Irregular verbs
Give the past simple and past participle of the verb: to be.
was - been
True or false? The sentence "Janice is used to smoking" means that she quit smoking.
False, it means that she is familiar with smoking.
While I ________ [to prepare] dinner, the door bell rang.
While I was preparing dinner, the door bell rang.
True or false? The past perfect is used to describe that an action happened before a different action.
True
Lots of people ______ [to visit] me in hospital last Friday.
Lots of people visited me in hospital last Friday.
Give the past simple and past participle of the verb: to speak.
spoke - spoken
She _________ [love] chocolate, but now she hates it.
She used to love chocolate, but now she hates it.
Jack _________ [make] notes while he __________ [to listen] to his teacher.
Jack was making notes while he was listening to his teacher.
She ________ [to ask] me if I ________ [to learn] the new words.
She asked me if I had learned the new words.
Make the following sentence negative: My brother made a lot of noise.
My brother didn't make a lot of noise.
Give the past simple and past participle of the verb: to tell
told - told
They used to live in New Orleans, ________ they?
They used to live in New Orleans, didn't they?
My aunt __________ [to drive] at 100 km/h when a policeman _________ [to stop] her.
My aunt was driving at 100 km/h when a policeman stopped her.
I ________ [to be] very tired because I _________ to study] too much.
I was very tired because I had studied too much.
My dad ________ [to fall off] the ladder while he ________ [to paint] the house.
My dad fell off the ladder while he was painting the house.
Give the past simple and past participle of the verb: to catch
caught - caught
______________ [she, go to] to the beach every summer?
Did she use to go to the beach every summer?
Fiona ________ [to have to go] to the hospital while she __________ [to travel] in India.
Fiona had to go to the hospital while she was travelling in India.
She ________ [to watch] a film after the children ________ [to go] to bed.
She watched a film after the children had gone to bed.
After Patrick _________ [to spend] his holiday in Italy, he _________ [to want] to learn Italian.
After Patrick had spent his holiday in Italy, he wanted to learn Italian.
Give the past simple and past participle of the verb: to sing
sang - sung
___________ [Jackie, to have, not] shorter hair?
Didn't Jackie use to have shorter hair?
What ________ [to do, you] when you _______ [to hear] about 9/11?
What were you doing when you heard about 9/11?
Before he _________ a song [to sing] he __________ [to play] the guitar.
Before he sang a song he had played the guitar.
The Spanish Flu _______ [to break out] in 1918 and _______ [to kill] over 200,000 people in the UK alone.
The Spanish Flu broke out in 1918 and killed over 200,000 people in the UK alone.