Irregular Verbs – English Grammar Exercises for A2
You are writing an excited social media post because your school team just won the regional championship against all odds. Read the post below and choose the best option (A, B, or C) to complete each sentence.
1 I can’t believe it! Our team has just ______ the regional championship!
(A) win
(B) won
(C) winned
2 We have finally ______ our biggest rivals on the field!
(A) meeted
(B) meet
(C) met
3 In the first half, the other team ______ very aggressively.
(A) fought
(B) fighting
(C) fighted
4 But our incredible goalkeeper ______ every single shot!
(A) catched
(B) catch
(C) caught
5 When the game started, we ______ very nervous.
(A) felt
(B) feel
(C) feeled
6 The opposing players ______ super fast, but we defended well.
(A) runned
(B) ran
(C) run
7 In the final minute, our captain ______ the ball into the top corner of the net!
(A) hit
(B) hitted
(C) hitting
8 Have you ______ the amazing video of that final goal yet?
(A) saw
(B) seen
(C) seed
9 I have ______ my voice from screaming so loudly!
(A) lose
(B) losed
(C) lost
10 Everyone ______ us we couldn’t do it, but they were wrong!
(A) telled
(B) told
(C) telling
11 We have ______ the gold cup home to our school!
(A) brought
(B) bring
(C) bringed
12 The fans have ______ completely crazy in the streets to celebrate!
(A) went
(B) gone
(C) goed
13 I always ______ exactly how I was going to celebrate this moment.
(A) know
(B) knowed
(C) knew
14 My best friend ______ down on the grass and cried tears of joy.
(A) falled
(B) fell
(C) fallen
15 The coach has ______ a legendary status at our school today.
(A) builded
(B) build
(C) built
16 They have ______ a new record for the most points in a final game!
(A) broken
(B) broke
(C) breaked
17 This amazing victory has ______ us that hard work pays off.
(A) teach
(B) taught
(C) teached
18 Right now, the school has ______ a massive party for everyone.
(A) hold
(B) held
(C) holded
19 We have completely ______ the old champions! We are the kings now!
(A) beated
(B) beat
(C) beaten
20 The players have ______ local heroes overnight!
(A) become
(B) became
(C) becomed
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 (B)
Explanation: “won” is the correct past participle (V3) of “win”, used here with “has” (Present Perfect). (C) is a common mistake (adding “-ed” to an irregular verb). (A) is a grammar error because it is the base form.
2 (C)
Explanation: “met” is the correct V3 of “meet”. (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
3 (A)
Explanation: “fought” is the correct past simple (V2) of “fight”. (C) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error because the “-ing” form cannot act as a main verb without “to be”.
4 (C)
Explanation: “caught” is the correct V2 of “catch”. (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
5 (A)
Explanation: “felt” is the correct V2 of “feel”. (C) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error (Present tense in a past context).
6 (B)
Explanation: “ran” is the correct V2 of “run”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error (using base form/V1 for a past event).
7 (A)
Explanation: “hit” is the correct V2 of “hit” (it does not change form: hit – hit – hit). (B) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
8 (B)
Explanation: “seen” is the correct V3 of “see”, needed for the Present Perfect (“Have you seen”). (A) is a common mistake (using V2 “saw” after “have”). (C) is a grammar error.
9 (C)
Explanation: “lost” is the correct V3 of “lose”. (B) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error.
10 (B)
Explanation: “told” is the correct V2 of “tell”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
11 (A)
Explanation: “brought” is the correct V3 of “bring”. (C) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
12 (B)
Explanation: “gone” is the correct V3 of “go” (Present Perfect: “have gone crazy”). (A) is a common mistake (using V2 “went” after “have”). (C) is a grammar error.
13 (C)
Explanation: “knew” is the correct V2 of “know”. (B) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error.
14 (B)
Explanation: “fell” is the correct V2 of “fall”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error because V3 (“fallen”) cannot be used without an auxiliary verb (have/has/had).
15 (C)
Explanation: “built” is the correct V3 of “build”. (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
16 (A)
Explanation: “broken” is the correct V3 of “break”. (B) is a common mistake (using V2 “broke” after “have”). (C) is a grammar error.
17 (B)
Explanation: “taught” is the correct V3 of “teach”. (C) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error.
18 (B)
Explanation: “held” is the correct V3 of “hold”. (C) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error.
19 (C)
Explanation: “beaten” is the correct V3 of “beat”. (A) is a common mistake. (B) “beat” is a grammar error here (it is V1/V2, but after “have” we must use V3 “beaten”).
20 (A)
Explanation: “become” is the correct V3 of “become” (become – became – become). (B) “became” is a common mistake (using V2 instead of V3). (C) is a grammar error.
GRAMMAR POINTS TO REMEMBER
- Reporting Breaking News: When you announce news on social media that has a result affecting the present, you use the Present Perfect tense (have/has + V3).
- Example: We have won! (Result: We are the champions now).
- Focus on “WIN”: * V1: win
- V2: won (Yesterday, we won).
- V3: won (We have won the cup!).
- Mistake to avoid: Never write “winned”.
- Focus on “BEAT”:
- V1: beat
- V2: beat (Yesterday, we beat them).
- V3: beaten (We have beaten the champions!).
- Mistake to avoid: Do not say “beated” or “have beat”.
- V2 vs V3 confusion: The biggest trap for A2 students is using V2 after “have” (e.g., have saw, have went, have broke). Always remember: Have/Has + V3
- Unchanging Verbs: Remember that some sports action verbs don’t change at all: hit -> hit -> hit.