Irregular Verbs – English Grammar Exercises for A2
You are writing a 1-star review on a food delivery app because you received the wrong order and the driver had a terrible attitude. Read your review below and choose the best option (A, B, or C) to complete each sentence.
1 I usually love this restaurant, but yesterday I ______ a completely terrible experience.
(A) had
(B) haved
(C) have
2 I ordered a large pizza online and ______ for it immediately with my credit card.
(A) payed
(B) paid
(C) pay
3 After waiting for more than an hour, the delivery driver finally ______ to my house.
(A) come
(B) comed
(C) came
4 I was completely shocked when I ______ the plastic bag.
(A) saw
(B) seed
(C) seen
5 The driver ______ me a small salad instead of my large pizza!
(A) gived
(B) gave
(C) give
6 He ______ someone else’s food to my address, but he didn’t even apologize.
(A) bringed
(B) bring
(C) brought
7 When I told him about the mistake, he ______ to me very rudely.
(A) spoke
(B) speaked
(C) spoken
8 He didn’t care at all. He just ______ the wrong food on the dirty floor and walked away!
(A) leaved
(B) left
(C) leave
9 I picked up the bag and ______ the receipt attached to it. It belonged to a guy named John.
(A) read
(B) readed
(C) reading
10 I immediately ______ a photo of the cold salad as proof.
(A) taken
(B) taked
(C) took
11 I ______ the restaurant’s phone number three times, but nobody answered.
(A) rung
(B) rang
(C) ringed
12 I ______ extremely angry and hungry at the same time.
(A) felt
(B) feeled
(C) feel
13 This tiny, awful salad ______ me twenty dollars! Unbelievable!
(A) costed
(B) costs
(C) cost
14 It is now 10 PM and I haven’t ______ anything since breakfast!
(A) eaten
(B) ate
(C) eated
15 I was so thirsty that I ______ the free cola they included, but it was warm.
(A) drinked
(B) drank
(C) drunk
16 I have just ______ a long email to the customer support team about this driver.
(A) wrote
(B) writed
(C) written
17 Have they ______ you guys my message yet? I want my money back!
(A) sended
(B) sent
(C) send
18 I have completely ______ my patience with this terrible delivery app.
(A) lost
(B) losed
(C) lose
19 This awful experience has ______ me to never order late at night again.
(A) teached
(B) teach
(C) taught
20 I have ______ to delete this app right now. Do not order from here!
(A) chose
(B) chosen
(C) choosed
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 (A)
Explanation: “had” is the correct past simple (V2) of “have”. (B) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error because the review talks about “yesterday”.
2 (B)
Explanation: “paid” is the correct V2 of “pay”. (A) “payed” is a common spelling mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
3 (C)
Explanation: “came” is the correct V2 of “come”. (B) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error (using base form for a past event).
4 (A)
Explanation: “saw” is the correct V2 of “see”. (B) is a common mistake. (C) “seen” is the past participle (V3) and cannot be used alone as a main verb here.
5 (B)
Explanation: “gave” is the correct V2 of “give”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
6 (C)
Explanation: “brought” is the correct V2 of “bring”. This tells what the driver did wrong in the past. (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
7 (A)
Explanation: “spoke” is the correct V2 of “speak”. (B) is a common mistake. (C) “spoken” is a grammar error (it’s V3).
8 (B)
Explanation: “left” is the correct V2 of “leave”. It describes the driver’s bad action in the past. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
9 (A)
Explanation: “read” is the correct V2 of “read” (spelled the same but pronounced /red/). (B) is a common spelling mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
10 (C)
Explanation: “took” is the correct V2 of “take”. (B) is a common mistake. (A) is a grammar error.
11 (B)
Explanation: “rang” is the correct V2 of “ring” (to call on the phone). (C) is a common mistake. (A) “rung” is V3
12 (A)
Explanation: “felt” is the correct V2 of “feel”. (B) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
13 (C)
Explanation: “cost” is the correct V2 of “cost” (it does not change form). (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error because the event is in the past.
14 (A)
Explanation: “eaten” is the correct V3 of “eat”, required here for the Present Perfect tense (“haven’t eaten”). (B) is a common mistake (using V2 “ate” after have). (C) is a grammar error.
15 (B)
Explanation: “drank” is the correct V2 of “drink”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) “drunk” is a grammar error here because it is V3, not V2
16 (C)
Explanation: “written” is the correct V3 of “write” (Present Perfect: “have just written”). (A) is a common mistake (using V2). (B) is a grammar error.
17 (B)
Explanation: “sent” is the correct V3 of “send”. (A) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
18 (A)
Explanation: “lost” is the correct V3 of “lose” (Present Perfect: “have lost”). (B) is a common mistake. (C) is a grammar error.
19 (C)
Explanation: “taught” is the correct V3 of “teach” (Present Perfect: “has taught”). (A) is a common mistake. (B) is a grammar error.
20 (B)
Explanation: “chosen” is the correct V3 of “choose” (Present Perfect: “have chosen”). (A) “chose” is a common mistake (using V2 instead of V3). (C) is a grammar error.
GRAMMAR POINTS TO REMEMBER
- Narrating Bad Experiences: When writing a review about something that happened yesterday or earlier today, you mostly use the Past Simple (V2) to list the sequence of events (e.g., He came, he brought the wrong food, he left).
- Focus on “BRING”:
- V1: bring (Please bring me my food).
- V2 & V3: brought (He brought the wrong order / He has brought it).
- Warning: Never say “bringed”.
- Focus on “LEAVE”:
- V1: leave (Don’t leave it there!).
- V2 & V3: left (He left it on the floor / He has already left).
- Warning: Never say “leaved”.
- Other Important Review Verbs:
- pay -> paid -> paid
- cost -> cost -> cost
- speak -> spoke -> spoken
- write -> wrote -> written
- V2 vs V3 Rule: The “-ed” trap is the most common error for A2 learners (e.g., writed, speaked, gived). You must also remember not to use V2 after “have/has” in the Present Perfect (e.g., I have wrote is wrong -> I have written is correct). Use the Present Perfect (have + V3) to talk about actions that are relevant right now at the time of writing the review!