Irregular verbsS-Z

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sleep

sleeps

sleeping

sleeped

1 I ____ for eight hours each night.

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slept

sleeps

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sleeping

2 I _____ in that chair all night.

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slept

sleeps

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3 I had _____ in that chair all night.

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slept

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sleep

4 John works hard each day and _____ well each night.

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sleeped

sleeps

sleep

sleeping

5 The men work hard each day and _____ well each night.

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sleeps

slept

sleep

sleeping

6 Be quiet. John is ______.

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slides

slided

slid

slide

7 Look at the fireman ____ down the pole.

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slides

slided

sliding

slid

8 The fireman ____ down the pole and ran to the fire truck.

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slide

slid

slided

sliding

9The fireman had ____ down the pole before he ran to the fire truck.

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sliding

slid

slides

slided

10 The fireman ____ quickly down the pole and runs to the fire truck.

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slides

slide

slided

sliding

11 The firemen ____ quickly down the poles and run to the fire truck.

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sliding

slides

slide

slid

12 The fireman is _____ down the pole.

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spoke

speak

speaking

speaks

13 The man likes to _____.

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spoke

speaks

speaked

speaking

14 The man _____ for half an hour at the meeting last night.

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speak

spoken

spoke

speaking

15 The man had ______ about this topic before.

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speak

speaking

spoken

speaks

16 Jason ______ at the assembly each week.

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speaks

speak

spoke

speaking

17 The teachers ______ at the assembly each week.

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speaks

spoken

speaking

speak

18 Jason is ______ now.

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spinning

spins

spin

spinned

19 The blades of the windmill _____ in the wind.

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spun

spinned

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20 The blades of the windmill _____ fast yesterday.

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spinned

spin

spinning

21 The man had _____ the clay and was trying to make a pot.

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spun

spinned

spins

spin

22 James _____ the clay and makes pots.

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spun

spinned

spin

spins

23 The men _____ the clay and make pots.

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spin

spins

spinned

spinning

24 The clay is _______ very fast.

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sweep

swept

sweeping

sweeps

25 “Can you _____ the floor?”, asked the boss.

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swept

sweeped

sweeping

sweeps

26 I ____ the floor and then walked home.

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sweeped

swept

sweeps

sweeping

27 I had ____ the floor before I left.

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sweeped

sweeping

sweeps

sweep

28 Tom _____ the floor every afternoon.

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sweeped

sweeping

sweep

sweeps

29 The workers _____ the floor every afternoon.

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swept

sweeped

sweep

sweeping

30 Tom is ______ the floor.

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swam

swimmed

swims

swim

31 The boy can _____ one kilometre without stopping.

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swam

swimmed

swimming

swims

32 I _____ 5 laps of the pool yesterday.

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swimmed

swum

swimming

swim

33 I had ______ until I got tired.

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swim

swimming

swims

swimmed

34 Fred ______ really fast.

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swam

swims

swimmed

swim

35 The students ______ really fast.

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swam

swims

swimmed

swimming

36 Fred is ________ well today.

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swung

swing

swang

swinged

37 “Practice your _____”, said the coach.

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swang

swung

swinged

swing

38 The girl _____ back and forth.

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swinged

swung

swings

swinging

39 Jack had _____ the bat and hit the ball.

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swing

swinged

swings

swung

40 Jack ____ the bat with incredible power in every game he plays.

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swinger

swinged

swing

swings

41 The players ____ their bats with incredible power.

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swinged

swings

swing

swinging

42 The girl is ______ high into the air.

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teaching

teach

teaches

teacher

43 “I like to ____ maths”, said Mrs Wilson.

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taught

teached

teachered

teach

44 I _____ maths last year, but this year I teach English.

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teached

taught

teachered

teach

45 I had _____ maths at that school for 5 years.

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teach

teaching

teaches

teached

46 Mrs Wilson ______ maths every day this term.

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teaches

teaching

teach

teached

47 The ladies _____ maths every day.

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teach

teaches

taught

teaching

48 Mrs Wilson is ________ maths.

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Throw

Threw

Throwing

Throws

49 “______ the ball to me”, I said.

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threw

throwed

throwing

through

50 Rob _____ the ball.

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threw

thrown

throwed

throw

51 Rob had _______ the ball and Jane had caught it.

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threw

throw

throws

throwing

52 Rob _____ the ball really hard when he is angry.

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threw

throws

throw

throwing

53 The boys _____ the ball really hard when they are angry.

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throw

throws

throwed

throwing

54 Rob is ______ the ball.

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Woke

Wake

Wakes

Waking

55 “Wake up Jeff! It’s time for school”, yelled his mum.

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woke

waked

wake

woken

56 Jeff ______ up at 7.00 this morning.

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woke

woken

waked

waking

57 Jeff had ______ up, but he was still feeling tired.

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waking

waked

wakes

wake

58 Jeff ______ up at 7.00 each morning.

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wakes

waked

woke

wake

59 The boys ______ up at 7.00 each morning.

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wakes

wake

woke

waking

60 Jeff is _______ up now.

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weep

weeps

weeped

weeping

61 We _____ when we feel sad.

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wept

weeped

weeping

weeps

62 He _____ when his girlfriend walked out the door.

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wept

weepinged

weeps

63 He had _____ for an hour.

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weeping

weeped

weeps

weep

64 Johan _____ for his lost love.

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weeped

weep

weepinged

weeps

65 The men _______ because they are sad.

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weep

weeps

wept

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66 Johan is ______.

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writing

writes

written

write

67 The teacher told us to _____ the answer on a piece of paper.

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write

writed

wrote

writes

68He ______ the information in his book, then asked some more questions.

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written

writed

writinged

writes

69 He had _____ the information in his book before he said anything.

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wrote

writes

written

writing

70Dr Selby _____ the information in his book and asks some more questions.

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writes

write

written

writing

71The doctors _____ the information in their books and ask some more questions.

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written

writed

write

writing

72 The doctor is _____ in his book.

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won

winning

win

wins

73 “I like to ____” said the boy.

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winned

won

winning

win

74 The boy _____ the race.

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won

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win

winning

75 The boy had ____ this race before.

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win

won

winning

wins

76 Xavier _____ many races because he trains very hard.

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wins

won

winning

win

77 The boys _____ many races.

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won

win

winning

winned

78 Xavier is ______.

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