irregular past tense verbs. These special verbs do not use -ed. Learning them helps children write and speak clearly about things that already happened.

Key Terms

Verb: A word that shows an action or a state of being, like run, jump, think or is.
Past tense: A way of writing or speaking that shows something has already happened.
Irregular verb: A verb that changes its whole form in the past, like go → went or run → ran.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is an irregular past tense verb for KS1?

For KS1, an irregular past tense verb is a doing word that does not just add -ed. For example, children learn that go becomes went and see becomes saw.

How can I help my child learn irregular past tense verbs?

Use simple pairs in sentences, such as I run/I ran and I eat/I ate. Read stories together and pause to spot verbs that change in unexpected ways.

Do irregular verbs ever use -ed for the past tense?

No. Irregular verbs change differently, like buy → bought. If a verb uses -ed, such as jump → jumped, it is a regular verb, not irregular.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

What do we mean by 'irregular past tense'?

[ ]	It is a verb.
[ ]	It is a verb that changes spelling when it happens in the past.
[ ]	It's a verb that you need to add 'ed' to the end of the word to show it's in the past.
[ ]	It's a noun that happened yesterday.

2.

The word 'say' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	say
[ ]	sayed
[ ]	said
[ ]	sed

3.

The word 'begin' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	began
[ ]	beginned
[ ]	begined
[ ]	beginning

4.

The word 'blow' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	blowed
[ ]	blowing
[ ]	blows
[ ]	blew

5.

The word 'bring' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	bringed
[ ]	brought
[ ]	bought
[ ]	brunged

6.

The word 'buy' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	bought
[ ]	buyed
[ ]	buy
[ ]	brought

7.

The word 'catch' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	catched
[ ]	catching
[ ]	caughted
[ ]	caught

8.

Using the verb 'to draw', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[ ]	She drawed on the floor.
[ ]	She drew on the floor.
[ ]	She draws on the floor.
[ ]	She drews on the floor.

9.

Using the verb 'to drink', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[ ]	They drank their coffee.
[ ]	They drink their coffee.
[ ]	They drunked their coffee.
[ ]	They dranking their coffee.

10.

Using the verb 'to make', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[ ]	I make you something.
[ ]	I maked you something.
[ ]	I made you something.
[ ]	I maded you something.

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are past, present and future tense?

English Quiz - Verbs - Past Tense (Irregular) 1 (Answers)

1.

What do we mean by 'irregular past tense'?

[ ]	It is a verb.
[x]	It is a verb that changes spelling when it happens in the past.
[ ]	It's a verb that you need to add 'ed' to the end of the word to show it's in the past.
[ ]	It's a noun that happened yesterday.

Sometimes, to show a verb happened yesterday, we can add 'ed'. However, for irregular past tense verbs, the word completely changes.

2.

The word 'say' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	say
[ ]	sayed
[x]	said
[ ]	sed

Many children spell 'said' wrong, unfortunately, it's a word that can't be spelt phonetically.

3.

The word 'begin' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[x]	began
[ ]	beginned
[ ]	begined
[ ]	beginning

Today I will begin to clean my house but yesterday I began to clean my bedroom.

4.

The word 'blow' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	blowed
[ ]	blowing
[ ]	blows
[x]	blew

The flower the girl is blowing is called a dandelion. She blew off all the petals.

5.

The word 'bring' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	bringed
[x]	brought
[ ]	bought
[ ]	brunged

The dog brought me a stick. Make sure you don't write 'bought' as that means he went to the shop and bought it for you!

6.

The word 'buy' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[x]	bought
[ ]	buyed
[ ]	buy
[ ]	brought

'Bought' is the word you use if you bought something from the shop yesterday.

7.

The word 'catch' is present tense; which word is used to show it happened in the past?

[ ]	catched
[ ]	catching
[ ]	caughted
[x]	caught

He caught the ball.

8.

Using the verb 'to draw', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[ ]	She drawed on the floor.
[x]	She drew on the floor.
[ ]	She draws on the floor.
[ ]	She drews on the floor.

You may hear your friends saying they 'drawed a picture' but really, they should say they 'drew a picture'.

9.

Using the verb 'to drink', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[x]	They drank their coffee.
[ ]	They drink their coffee.
[ ]	They drunked their coffee.
[ ]	They dranking their coffee.

I will ask you to drink something, if you do, then you drank it.

10.

Using the verb 'to make', which sentence is written in the past tense?

[ ]	I make you something.
[ ]	I maked you something.
[x]	I made you something.
[ ]	I maded you something.

I will make you something similar to what I made yesterday.