When verbs change completely

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 7-8

Name ______________________ Date ____________

What is the past tense of 'hide'?
- hid
- hided
- hidden
What is the past tense of 'run'?
- runned
- ran
- runs
The past tense of 'tell' is 'told'.
Circle one: True False
What is the past tense of 'see'?
- seed
- saw
- seened
Look at these five words: went, goed, told, sitted, ran. How many of them are real past-tense words?
Answer: ______________
Which pair shows a verb and its correct past tense?
- tell → telled
- sit → sitted
- run → ran
Tom said, 'I hided my toy under the bed.' What should he say instead?
- I hided my toy under the bed.
- I hid my toy under the bed.
- I hidden my toy under the bed.
'Saw' is the past tense of which verb?
- see
- sit
- say
Zoe wrote: 'I hided behind the sofa and seed my brother looking for me.' Which two words should Zoe use instead?
- hid and saw
- hide and see
- hided and seed
Which short recount uses all of its irregular verbs correctly?
- Yesterday I went to the market, saw a dog, runned home, sitted down, and telled a joke.
- Yesterday I went to the market, saw a dog, ran home, sat down, and told a joke.
- Yesterday I goed to the market, seed a dog, ran home, sat down, and told a joke.

Answer key

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hid · 'Hide' is irregular. Its past tense is 'hid', not 'hided'.
ran · 'Run' is irregular. Its past tense is 'ran', not 'runned'.
True · 'Tell' is irregular, and its real past tense is 'told'. So the statement is true.
saw · 'See' changes to 'saw' in the past tense. It does not add -ed.
3 · 'Went', 'told', and 'ran' are real. 'Goed' and 'sitted' are made up, so 3 words are real.
run → ran · 'Run' becomes 'ran'. The other pairs add -ed to irregular verbs, which makes made-up words.
I hid my toy under the bed. · 'Hide' is irregular. Its past tense is 'hid', not 'hided'.
see · 'Saw' is the past tense of 'see'. 'Sit' becomes 'sat', and 'say' names a different action.
hid and saw · 'Hided' should be 'hid' and 'seed' should be 'saw'. Both verbs are irregular.
Yesterday I went to the market, saw a dog, ran home, sat down, and told a joke. · Only the second recount gets all five irregular verbs right: went, saw, ran, sat, told.