Irregular Past Tense Verbs in ESL

Past Tense - Irregular Verbs

To Be & To Have

TO Be

• The verb be is irregular. It has eight different forms: be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been. The present simple and past simple tenses make more changes than those of other verbs.

Multiple Choice

Verb “to be” in past simple

I ___ tired this morning.

• is

• was

• are

• were

Multiple Choice

Verb “to be” in past simple

They _____ happy with their test results.

• was

• were

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

Verb “to be” in past simple

It ___ a sunny day.

• is

• was

• were

• am

 To Have

• Had' is the past tense of both 'has' and 'have

Multiple Choice

Simple Past Tense

The cats ____lunch, but they ____ no breakfast

• have

• had

• has

Multiple Choice

Simple "PRESENT" tense

I _____ two balloons.

• had

• have

• has