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There are some words that, when we say they have happened already, completely change. If I bite you, I’m doing it now but if I did it yesterday, then I bit you. The word ‘bite’ changes to ‘bit’. There are a few words that change like this and they are called irregular past tenses.

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What is an irregular past tense?

[ ]	A verb where the word changes slightly when it's written in the past tense.
[ ]	A verb that does not change.
[ ]	A verb that you can add 'ed' to the end to show it's in the past tense.
[ ]	A noun.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	became
[ ]	bit
[ ]	broke
[ ]	become

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	fall
[ ]	chose
[ ]	drove
[ ]	fell

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	felt
[ ]	hold
[ ]	hid
[ ]	held

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	sat
[ ]	left
[ ]	lost
[ ]	lose

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	pay
[ ]	bought
[ ]	paid
[ ]	sold

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	spoke
[ ]	spent
[ ]	stood
[ ]	stand

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	teach
[ ]	taught
[ ]	told
[ ]	thought

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	wore
[ ]	won
[ ]	give
[ ]	gave

10.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	shot
[ ]	shoot
[ ]	rang
[ ]	stole

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Irregular Past Tense 2 (Answers)

What is an irregular past tense?

[x]	A verb where the word changes slightly when it's written in the past tense.
[ ]	A verb that does not change.
[ ]	A verb that you can add 'ed' to the end to show it's in the past tense.
[ ]	A noun.

Irregular means unusual. Often to show past tense we can add 'ed' to show that it has already happened. However, some verbs change a letter or letters to show it has moved from present to past tense.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	became
[ ]	bit
[ ]	broke
[x]	become

Become is the present tense and became is the past. Bit is the past tense of bite and broke is the past tense of break.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[x]	fall
[ ]	chose
[ ]	drove
[ ]	fell

The woman in the picture fell over but if she is doing it now then she is falling. The present tense of chose is choose and drive becomes drove.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	felt
[x]	hold
[ ]	hid
[ ]	held

He hides in the bin, so yesterday he hid in the bin. If I hold you now, tomorrow I held you. Finally, the past tense of feel is felt.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	sat
[ ]	left
[ ]	lost
[x]	lose

The woman will lose her way if she doesn't use the map. She didn't...and now she is lost! The present tense is leave and past tense changes it to left. Also, you may sit now but if you have already done it, then you sat.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[x]	pay
[ ]	bought
[ ]	paid
[ ]	sold

Present tense: I will pay for the house you sell. Past tense: I have now paid for the house you sold me.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	spoke
[ ]	spent
[ ]	stood
[x]	stand

He stands on the paddle board changes to he stood on the paddle board. If you speak and spend then you spoke and spent.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[x]	teach
[ ]	taught
[ ]	told
[ ]	thought

If yesterday I tell you that I think, today it changes to I told you that I thought.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	wore
[ ]	won
[x]	give
[ ]	gave

Win changes to won, wear to wore and give to gave.

10.

Which answer is not an irregular past tense?

[ ]	shot
[x]	shoot
[ ]	rang
[ ]	stole

I shoot at the goal changes to I took a shot at the goal. Ring changes to rang and steal to stole.