18 questions
6th - 7th Grade
English
VERBS IRREGULARS is a free printable English worksheet for Grades 6–7 that builds recognition of irregular verb forms. Students work with 18 questions—16 multiple-choice and 2 multiple-select—to identify base forms such as arise, beat, and bleed; choose simple past forms such as bore, began, blew, and brought; and match selected English verbs with their Spanish translations. The multiple-select items require students to recognize more than one correct form, including was/were for be and buy/bought for the related forms of buy. This worksheet gives students focused practice distinguishing base verbs from simple past verbs instead of relying only on regular -ed patterns. It also checks whether they can connect forms such as bind and bound or bet and bet, where the base and past forms may look similar or identical. Use it for Grade 6 or Grade 7 independent practice, review, or a quick formative check. The worksheet is free to print and includes a complete answer key for efficient checking.
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WorksheetsAnswer KeyARISE
BORE
CONVERTIRSE
WAS
, c)WERE
BEAT
BEGAN
BLEW
BIT
BUY
, c)BOUGHT
AMARRAR, UNIR
BURST
BET/BET
BLEED
BOUND
BROUGHT
BROKE
BUILD / BUILT
BLOW
This Grade 6–7 English worksheet practices identifying irregular verbs in their base and simple past forms, along with translating selected verbs between English and Spanish. Its 18 items use 16 multiple-choice questions and 2 multiple-select questions, including form pairs such as arise/arose, begin/began, bind/bound, and buy/bought. Completing the items helps students distinguish irregular forms and recognize when more than one answer is correct, as with was and were for be.
Introduce a small set of verbs from the worksheet by having students sort examples into base-form and simple-past columns, such as bleed/bled and bring/brought. Then have students complete the multiple-choice items and pause at the multiple-select questions to discuss why both was and were, or both buy and bought, are required. Use the Spanish translation items to reinforce the meaning of the verbs while students focus on their English forms.
Watch for students choosing the verb’s base form when a question asks for the simple past, such as selecting bind instead of bound or begin instead of began. Students may also select only one answer on the multiple-select items, missing that be has both was and were or that the worksheet asks for both buy and bought. The translation items may reveal confusion between similar meanings, while distractors such as blown versus blew can indicate confusion between a past form and another verb form.
The worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz on Wayground, so you can use the same irregular-verb practice in either format. It includes a complete answer key, and printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app. The printable version also gives schools an option for reducing screen time while students identify base forms, simple past forms, and translations.
Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing and font size so the verb-form and translation choices are easier to scan. You can also apply a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when appropriate for your learners. These file-level options can make the multiple-choice and multiple-select items more accessible without changing the irregular-verb practice.
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