This grammar exercise tests your understanding of irregular verb forms. Fill in the blanks.
1I ............... the bell six times, but no one opened the door.
Wrong!
The simple past form of "ring" is "rang".
2Have you ............... your violin?
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After "have", use the past participle "brought".
3The cat has ............... all the milk.
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After "has", use the past participle "drunk".
4Have you ............... your duty?
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After "have", use the past participle "done".
5They ............... a deep well in the yard.
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The simple past form of "dig" is "dug".
6You needn't have ............... that much money on that coat.
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After "needn't have", use the past participle "spent".
7That shirt ............... me 80 dollars last week.
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The usual simple past form of "cost" for a price is "cost"; "last week" shows we need the past.
8The soldiers ............... that they would never surrender.
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The simple past form of "swear" is "swore".
9I got ............... in the traffic jam for two hours.
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The past participle of "stick" is "stuck".
10He ............... fifty miles.
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The simple past form of "stride" is "strode".
11He has ............... up.
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After "has", use the past participle "grown".
12He ............... unconscious on the pavement.
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The simple past form of "lie" meaning "be in a resting position" is "lay".
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- I rang the bell six times, but no one opened the door.
- Have you brought your violin?
- The cat has drunk all the milk.
- Have you done your duty?
- They dug a deep well in the yard.
- You needn’t have spent that much money on that coat.
- That shirt cost me 80 dollars last week.
- The soldiers swore that they would never surrender.
- I got stuck in the traffic jam for two hours.
- He strode fifty miles.
- He has grown up.
- He lay unconscious on the pavement.