Irregular verbs

a. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>Imane ……………… to find that it was already ten o’clock. (awake)


<LI class=Style19>I ……………… nervous as the final exam came closer. (become)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… reading ‘War and Peace’ last month and he still haven’t finished it. (begin)


<LI class=Style19>A rich woman ……………… $2.000.000 for the two paintings. (bid)


<LI class=Style19>The police ……………… the criminal’s hands behind his back. (bind)


<LI class=Style19>Hicham El-Guerrouj ……………… the world record for the 1500 metres in 3.26.00 minutes. (break)


<LI class=Style19>The BBC first ……………… in 1936. (broadcast)


<LI class=Style19>They ……………… a new public library near my school. (build)

1. It was a huge fire and all the furniture ………………. (burn)
   

b. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>She ……………… a woollen scarf for her husband in Paris. (buy)


<LI class=Style19>The policewoman ran after the thief and ……………… him. (catch)


<LI class=Style19>I ……………… first in the latest English test. (come)


<LI class=Style19>The cat ……………… silently towards the mouse and caught it. (creep)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… his finger with a knife. (cut)


<LI class=Style19>I woke up to find that I wasn’t really rich. I only ……………… it. (dream)


<LI class=Style19>The old lady’s loneliness ……………… her to commit suicide. (drive)


<LI class=Style19>My little brother ……………… over and hurt his knee. (fall)

1. She ……………… a piece of glass in the pizza. (find)
   

c. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>When the hunter fired his gun the tiger turned and ……………… (flee)


<LI class=Style19>My sister ……………… a job as a secretary in a bank. (get)


<LI class=Style19>Jalil’s uncle ……………… him a digital camera for his birthday. (give)


<LI class=Style19>My grandfather ……………… blind when he was sixty. (go)


<LI class=Style19>The young man ……………… himself in a fit of depression. (hung)


<LI class=Style19>A motorbike ……………… the old lady while she was crossing the street. (hit)


<LI class=Style19>My grandmother ……………… a sweater for the coming winter. (knit)


<LI class=Style19>She ……………… her baby gently down on its bed. (lay)

1. Pablo Picasso ……………… Spain and went to live in France. (leave)
   

d. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>The paintings ……………… a touch of beauty to the office. (lend)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… his family in a road accident last year. (lose)


<LI class=Style19>The manager’s stupid remark ……………… the situation worse. (make)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… the lawn once last month. (mow)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… nearly $100 for these jeans. (paid)


<LI class=Style19>I ……………… in the newspaper that they found a cure for migraine. (read)


<LI class=Style19>The temperature nearly ……………… to 45° yesterday. (rise)


<LI class=Style19>The teacher ……………… we should hand in our composition on ‘air pollution’ before Friday. (say)

1. He ……………… his car for nearly nothing. (sell)
   

e. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>He asked a man the way to the nearest post office but he ……………… me in the wrong way. (send)


<LI class=Style19>As he was very hungry, the wife ……………… a large bowl of soup in front of her husband. (set)


<LI class=Style19>The young lady’s voice ……………… with sorrow as she described the deadly accident. (shake)


<LI class=Style19>The hunter ………………the deer in its back. (shoot)


<LI class=Style19>The little girl ……………… herself in her bedroom and refused to talk to her parents. (shut)


<LI class=Style19>Titanic ……………… to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. (sink)


<LI class=Style19>I only ……………… for a couple of hours last night. (sleep)


<LI class=Style19>‘The murderer ……………… his hand into his pocket, took out a gun and killed the lady,’ the witness


<LI class=Style19>said. (slide)

1. I ……………… two weeks in London last summer. (spend)
   

f. Put the verbs in brackets in the simple past.

<LI class=Style19>Jalil ……………… round when he heard someone call his name. (spin)


<LI class=Style19>She took a small sip of the juice and ……………… it out. (spit)


<LI class=Style19>The bad weather ……………… our holiday. (spoil)


<LI class=Style19>The terrorist kidnapped a little girl and ……………… a car. (steal)


<LI class=Style19>The epidemic ……………… the village within a few days. (sweep)


<LI class=Style19>It ……………… me five years to learn German. (take)


<LI class=Style19>My parents ……………… always to tell the truth. (teach)


<LI class=Style19>He ……………… on my toe and didn’t even say sorry

1. Tolstoy ……………… ‘War and Peace’. (write)
   

A :

Imane [color=green]awakened / awoke to find that it was already ten o’clock


I became nervous as the final exam came closer

He began reading ‘War and Peace’ last month and he still haven’t finished
it

A rich woman bid / bade $2.000.000 for the two paintings

The police bound the criminal’s hands behind his back

The BBC first broadcast / broadcasted in 1936

Hicham El-Guerrouj broke the world record for the 1500 metres in
3.26.00 minutes
They built a new public library near my school

/ burnt It was a huge fire and all the furniture burned .

B:

She bought a woollen scarf for her husband in Paris

The policewoman ran after the thief and caught him

I came first in the latest English test

The cat crept silently towards the mouse and caught it

He cut his finger with a knife

I woke / waked up to find that I wasn’t really rich. I only dreamed / dreamt it

The old lady’s loneliness drove her to commit suicide

My little brother fell over and hurt his knee

She found a piece of glass in the pizza

C:

When the hunter fired his gun the tiger turned and

My sister got a job as a secretary in a bank

Jalil’s uncle gave him a digital camera for his birthday

My grandfather went blind when he was sixty

The young man hung himself in a fit of depression

A motorbike hit the old lady while she was crossing the street

My grandmother knitted / knit a sweater for the coming winter

She laid her baby gently down on its bed

Pablo Picasso left Spain and went to live in France

D:

The paintings lent a touch of beauty to the office

He lost his family in a road accident last year

The manager’s stupid remark made the situation worse

He mowed the lawn once last month

He paid nearly $100 for these jeans

I read in the newspaper that they found a cure for migraine

The temperature nearly rose to 45° yesterday
The teacher said we should hand in our composition on ‘air pollution’ before Friday.

He sold his car for nearly nothing

E:


He asked a man the way to the nearest post office but he sent me in the wrong way.

The young lady’s voice set with sorrow as she described the deadly accident

The hunter shook the deer in its back

The little girl shot herself in her bedroom and refused to talk to her parents

Titanic sank / sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean

I only slept for a couple of hours last night

The murderer slid his hand into his pocket

I spent two weeks in London last summer

F:

Jalil spun round when he heard someone call his name.

She took a small sip of the juice and spit / spat it out.

The bad weather spoiled / spoilt our holiday.)


<The terrorist kidnapped a little girl and stole a car.)


<The epidemic swept the village within a few days.


It took me five years to learn German
. )


My parents taught always to tell the truth. )


<He [color:78db=green:78db]wrote on my toe and didn’t even say sorry

thanks for you super and fayza for the questions and the answers