Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 1

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 1 This handout accompanies Exercise 1 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Choose the correct verb for the sentences below. 1. When Mom out the kitchen rug, dog hair, bread crumbs, coffee grounds, and spaghetti noodles flew through the air and dusted the sidewalk. A. shaked B. shook C. had shook 2. At the back of the lab, Glenn decorated the margins of his biology textbook with caricatures. When test time arrives, Glenn will wish that he had the different cell types Dr. Shuman was explaining to the class. A. drawn B. drawed C. drew 3. Theodore bought beautiful roses for Glenda, his date. Because he did not have a vase, he rinsed out a peanut butter jar. After Theodore Glenda's reaction to the arrangement, he realized that he had not made a favorable first impression. A. saw B. had saw C. seen 4. Jennifer has discovered that hanging clothes outside to dry has its disadvantages. Recently, a spider crept into a pair of her jeans and a day biting the "intruder" Jennifer's bare leg that had invaded the arachnid's new home. A. spend B. spended C. spent 5. Ms. Ayer several deep breaths to keep from exploding at Jerry, whose excuse for missing yet another class was that Grandma had died for the fifth time in one semester! A. taked B. took C. tooked

6. Diane always wonders where she will next discover a pair of her husband's dirty socks. Yesterday Mike two in the refrigerator next to a carton of orange juice. A. leaved B. leaft C. left 7. When Richie jammed the photocopier for the eighth time, Sharon, the administrative assistant, picked up a heavy stapler and it at his head. A. through B. throwed C. threw 8. Because her hands were still slippery from the dishwater, Marilyn dropped the watermelon, which on the floor in an explosion of pulp and seeds. A. busted B. bursted C. burst 9. On his way to an interview at the bank, Geraldo stepped in gum. Nervous about the meeting, he failed to notice the candy wrapper and leaves that to his shoe as he walked from the parking garage to the lobby. A. sticked B. stuck C. stucked 10. On Christmas Eve, Captain Beane wore a pair of antlers while greeting passengers boarding his 727. The costume little trust in Louise, whose fear of flying required a serious pilot. A. built B. build C. builded 11. Jim would have the difficult and dirty job of cleaning the slimy gutters if the blue sky, seventy-degree weather, and new titanium graphite driver had not summoned him to the golf course. A. began B. begun C. beginned 12. After losing electricity during a hurricane, the Martinez family candles, speared hot dogs on pencils, and roasted the wieners over this makeshift barbecue. A. lit B. lited C. litted

13. Because Nigel had to the supermarket with this week's grocery money, Shirley expected him to return with bread, milk, and other essentials. Boy, was she angry when he came home with fifty dollars worth of losing lottery tickets! A. gone B. went C. goed 14. When Henry opened the vegetable crisper at the bottom of the refrigerator, the puddle of rotting lettuce that he discovered up the kitchen for the rest of the day. A. stinked B. stank C. stanked 15. Whenever Mike his Cessna 152, a small airplane, he worried about running out of fuel, hitting birds, and being abducted by alien spaceships. A. flied B. flown C. flew 16. Audrey had just into her first forkful of omelet when she noticed mushrooms in the egg. Because she was highly allergic to this vegetable, she had to spit the mouthful into her napkin, wiping her tongue with a clean corner. A. bited B. bitt C. bitten 17. Maria from the cold glass of soda, trying to extinguish the anger that, lava-like, threatened to explode at her husband Darren, who had spent the day watching college football instead of mowing the lawn. A. drinked B. drank C. drunk 18. Raphael would have jeans and a T-shirt to the interview if he thought such attire would land him the job. Because he knew better, Raphael struggled into a scratchy suit that made him feel as though ants were crawling over his skin. A. wore B. wored C. worn 19. At first, Rose to tolerate Simon's lack of punctuality. His good looks compensated for her having to wait an extra ten or fifteen minutes. But once Simon's tardiness hit half an hour, Rose dumped him for a boyfriend who looked at his watch. A. chose B. choose C. choosed

