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Irregular Verbs exercises

Practise with the song. Listen to Remi and type the missing words, then choose the right form. The answers and explanations are at the bottom.

Base formPast simplePast participle36 verbs in 6 sound families

Step 1

Hear it, then type it

Press play, listen to Remi, and type the missing words.

  1. The -OUGHT family

    buy → →

  2. The -T family

    keep → →

  3. I → A → U

    begin → →

  4. The -EN family

    break → →

  5. Same · same · same

    cut → →

  6. The rebels

    go → →

  7. I a phone yesterday, that's the past,

  8. I for ten hours last night, that's the past,

  9. I so well, participle at last!

  10. I ten this year, participle at last!

0 of 10 checked · 0 right

Step 2

Past simple and past participle

Write the past simple and the past participle. Then check.

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Answers

Hear it, then type it
  1. buy → bought → bought (The -OUGHT family)
  2. keep → kept → kept (The -T family)
  3. begin → began → begun (I → A → U)
  4. break → broke → broken (The -EN family)
  5. cut → cut → cut (Same · same · same)
  6. go → went → gone (The rebels)
  7. I bought a phone yesterday, that's the past,
  8. I slept for ten hours last night, that's the past,
  9. I have never slept so well, participle at last!
  10. I have written ten this year, participle at last!

Every verb from this song is in its sound family, with all three forms, on the song's page and in the irregular verbs list.

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