Irregular verbs and narrative tenses (DBH4)

Narrative tenses review:

• Irregular verbs.

• Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.

• Past Simple and Past Continuous.

1. Write the past participle of the following irregular verbs:

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EAT, ATE, _____

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DO, DID, ____

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FORGET, FORGOT, _________

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BEGIN, BEGAN, _____

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DRAW, DREW, _____

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DRIVE, DROVE, ______

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RIDE, RODE, ______

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SEE, SAW, ____

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SHOW, SHOWED, _____

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SING, SANG, ____

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SPEAK, SPOKE, ______

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FALL, FELL, ______

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FLY, FLEW, _____

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GIVE, GAVE, _____

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GO, WENT, ____

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KNOW, KNEW, _____

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STEAL, STOLE, ______

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SWIM, SWAM, ____

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TAKE, TOOK, _____

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THROW, THREW, ______

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WAKE, WOKE, _____

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WEAR, WORE, ____

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WRITE, WROTE, ______

2. Write Past Perfect verbs:

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I couldn't get in because I ______ (not bring) my keys.

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The telephone wasn't working because we ______ (not pay) our bill.

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I knew I _____ (meet) that man before.

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I _______ (catch) him cheating on the previous exam.

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Sam ______ (find) a beautiful flat to live in.

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He ______ (not feel) anything like that before.

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We _______ (not get) his letter.

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The child ____ (hold) my hand all the way to school.

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Mark ______ (not keep) the secret.

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They ____ (lose) that game.

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What ___ she ____ (say)?

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We _____ (sell) our previous car.

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Annie was tired. She ____ (not sit) all day.

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Gwyneth ____ (spell) her name incorrectly.

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His mum ____ (teach) him to write.

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The lady ____ (not tell) me her real name.

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Arthur ______ (not win) the lottery until that day.

3. Write Past Perfect Continuous verbs: had been + (verb)ING

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He _____ (work) hard all day.

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Linda _____ (have) a bad dream when she woke up.

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My neighbours _______ (cut) down their tree.

4. Past Simple or Past Perfect? Choose the right answer.

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Nobody ______ (understand) how the cat ______ (get) into the car.

• understood

  got

• had understood

  got

• understood

  had got

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Joe ____ (not play) in the game on Saturday because he____ (hurt) his leg.

• didn't play

  had hurt

• hadn't played

  hurt

• didn't played

  had hurt

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When I ____ (look) in all my pockets for my keys, I ____ (start) to get very worried.

• looked

  had started

• had looked

  started

• had look

  started

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Liz ______ (never travel) by train before she ____ (go) to Europe.

• did never travel

  had gone

• had never travel

  went

• had never travelled

  went

Multiple Choice

I ___ (arrive) at the shop at 5:30, but it _____ (already close).

• arrived

  had already close

• had arrived

  closed

• arrived

  had already closed

Multiple Choice

I ____ (not have) much money after I ______ (pay) all my bills last week.

• hadn't had

  paid

• didn't have

  had paid

• didn't had

  had paid

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Bill ____ (not tell) anybody how he ____(get) into the house.

• didn't tell

  had got

• hadn't told

  got

• didn't tell

  had get

Multiple Choice

Emma ___ (go) to France last week. Before that, she ______ (never be) outside Ireland.

• went

  had never been

• had gone

  never went

• had gone

  did never go

Multiple Choice

When their mother _____ (get) home, the children _____(eat) all the sweets.

• got

  had ate

• got

  had eaten

• got

  had eated

Multiple Choice

Yesterday I ____ (meet) a man who ____ (be) at school with my grandmother.

• had met

  was

• met

  had be

• met

  had been

Multiple Choice

I ____ (find) a letter on my desk that I ____ (not open)

• found

  hadn't opened

• had found

  didn't opened

• had found

  didn't open

5. Complete the sentences with Past Simple and Past Perfect verbs.

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I ____ (not remember) the city very well, even though I ___(be) there twice before.

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She ___ (hope) she ____ (do) enough to pass her exam.

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He ____ (tell) me that he ____ (not visit) the museum before.

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When I ____ (go) to the shop, someone _____ (buy) the last copy of the game.

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We ____ (be) in London for a few months when we ___ (discover) this amazing restaurant.

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Anne___ (not receive) my postcard because she _____ (move) house.

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By the time I ____ (arrive) at the airport, her flight ____ (leave).

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He ____ (read) the book a few times, and he ____ (not want) to read it again.

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Jon ___ (ask) me if I ____ (hear) from Angela lately.

WELL DONE!