20. One spring Joe tomatoes in the backyard; pollution, insects, and weekend badminton matches did so much damage to the poor plants that Joe went back to buying canned tomatoes at the grocery store. A. grew B. had grew C. growed 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 2 This handout accompanies Exercise 2 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Choose the correct verb for the sentences below. 1. A strong wind through the trees, loosening clumps of moss, dead branches, old kites, and baby squirrels, all of which fell to the wet ground below. A. had blew B. blew C. blowed 2. Charlie believed that he had the best essay of the semester, but when Mrs. Varner returned the paper, the slashes of red ink and caustic comments immediately changed his opinion of the work. A. wrote B. wroten C. written 3. Becky had both an empty wallet and stomach, so she a chocolate bar from the candy rack. The ensuing guilt was harder to tolerate than her growling belly. A. stole B. had stole C. stealed 4. In her dreams that night, Diana had in a pool of warm cocoa; when she awoke, the aroma of chocolate still tickled her nostrils. A. swimmed B. swam C. swum 5. Chauncey would have some of the squid eyeball stew if a long, gray tentacle hadn't dangled over the side of the bowl. A. ate B. eaten C. eaten

6. My grandmother doesn't trust banks, so she has money all over the house. Once, I pulled an old Reader's Digest off a shelf and found seven $100 bills stuck between the pages. A. hid B. hiden C. hidden 7. George would have to class sooner, but a beautiful woman was listening to him lie about his fat wallet and hot car, and he couldn't tear himself away from the conversation. A. came B. come C. commed 8. If Eli hadn't escaped to the kitchen to cool down, he would have a heavy plate over the head of Mrs. Jones, who sent back her chicken for the fourth time. A. broken B. breaked C. braked 9. Dashing down the hallway, Tuan slipped in a puddle of soda and crashed into the water fountain. His elbow and nose for the rest of the day. A. hurt B. hurted C. had hurted 10. Giselle dreaded attending her US Government class. Whenever Dr. Duncan called on her, Giselle felt as if she had in her chair; she couldn't open her mouth, let alone answer one of his questions. A. freezed B. froze C. frozen 11. A thin stray kitten cried outside the back door. Because Rebecca felt sorry for the poor animal, she it some leftover ravioli, the only food she had in the refrigerator. A. fed B. fead C. feeded 12. Last week, Hector had his girlfriend Gloria an expensive gold necklace. When he saw her flirting with Omar, Hector knew that he should have purchased new rims for his car instead. A. gived B. gave C. given

13. Because Kerri Ann all of her biology homework, she spent the rest of the evening with her friends. The next morning, when Dr. Wright passed out the difficult pop quiz, Kerri Ann realized that her books should have been her only company. A. done B. had done C. had did 14. On his way to an interview, Gonzalo a hot dog to quiet his rumbling stomach. While he was wolfing down this quick meal, yellow mustard dripped all over the front of his crisp white shirt. A. buyed B. baught C. bought 15. Omar woke up before dawn and drove to Daytona Beach. As the sun over the ocean, he watched the water sparkle like the beautiful diamond earrings he had given his girlfriend Gloria, who then dumped him for a new boyfriend with a higher credit card limit. A. rised B. raised C. rose 16. Dan would have his new truck to the grocery store if he hadn't been so worried that a loose can of peas might roll around in the bed and chip the pristine green paint. A. drived B. drove C. driven 17. For weeks, Judi searched cookbooks and culinary magazines for the recipe to make squid eyeball stew. Finally, she the instructions at www.eatmoresquid.com, a web site dedicated to preparing this sea delicacy. A. finded B. found C. founded 18. After cooking all night, Paulette a huge platter of chocolate-broccoli muffins to the meeting. Everyone enjoyed the delicious combination of tastes while getting the daily dose of vitamin C. A. braught B. brought C. brang

