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Irregular Verbs Exercises (A2) — Free

Common irregular verbs: past simple and past participle

Irregular verbs don't add -ed in the past: go → went, have → had, write → wrote. Some don't change at all (put → put, hurt → hurt), and some only change their pronunciation (read → read, said like 'red'). The best way to learn them is in small groups that follow a similar pattern, like drive/drove, write/wrote. Remember that in negatives and questions you use did/didn't + the base form, so the irregular past form disappears: I went, but I didn't go and Did you go? A common mistake is to add -ed to an irregular verb ('goed', 'putted') or to keep the past form after did ('didn't took'). With have/has (the present perfect) you need the past participle, which is sometimes different from the past simple: I ate, but I have eaten.