WorksheetsPast Tense Formation Quiz M5W1
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the rule for forming the past tense of most regular verbs?
Add -ing to the verb
Add -ed or -d to the verb
Add -s to the verb
Add -ly to the verb
If a verb ends in a vowel followed by a consonant, what should you do to form the past tense?
Add -ed without any changes
Double the consonant and add -ed
Change the vowel to a consonant and add -ed
Add -ing instead of -ed
What happens to a verb ending in a consonant followed by "y" when forming the past tense?
Add -ed without any changes
Change the "y" to "i" and add -ed
Double the consonant and add -ed
Add -ing instead of -ed
Which of the following is the correct past tense form of the verb "cry"?
Cryed
Cried
Crying
Cries
Which of the following is the correct past tense form of the verb "stop"?
Stoped
Stopped
Stopping
Stops
What is the past tense form of the verb "join"?
Joins
Joined
Joining
Joines
What is the past tense form of the verb "beg"?
Begged
Begs
Beging
Beges
What is the past tense form of the verb "use"?
Used
Uses
Using
Useed
What is the past tense form of the verb "carry"?
Carryed
Carried
Carrying
Carries
What is the past tense form of the verb "injure"?
Injures
Injured
Injuring
Injureed
What is an irregular verb?
A verb that adds -ed or -d to form the past tense
A verb that does not add -ed or -d to form the past tense
A verb that changes completely in the past tense
A verb that remains the same in the past tense
Which of the following is an example of an irregular verb?
Walked
Played
Went
Jumped
What is the past tense of the irregular verb "eat"?
Eats
Eating
Ate
Eaten
What is the past tense of the irregular verb "buy"?
Buys
Bought
Buying
Buyed
What is the past tense form of the verb "go"?
went
go
has gone
gone
Which of the following is the correct form of the verb "ride" with a helping verb?
rode
have ridden
has rode
riding
What is the past tense form of the verb "do"?
did
does
has done
doing
Which of the following sentences uses the correct past tense form of the verb "know"?
She had knew the answer.
She has known the answer.
She knowed the answer.
She knowing the answer.
Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect verb form?
Samuel gone to take food to the soldiers.
His mother had knew that he wanted to do it.
She had came downstairs to find him already gone.
All of the above.
What is the correct past tense form of the verb "forget" with a helping verb?
forgot
has forgot
had forgotten
forgetting
What is the past tense form of the verb 'ring'?
rang
rung
ringed
rangs
Which of the following is the correct past participle form of the verb 'break'?
broken
broke
breaked
broked
Identify the error in the sentence: 'He keeped a journal.'
keeped should be kept
keeped should be keeping
keeped should be keeps
keeped should be keep
Which of the following sentences uses the correct past tense form of the verb 'think'?
They thinked the book was interesting.
They thought the book was interesting.
They thunk the book was interesting.
They thinking the book was interesting.
What is the correct past participle form of the verb 'swim'?
swam
swimmed
swum
swimming
Which of the following is an example of a regular verb?
speak
throw
walk
break
What is the correct past tense form of the verb 'tell'?
telled
told
telling
tells
Which of the following sentences contains an error in verb usage?
He wrote about his uncle's war experience.
Many people boughten the book.
They were surprised to learn what the war was like.
The nephew read the journal.
What is the correct past participle form of the verb 'take'?
took
taked
taken
taking