19. When Mr. Tighe saw Julie using Moby-Dick as a coaster for a sweating glass of cold soda, he down his briefcase and lectured the poor woman on showing proper respect for great literature. A. throwed B. through C. threw 20. Jim's last temper tantrum $200. He had thrown an expensive titanium threewood into the golf course lake, and his wife Nancy insisted that he hire a scuba diver to retrieve it. A. cost B. coss C. costed 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 3 This handout accompanies Exercise 3 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Choose the correct verb for the sentences below. 1. Sherry should have the truth. Then poor Rebecca would have declined a bowl of soup instead of vomiting in the bathroom once she learned the recipe included half a cup of frog tongues. A. telled B. teld C. told 2. While Allison gripped the roof's edge, she no longer resented the many hours that her boyfriend Chris spent in the gym. After all, his strong arms would catch her when she loosened her grip and to the ground below. A. fell B. falled C. fallen 3. Mauricio would have the seven-foot wave into shore if a huge shark had not been patrolling the waters underneath the surfboard, hoping for a dangling arm or leg. A. rode B. rided C. ridden 4. If Carlos had known that hail the size of golf balls would fall later that day, he would have his shoulder pads and football helmet instead of his one good suit. A. worn B. wore C. weared 5. Using bites of bologna as bribes, Diane convinced Reliable, her beagle, to lie still, and then she each of his eighteen toenails. A. cut B. cutted C. cuted

6. At the beginning of the semester, Joyce anticipated learning about Egyptian archeology. Her interest, however, as the monotonous lectures of Dr. Nelson provided facts dustier than mummy wrappings. A. shrinked B. shrank C. shrunck 7. Without stopping for breath, Mervina, the neighborhood gossip, Kishana up on the neighborhood news, including Sherry's disastrous dinner party, where the frog tongue soup sent five guests to the local emergency room. A. cought B. caught C. catched 8. After Mrs. Curall irregular verb forms in her writing class, she discovered that the frequency of tooked and weared declined in her students' essays. A. tought B. taught C. teached 9. While crawling along in rush-hour traffic, Kay cranked up her car stereo and the lyrics to "Back in Black" with AC/DC, oblivious to the scowls of annoyance from the other drivers trapped beside her. A. singed B. sung C. sang 10. Because Henry enjoyed impressing his girlfriend Gloria, he for the expensive dinner with his brand new credit card; he would worry about the shocking statement when it arrived in the mail next month. A. payed B. had payed C. paid 11. To ensure that the ragged edges of his essay did not inspire Mrs. Varner s rage, Jack carefully the fuzzies from the sheets of paper. A. tore B. had torn C. teared

12. If Tyree had how beautiful the substitute teacher was going to be, he would have prepared his math homework instead of an arsenal of spitballs to impress her with his intelligence. A. knowed B. known C. knew 13. With a hotdog, Dris Butler, her bulldog, to the car but could not get him onto the backseat; Butler sensed a trip to the vet and refused to budge. A. lead B. leaded C. led 14. Tikeja Michael's forehead to confirm his fever. When cool skin met her touch, she knew her little brother was faking an illness to get out of helping her rake the big backyard. A. feeled B. feld C. felt 15. Thrashing on the surface of the lake, a huge catfish Reggie's fishing pole almost to the point of breaking. Reggie fought on, images of fried fillets making his mouth water. A. bended B. had bended C. bent 16. Tiffany through all of Dr. Olefke's 8 a.m. astronomy lectures; like black holes, the low grades on her exams sucked up any hope of passing the class. A. slept B. sleapt C. sleeped 17. The telephone twelve times before Pablo would lift the receiver. He prayed the call was from a salesperson and not his psycho ex-girlfriend Maria. A. rung B. rang C. ringed

