Exercise: Regular and Irregular Verbs

Grammar Exercise Tutorial: Regular and Irregular Verbs

This is an exercise tutorial designed specifically for practice on the topic 'Regular and Irregular Verbs'. This tutorial does not include any explanations or definitions of the topic. Here, we will focus solely on enhancing your knowledge with various types of questions such as short and long questions, multiple choice questions, and fill in the blanks. Work through each exercise, and check your responses against the provided answers at the end of the tutorial.

Exercise 1: Identifying Regular and Irregular verbs (short questions)

Identify whether the following verbs are regular or irregular. Write your answer next to each verb.

  1. Walk
  2. Become
  3. Jump
  4. Speak
  5. Flex
  6. Fly
  7. Swim
  8. Kick
  9. Write
  10. Draft

Exercise 2: Forming Past Tense (fill in the blanks)

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate past tense of the verb given in the brackets. Remember, regular verbs follow a fixed pattern while irregular verbs do not.

  1. Yesterday, I ___ (walk) to the park.
  2. She ___ (read) a novel last night.
  3. They ___ (dance) at the party.
  4. I ___ (run) in a marathon last week.
  5. We ___ (go) to the cinema yesterday.

Exercise 3: Forming Past Participle (fill in the blanks)

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate past participle form of the verb given in the brackets.

  1. The lecture had already ___ (begin) when I arrived.
  2. I have ___ (write) five poems this month.
  3. You have ___ (drink) all the orange juice!
  4. She has ___ (take) her medication.
  5. We had ___ (see) that movie before.

Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses.

  1. Yesterday, I ___ to the park. (go)
    • went
    • goed
    • go
  2. She ___ a novel last night. (read)
    • read (pronounced as reed)
    • read (pronounced as red)
    • readed
  3. They ___ at the party. (dance)
    • danced
    • dance
    • dancen
  4. I ___ in a marathon last week. (run)
    • ranned
    • runned
    • ran

Answers

Exercise 1

  1. Walk – Regular
  2. Become – Irregular
  3. Jump – Regular
  4. Speak – Irregular
  5. Flex – Regular
  6. Fly – Irregular
  7. Swim – Irregular
  8. Kick – Regular
  9. Write – Irregular
  10. Draft – Regular

Exercise 2

  1. Yesterday, I walked to the park.
  2. She read a novel last night.
  3. They danced at the party.
  4. I ran in a marathon last week.
  5. We went to the cinema yesterday.

Exercise 3

  1. The lecture had already begun when I arrived.
  2. I have written five poems this month.
  3. You have drunk all the orange juice!
  4. She has taken her medication.
  5. We had seen that movie before.

Exercise 4

  1. Yesterday, I went to the park.
  2. She read a novel last night. (pronounced as 'red')
  3. They danced at the party.
  4. I ran in a marathon last week.

Hope these exercises enhance your understanding of Regular and Irregular verbs. Practise regularly, and you will continue to improve!