Irregular Verbs Quiz

Irregular Verbs Quiz

The quiz tests recognition, tense usage, and advanced knowledge of irregular verb forms in context.

Read: Irregular Verbs: Meaning, Types, and Examples

Irregular Verbs Exercises

Fill in the Correct Verb Form (Past Simple / Past Participle)

1. She has never ___ (swim) across a lake before.
2. They ___ (drive) for hours before reaching the destination.
3. The document was ___ (tear) into pieces.
4. He ___ (rise) early every morning last year.
5. We have ___ (speak) to the manager about it.
6. The vase accidentally ___ (break) when I cleaned the shelf.
7. She had already ___ (choose) a dress before going shopping again.
8. Have you ever ___ (deal) with such a situation?
9. The treasure had been ___ (hide) under the floorboards.
10. I wish I had ___ (go) to the conference last month.

Identify the Correct Past Participle

11. Which of the following is the correct past participle of “to begin”?
    a) began
    b) begun
    c) beginned
    d) beginning
12. Choose the correct past participle form of “to drink”:
    a) drank
    b) drunk
    c) drinked
    d) dranken
13. What is the correct past participle of “to lie” (as in lie down)?
    a) lied
    b) lay
    c) lain
    d) laid
14. Which of these is not an irregular verb?
    a) grow
    b) eat
    c) jump
    d) shake
15. What is the past participle of “to sink”?
    a) sank
    b) sunk
    c) sunken
    d) sinked

Multiple Choice – Contextual Usage

16. By the time the firemen arrived, the house had already ___.
    a) burn
    b) burned
    c) burnt
    d) been burnt
17. I would have ___ the letter if I’d known it was important.
    a) read
    b) readed
    c) reading
    d) red
18. He ___ his ankle while jogging last weekend.
    a) sprain
    b) sprained
    c) sprun
    d) sprang
19. She has ___ beautifully all her life.
    a) sing
    b) sang
    c) sung
    d) singing
20. After the party, the guests ___ quietly out the door.
    a) creep
    b) crept
    c) creeped
    d) crope

Verb Form Matching

Match the base form with its correct past simple and past participle forms.

21. To bind
    a) bind – binded – binded
    b) bind – bound – bound
    c) bind – bound – bind
    d) bind – bend – bent
22. To strike
    a) strike – struck – struck
    b) strike – striked – striked
    c) strike – stroke – stroked
    d) strike – strake – striken
23. To sow
    a) sow – sowed – sowed
    b) sow – saw – sown
    c) sow – sowed – sown
    d) sow – sew – sewn
24. To forbid
    a) forbid – forbade – forbidden
    b) forbid – forbid – forbided
    c) forbid – forbade – forbid
    d) forbid – forbided – forbidden
25. To grind
    a) grind – ground – grounded
    b) grind – ground – ground
    c) grind – grind – ground
    d) grind – grinded – grinded

Choose the Error

Each sentence contains a verb. Identify if it is correct or incorrect.

26. He has knit a sweater for winter.
    a) Correct
    b) Incorrect
27. She sang a lovely tune at the event yesterday.
    a) Correct
    b) Incorrect
28. We had went there many times before.
    a) Correct
    b) Incorrect
29. The dog bitten the stranger.
    a) Correct
    b) Incorrect
30. They have striven for justice all their lives.
    a) Correct
    b) Incorrect

Read: Regular Verbs List

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