18. While Clive stood on top of the fire ant mound, several of the insects crawled over his shoes and him on the ankles, sending the poor boy dancing around the yard and slapping at his legs. A. stinged B. stang C. stung 19. Jeanne her house of twenty years with great misgivings; she worried that the new owners would dig up the bones of her beloved cat, Emmy Lou, to put a pool or rose garden in the backyard. A. selled B. sold C. sole 20. Melissa dug in her heels and the leash with both hands; Mellie, her Labrador retriever, saw children playing Frisbee down the street and wanted desperately to chase the flying red disk. A. held B. healt C. holded 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 4 This handout accompanies Exercise 4 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Each item below contains three underlined verbs. Fix the one that is formed incorrectly. 1. Rachel would have wrote a better essay for Mr. Parker, but she drank a double espresso and found that she had too much energy to sit still at a computer. 2. Miguel bursted out laughing when he saw that Rey, his ferocious Chihuahua, had bitten the seat of Julio's jeans and hung on as Julio danced around the kitchen, trying to shake off the little dog. 3. Danny loved going to the beach. He watched beautiful women in skimpy bikinis, ate fresh seafood, and swum in the refreshing water. After a shark bit his leg, however, Danny preferred the pool at his apartment complex. 4. Cristie would have chose a less expensive dinner, but when she saw squid eyeball stew on the menu, she knew that she had found the perfect thing to eat. 5. Because Jonathon had forgotten to bring his wallet to school, he buyed a bag of corn chips instead of the Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes, the lunch special that caught his eye. 6. Keila knew that she had many misspelled words in her essay, so she digged around in her book bag, searching for her dictionary. She found instead a Snicker's bar, which she ate, hoping that the sugar rush would help her brain remember the right combination of letters. 7. After a long day of mowing lawns, Kevin was truly exhausted. He sat slumped in his chair, and even if you had put a handful of scorpions down his shirt, he would not have rose to shake them out. 8. When Fabiana flied from Dallas to Orlando, the plane hit such a bad patch of turbulence that the passengers felt as if they were riding Space Mountain at Disney World.

9. On Sunday Michael spent the afternoon waxing his new car. If he had knew about the two pop quizzes on Monday, he would have given his algebra problems and accounting spreadsheets more attention. 10. Larry stuck a dead grasshopper in the cake batter and then put the pan into the hot oven to bake. He planned to serve a slice to his little sister Stephanie, who had tore his favorite basketball jersey. 11. Even though Frances had already ate, she stopped at the food court and bought a slice of pizza. She wanted an opportunity to smile at the cute young man who ran the register. 12. Danielle hated to see her brother Tim walk into the diner where she worked. He always brought his obnoxious friends, payed for his meal with pennies, and then left huge puddles of ketchup at his table. 13. Unaware that his alarm clock had not rung at 6 a.m., Levi slept under the warm blankets while Dr. Ribley tought the semester's most difficult algebra concept to the students who had arrived on time. 14. Obviously Alicia had chose the most difficult English teacher in the whole school. During the semester with Mr. Hayden, Alicia wrote twenty essays and studied grammar rules until she thought her head would burst. 15. Because Tran knew that a strong chemistry background was essential for a future pharmacist, she rose from her warm bed and begun studying her notes for another test. 16. To avoid being stung, Kasey spilled a small amount of soda on the picnic table; the wasps that flew around the campsite left him alone and drunk from the sweet puddle. 17. The hungry shark swam beneath the unsuspecting surfer and began to position itself for an attack. Then the fish noticed the hot pink toenail polish on the foot that dangled over the surfboard and losed its appetite. 18. At the beginning of class, Matt realized that he had forgotten the essay he had wrote at 4 a.m., so he smeared blood-like streaks of red pen at the corners of his mouth and told his instructor, Dr. Borglum, that muggers had beaten him up before stealing his backpack.

