Form and Use Irregular Past Tense - 2nd Grade Writing

1. Find and correct the verb in this sentence: "She runned home after school."

   Correct: "She ran home after school.". 'Runned' is incorrect; 'run' becomes 'ran'.

2. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "go"?

   went. Go completely changes to went.

3. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "eat"?

   ate. Eat becomes ate, not eated.

4. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "give"?

   gave. Give becomes gave in past tense.

5. Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: "Yesterday I ___ to the park."

   went. Past tense of go is went, showing completed action.

6. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "say"?

   said. Say changes to said in past tense.

7. Choose the correct past tense verb: "She (take) my hand and smiled."

   took. Past tense of take is took.

8. Choose the word that correctly completes the past-tense sentence: "Last night, she ___ a story to me."

   told. Tell becomes told in past tense.

9. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "hide"?

   hid. Hide changes to hid, not hided.

10. Choose the word that correctly completes the past-tense sentence: "Yesterday, I ___ to the park."

    went. Past tense of go is went, not goed.

11. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "come"?

    came. Come becomes came, not comed.

12. Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: "Yesterday, I ___ to the park."

    went. Past tense of 'go' needed for yesterday's action.

13. Find and correct the verb: "He goed home after school."

    Correct: "He went home after school.". Goed is incorrect; use went.

14. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "read"?

    read (sounds like "red"). Spelling stays same but pronunciation changes.

15. Find and correct the verb: "They runned to the bus."

    Correct: "They ran to the bus.". Runned is incorrect; use ran.

16. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "drink"?

    drank. Drink adds an 'a' to become drank in past tense.

17. Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: "I ____ a bird." (see)

    saw. Past tense of 'see' is irregular, not 'seed'.

18. Find and correct the verb tense error: "Last night, we eat pizza."

    Correct: "Last night, we ate pizza.". Changed 'eat' to 'ate' for past time marker 'last night'.

19. Find and correct the verb: "We eated lunch in the cafeteria."

    Correct: "We ate lunch in the cafeteria.". Eated is incorrect; use ate.

20. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "sit"?

    sat. Irregular verbs don't add -ed; sit becomes sat.

21. Choose the correct past tense verb: "Yesterday, I (go) to the park."

    went. Past tense of go is went.

22. Find and correct the verb error: "He goed home after school."

    Correct: "He went home after school.". Go is irregular; use went, not goed.

23. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "take"?

    took. Take changes to took, not taked.

24. Find and correct the verb error: "He goed home after school."

    Correct: "He went home after school.". Goed is incorrect; go becomes went.

25. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "run"?

    ran. Run becomes ran, not runned.

26. Find and correct the verb tense error: "Yesterday, she go to school."

    Correct: "Yesterday, she went to school.". Changed 'go' to 'went' for past time marker 'yesterday'.

27. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "have"?

    had. Have becomes had, not haved.

28. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "make"?

    made. Make becomes made, not maked.

29. Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: "He ___ me a secret."

    told. Past tense of 'tell' needed for completed action.

30. Find and correct the verb error: "I seed a bird in the tree."

    Correct: "I saw a bird in the tree.". Seed is incorrect; see becomes saw.

31. Find and correct the verb in this sentence: "Yesterday, I goed to the park."

    Correct: "Yesterday, I went to the park.". 'Goed' is incorrect; 'go' becomes 'went'.

32. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "get"?

    got. Get becomes got in past tense.

33. Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: "She ___ her lunch at noon."

    ate. Past tense of eat is ate for completed actions.

34. Find and correct the verb in this sentence: "He telled me the answer."

    Correct: "He told me the answer.". 'Telled' is incorrect; 'tell' becomes 'told'.

35. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "do"?

    did. Do changes to did in past tense.

36. Find and correct the verb error: "We eated lunch at noon."

    Correct: "We ate lunch at noon.". Eat is irregular; use ate, not eated.

37. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "tell"?

    told. Tell becomes told in past tense.

38. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "see"?

    saw. See changes to saw in past tense.

39. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "write"?

    wrote. Write becomes wrote, changing the vowel pattern.

40. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "drink"?

    drank. Drink changes to drank, not drinked.

41. What is the past tense of the irregular verb "find"?

    found. Changes from 'ind' to 'ound' pattern.

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