Regular & irregular verbs testOnline version The students must answer the questions of regular and irregular verbs in past simple tense, they have to choose the right option for each aquestion, questions can be about information of this topic, also about the appropriate verb form to complete a sentence in past simple tense. by Kevin Giovanni Garcia Higuera 1 1) What is the principal difference between regular and irregular verbs? a A) There is no difference, they are exactly the same. b B) Regular verbs doesn't change much just add -ed at the end of the verb, irregular verbs change completely. c C) Irregular verbs are less important than regular ones. d D) Regular verbs are more relevant than irregular verbs. 2 2) Jeremy________ (live) with his father for more than 8 years. a A) will live b B) life c C) Lived d D) Is living 3 3) They _______ in Paula's house for more than two hours. a A) Spoke b B) Speaks c C) Are speaking d D) Will speak 4 4) Mary Jane______ (break up) with her boyfriend because he was cheating her with another girl. a A) Breaks up. b B) Breaking up. c C) Breaked up d D) Broke up. 5 5) We_______ (hate) to eat vegetables and healthy food, untill we turned vegetarian. a A) Hate. b B) Hated. c C) Are hating. d D) Will hate. 6 6) Anderson_______ (buy) a new apartment in the city downtown. a A) will buy. b B) Is buying. c C) Bought. d 5) Buy. 7 7) The thief________ (run away) from the police after stoling the bank. a A) Ran away. b B) Running away c C) Will ran away. d D) Runs away. 8 8) Yesterday, we___________(ate) pizza at the Naples restaurant with some friends. a A) Eats. b B) Were eating. c C) Are eating. d D) Ate. 9 9) For regular verbs, if a verb of one syllable ends (consonant- vowell- consonant) we have to double the last consonant and add -ed. An example of this is: a A) Jump: jumped b B) Talk: talked c C) Stop: stopped d D) Say: said 10 10) Another rule for regular verbs is: If the final consonant is : w, x or y we don't double the last consonant. An example of this is: a A) Chatted. b B) Incurred. c C) Preferred. d D) Fixed. Feedback 1 There are some differences between regular and irregular verbs, however this one is the principal one. 2 Live is a regular verb that ends in -e this mean we only add the -d consonant. 3 Speak is an irregular verb this mean it changes to spoke in past simple tense. 4 This is a phrasal verb, at the same time its irregulat we only change the verb to: broke, the preposition keep the same. 5 Hate is a regular verb, that ends in the vowel-e this mean we only add the consonant-d 6 The word buy is an irregular verb this mean it change completely its form in past simple tense. 7 Run away is a compound verb formed by a verb and a preposition. In this case we only change the first word run that is irregular verb changes to ran. 8 As you probably know, eat is an irregular verb and its past form is ate, it remain the same for all the subjects pronouns. 9 This is one of the rules of conjugation with some regular verbs, we must remember this.
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