19. My cat Buster leapt onto the wobbly table to escape Oreo, the dog, who ran in tight circles, trying to bite Buster's tail, which hanged over the side. 20. David was so hungry that he fought his brother for the container of leftovers, teared off the lid, and ate the cold meatloaf and congealed gravy right out of the plastic. 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 5 This handout accompanies Exercise 5 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Each item below contains three underlined verbs. Fix the one that is formed incorrectly. 1. Madison slept at the very edge of the bed, one leg dangling over the side, because Yo-Yo, her little dog, lay stretched out in the middle of the quilt and bitt any limb that invaded her territory. 2. After bumping the wobbly table, Neil cought the box of donuts before it hit the floor, but no one drank juice that morning it exploded in a spray of orange on the kitchen tile. 3. Jim would have driven faster if his mother had took her own car to the mall. Instead, she rode with him, criticizing his every decision and shrieking hysterically whenever he ran a yellow light. 4. All of Charlie's hopes sinked when the telephone rang and the beautiful Delores told the eager young man that she didn't have time to study calculus that evening. 5. Wendy red each Cliff's Notes title on the rack, hoping to spot Moby-Dick. She finally found a booklet stuffed among the guides to Hamlet and bought it without regret, for she couldn't stomach another minute of the exhausting novel. 6. If Eli cooked and ate the half head of raw cabbage (the only item in the refrigerator), he knew that he would burp through his date with Amy, so he drived to the food store and bought a box of macaroni and cheese to fix instead. 7. Bryan had had enough of his sister's loud stereo and bad taste in music, so he went to her room, banged on the door, and teld Melissa that if she didn't reduce the volume, then he would return with his baseball bat and pound her boom box into little bits. 8. Marsha sat at the dining room table, wondering [and worrying] what dish her husband might serve. Brent's refusal to use measuring devices ment that her tongue either leapt in surprise at the excessive seasoning or lay in her mouth, bored with the bland taste.

9. Latoya would have swum farther, but a cramp stang her side, so she rode a wave into shore and spent the afternoon watching handsome young men parading on the beach. 10. Leroy has read travel books about every exotic country imaginable but refuses to ever visit in person. He worries that he might be stinged by a poisonous spider, bitten by a deadly snake, or convinced to order pickled monkey brains at a restaurant because he doesn t understand the language. 11. At the coffee house table, Willie spread out his laptop computer, cell phone, and digital watch. He gived the impression that he had important business, but in truth, he wrote love letters to his girlfriend, counting the minutes until she returned his phone call. 12. Kareem drank the hot tea that Sarah laid on the counter. Although the steaming liquid burned his throat, at least he erased the terrible taste of the squid eyeball stew that he had ate. 13. Maria knowed the futility of her task that October afternoon. As she swept off the front sidewalk, more leaves fell from the trees overhead, sprinkling the concrete with color. 14. My cat Fuzz sprang onto the kitchen counter, strode to the sink, and flinged herself onto the cool porcelain for an afternoon nap. Only here was she safe from the pursuit of Oreo, the dog. 15. At the video arcade, Jeremy wished that he had slew the giant mutant tomatoes on level one. Then he would not have fought the kamikaze pickles on level two and could have kept his grape bombs for the ninja carrots on level three. 16. Christine wrang her hands as she listened to Dr. Armour's lecture about tardiness. Although Christine swore to her math teacher that she would never be late again, everyone in the class knew that when the alarm clock rang the next morning, Christine would hit the snooze button one time too many. 17. With regret, Jack slung the heavy backpack over his shoulders and fleed the cold library. If he had brought a jacket, he could have continued fantasizing about the cute librarian who sat at the reference desk.

18. A tantalizing smell had drawn Richard to the edge of his neighbor's yard. Finally, temptation winned, and he crept across the lawn to the open window, where he spied chocolatebroccoli muffins cooling on the kitchen counter. 19. Juan herd his mother calling from down the street but chose to ignore her summons. Although he knew that she would be angry about his late arrival for dinner, he had to finish his inspection of the dead toad on the sidewalk. 20. Christine sprang out of the bed and saw bright sunlight streaming through the windows. She knew that Dr. Armour would not tolerate another late, so Christine leapt back under the covers and sleapt until noon. 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.

