Irregular Verbs
Make a sentence: Present perfect
Make a sentence: Past Simple
Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Present Perfect or Past Simple?
100
What's the past simple and the past participle of... BE - EAT - SEE
BE - WAS/WERE - BEEN EAT - ATE - EATEN SEE - SAW - SEEN
100
I / NEVER / SEE / A DOLPHIN
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DOLPHIN.
100
SUSAN / FINISH / SCHOOL / 2001
SUSAN FINISHED SCHOOL IN 2001.
100

My best friend and I ________ (know)  each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.


My best friend and I  have known each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

100

 I ________ (wash)  the dishes yesterday, but I __________(have / not)  the time yet to do it today.

 I washed the dishes yesterday, but I haven't had the time yet to do it today.

200
What's the past simple and the past participle of... THINK - KNOW - COME - WIN
THINK - THOUGHT - THOUGHT KNOW - KNEW - KNOWN COME - CAME - COME WIN - WON - WON
200
HE / EVER / GO / TO EGYPT?
HAS HE EVER BEEN TO EGYPT?
200
HE / NOT WATCH / A MOVIE / LAST NIGHT
HE DIDN'T WATCH A MOVIE LAST NIGHT.
200

I _______ (have, not)  this much fun since I ______ (be)  a kid.


I haven't had  this much fun since I was  a kid.

200

Listen Donna, I don't care if you _____ (miss)  the bus this morning. You _________ (be)  late to work too many times. You are fired!

Listen Donna, I don't care if you missed the bus this morning. You have been late to work too many times. You are fired!

300
What's the past simple and the past participle of... WRITE - LEAVE - FORGET - RUN - SING
WRITE - WROTE - WRITTEN LEAVE - LEFT - LEFT FORGET - FORGOT - FORGOTTEN RUN - RAN - RUN SING - SANG - SUNG
300
WE / NOT DO / OUR HOMEWORK / YET
WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR HOMEWORK YET.
300
I / SING / VERY WELL / AT THE AUDITION
I SANG VERY WELL AT THE AUDITION.
300

How sad! George _______ (dream)  of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He _____  (see, never)  the ocean.

How sad! George dreamt of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He never saw the ocean.

300
  1. Mother: ___________ (you / do / already)  your homework?
  2. Daughter: No, I _________ (come / just)  home from school.
  1. Mother: Have you already done your homework?
  2. Daughter: No, I have just come home from school.
400
What's the past simple and the past participle of... FLY - UNDERSTAND - CUT - BUY - LOSE
FLY - FLEW - FLOWN UNDERSTAND - UNDERSTOOD - UNDERSTOOD CUT - CUT - CUT BUY - BOUGHT - BOUGHT LOSE - LOST - LOST
400
SHE / NEVER / FLY / ON A PLANE
SHE HAS NEVER FLOWN ON A PLANE.
400
THEY / NOT BE / FRIENDS / IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
THEY WEREN'T FRIENDS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL.
400

Jonny, I can't believe how much you ______ (change)  since the last time I _______ (see)  you. You _______ (grow)  at least a foot!

Jonny, I can't believe how much you you changed since the last time I saw (see)  you. You have grown  at least a foot!

400

This mountain ______ (be, never)  climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers :______ (try)  to reach the top, but nobody ______ (succeed, ever) . The climb is extremely difficult and many people ______ (die)  trying to reach the summit.

This mountain has never been climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers have tried  to reach the top, but nobody has ever succeeded . The climb is extremely difficult and many people have died  trying to reach the summit.

500
What's the past simple and the past participle of... BRING - GET - THROW - BREAK - GIVE - SPEAK - SWIM
BRING - BROUGHT - BROUGHT GET - GOT - GOT THROW - THREW - THROWN BREAK - BROKE - BROKEN GIVE - GAVE - GIVEN SPEAK - SPOKE - SPOKEN SWIM - SWAM - SWUM
500
YOUR DOG / EVER / EAT / A MOUSE?
HAS YOUR DOG EVER EATEN A MOUSE?
500
WHEN / YOU / START / TO LEARN ENGLISH?
WHEN DID YOU START TO LEARN ENGLISH?
500

In the last hundred years, traveling ______ (become)  much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it ______ (take)  two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip _______  (be)  very rough and often dangerous. Things _________ (change)  a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

 In the last hundred years, traveling has become  much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it took two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip was  very rough and often dangerous. Things have changed a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

500

I ______ (visit, never)  Africa, but I ________ (travel)  to South America several times. The last time I ______ (go)  to South America, I ______ (visit)  Brazil and Peru. I _______ (spend)  two weeks in the Amazon, _____ (hike)  for a week near Machu Picchu, and ______ (fly)  over the Nazca Lines.

I have never visited Africa, but I have traveled to South America several times. The last time I went to South America, I visited Brazil and Peru. I spent two weeks in the Amazon, hiked for a week near Machu Picchu, and flew over the Nazca Lines.