Deck 12: Past Tense

Question 1

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Your ferret ____________ up my shoe.

A) chewed
B) chew
C) chaw

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The pipes in Henry's house ________________ after days of freezing temperatures.

A) burst
B) bursted
C) burstied

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The water in the pond __________________ after the temperature dropped to 26 degrees.

A) freezed
B) froze
C) freeze

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The newspaper ____________ late on Sunday morning.

A) arrivied
B) arrived
C) arrive

Question 5

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Terrence ________________ to paint scenes of the hill country in Texas.

A) love
B) loved
C) lovied

Question 6

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Charlie _____________ the spelling bee for the third year in a row.

A) winned
B) win
C) won

Question 7

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
After fishing for several hours, Sam finally ______________ a big fish.

A) catch
B) catched
C) caught

Question 8

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Tamika ___________ disabled students how to read and write. (teach)

A) teached
B) teach
C) taught

Question 9

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Edie Falco was _____________ with an Emmy for best actress.

A) honor
B) honored
C) honoried

Question 10

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Alicia _______________ the best actress in the college play.

A) be
B) being
C) was

Question 11

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
We __________ all of the blueberry pie after dinner.

A) eat
B) ate
C) eated

Question 12

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
My father ____________ about the importance of helping people in the community.

A) preach
B) preachied
C) preached

Question 13

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Aala_____________ a hole in her stocking when she was getting dressed for work.

A) tore
B) teared
C) tear

Question 14

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Shali ___________ that Donald would ask her to dance at the party on Saturday night.

A) wish
B) wished
C) wash

Question 15

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
My mother __________________ from Houston to San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon.

A) fly
B) flied
C) flew

Question 16

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
It ______________ $8 to see a movie after 6 p.m. in the theater down the street.

A) cost
B) costed
C) costied

Question 17

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Amanda's shirt ________________ after it was accidentally thrown in the washing machine.

A) shrink
B) shrank
C) shrinked

Question 18

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Andreo ____________ all the words to the songs played at the concert.

A) knew
B) knowed
C) know

Question 19

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
During the holiday season, Wal-Mart ______________ the lowest price on the Razor scooter.

A) had
B) haved
C) have

Question 20

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Noah ___________ behind the piano when we played hide and seek.

A) hide
B) hid
C) hided

Question 21

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Waldo ____________ his friends in San Francisco's Chinatown.

A) meet
B) meeted
C) met

Question 22

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Simone ___________ enough biscuits for everyone.

A) bake
B) boke
C) baked

Question 23

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Kari _______________ a low price for her airline ticket.

A) paid
B) payed
C) pay

Question 24

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The race driver _______________ more than 130 miles per hour to win the race.

A) drive
B) drived
C) drove

Question 25

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
He ____________ the boxing match and became world champion.

A) win
B) winned
C) won

Question 26

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Kenji ___________________ his paycheck on a new audio system.

A) spended
B) spent
C) spend

Question 27

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
After I read the e-mail message, I ___________ it.

A) deleted
B) delete
C) deletied

Question 28

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Henriette ______________ through the lecture on political economics.

A) sat
B) sit
C) sitted

Question 29

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Oil _____________ onto the driveway.

A) drip
B) dripped
C) drap

Question 30

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
In the city, we _____________ as many museums as we could.

A) visited
B) visit
C) visat

Question 31

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The Olympic Games ___________ more than 2,500 years ago.

A) began
B) beginned
C) being

Question 32

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The cork _________________ out of the bottle.

A) pop
B) popped
C) popied

Question 33

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The moon _______________ over the corn fields.

A) rised
B) rise
C) rose

Question 34

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The vegetables ______________ beautifully displayed on the stand.

A) be
B) were
C) been

Question 35

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
During the trial, the jurors ____________ the testimony closely.

A) follow
B) followied
C) followed

Question 36

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
I _____________ my pet skunk to a reliable veterinarian.

A) take
B) took
C) taked

Question 37

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Because of the rain, the road ________________ wet and slippery.

A) be
B) was
C) beed

Question 38

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The child ______________ to her dolls as she put them in the crib.

A) singed
B) sing
C) sang

Question 39

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
The jeweler _____________ the antique watch.

A) repair
B) repaired
C) repairied

Question 40

Select the correct past tense form of each verb. Some verbs are regular; others are irregular.
Who ____________ you how to use a computer?

A) teached
B) taught
C) teach