Name Date Using Irregular Verbs: Lay and Lie Exercise 6 This handout accompanies Exercise 6 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm Directions: Choose the correct verb for the sentences below. 1. Defeated, Melody her head on the desk. Even though she had studied until 3 a.m., she could make no sense of the chemistry problems on the exam before her. A. lay B. laid C. layed 2. The students who have Mr. Sebacher for World Literature believe that their professor reads Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare all evening. The reality is that Mr. Sebacher on the couch, eats corn chips, and channel surfs until midnight. A. lies B. lays C. laid 3. Theodora will nuzzle a snake, kiss a frog, and let a tarantula crawl up her arm. But if you were a bowl of lima beans on the dining room table, she would run screaming from the house. A. to lie B. to lay C. to have lain 4. Saxe, Diane's horse, will let you know when she deserves another carrot or apple. She sticks out her tongue so that it outside her mouth like a long, fat, pink worm. A. lies B. lays C. will lay 5. on the kitchen counter, the chocolate chip cookie teased Spencer the Chihuahua, who sat on the linoleum, whining and drooling. A. Laying B. Lieing C. Lying

6. Pumpkin, my oldest cat, loves on my pillow. All night long, she and my head fight for room. A. to lay B. to lie C. to be laying 7. Removing the dirty sock from her granddaughter's mouth, Jeanne Abigail in the crib and chased after Savannah, the family's new kitten, who was using the couch as a scratching post. Babies of any species, Jeanne knew, required constant supervision. A. lain B. lay C. laid 8. Bill went to the bank interview smelling of wet dog. He had his one suit on the bed before going into the bathroom to shave. Dripping from the rain, Skipper, his Labrador retriever, decided the jacket made a perfect towel. A. lain B. laid C. layed 9. Rachel the telephone receiver on the table and returned to the sci-fi novel she had left on the couch. The poor solicitor at the other end read five more minutes of spiel before realizing that no one was listening. A. lay B. layed C. laid 10. While Karen was cleaning green peppers at the sink, Chris a long, fat anchovy onto the pizza, camouflaging it with sliced mushrooms and onions. A. laid B. layed C. lay 11. Jacob's physics notes were tucked in his book bag. A half-read copy of Moby-Dick served as a coaster for a glass of cold soda. An unopened trigonometry book was on the desk. Although final exams were only two days away, Jacob decided to play another level of Tomb Raider, his favorite computer game. A. lying B. lieing C. laying 12. Kevin the dripping barbecue sandwich on his plate and grabbed a fork and knife. He ignored the stares of the other restaurant patrons and ate his sandwich with utensils. A. laid B. layed C. lay

13. The bright floral-print tie against Dr. Kinser's crisp white shirt gives everyone the impression that snow has fallen in the rainforest. A. laying B. lying C. lieing 14. After an especially long week at work, Deepa on the sofa, watching television and trying to relax. Once the University of Florida football game began, however, she was jumping up every five minutes to boo referee calls and cheer effective Gator plays. A. lay B. was laying C. laid 15. The last slice of cheesecake on a platter in the middle of the table; everyone wanted to eat it, but only Cassandra was assertive enough to scoop the slice onto her own plate. A. lay B. was laying C. laid 16. When Carol went hunting through the kitchen for a midnight snack, she found a stale chocolate chip cookie in a crumpled bag behind an empty cereal box. A. laying B. lieing C. lying 17. Robin can't anything on the counter. Money, glasses of orange juice, stacks of paper--all of these get swatted to the floor by Buster, her mischievous cat. A. lay B. lie C. have lain 18. If Della hadn't the leaky take-out container of moo goo gai pan on the top shelf of the refrigerator, she would not have had to mop up the ooze that dripped over four shelves of food. A. lain B. laid C. lied 19. A crumpled ten-dollar bill at the bottom of the washing machine. Mike retrieved the money and drove to Tito s Taco Palace, where he bought fifteen tacos and a large root beer. A. lay B. lied C. laid

20. The message light on the phone was blinking. Eight appointments and an afternoon meeting filled the calendar. A stack of top priority work in the middle of the desk. Valerie knew that lunch would be a bottled water and a handful of antacid tablets. A. laid B. lied C. lay 1997-2011 by Robin L. Simmons All Rights Reserved.