Regular Verbs – English Grammar Exercises for A1
Recommending a Service
Your friend wants to order food or book a ride. You are recommending a great mobile app that you used recently. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence and share your experience.
1 I ______ this app yesterday, and it is very good!
(a) used
(b) use
(c) uses
2 I ______ a large pizza for dinner last night.
(a) order
(b) ordered
(c) orderred
3 I really ______ the fast delivery service.
(a) likeed
(b) like
(c) liked
4 You should use it! I ______ it last week and the food was great.
(a) tryed
(b) tried
(c) try
5 First, I ______ the app on my smartphone and created an account.
(a) opened
(b) openned
(c) open
6 I didn’t ______ a long time for my food to arrive.
(a) waited
(b) waiting
(c) wait
7 ______ you download this app yet? It is completely free.
(a) Do
(b) Were
(c) Did
8 The friendly driver ______ the food right at my front door.
(a) droped
(b) dropped
(c) drop
9 After the nice meal, I ______ the driver five stars on the app.
(a) rated
(b) rate
(c) rateed
10 I didn’t ______ to pay with cash because I used my credit card.
(a) need
(b) needed
(c) needing
11 I ______ the menu online and saw they have your favorite burger.
(a) check
(b) checked
(c) checkked
12 The driver ______ at my house in only fifteen minutes!
(a) arrive
(b) arriving
(c) arrived
13 Did the driver ______ you when he was near your house?
(a) called
(b) call
(c) calls
14 I ______ at the map on my screen to see where my driver was.
(a) looked
(b) look
(c) looking
15 I ______ a discount code, so the total price was very cheap.
(a) applyed
(b) applied
(c) apply
16 The app didn’t ______ me extra money for the late-night delivery.
(a) charge
(b) charged
(c) charges
17 I ______ to cook dinner, but I was too tired, so I used the app.
(a) planed
(b) plan
(c) planned
18 What ______ when you put in your delivery address?
(a) happen
(b) happened
(c) happening
19 The driver ______ the GPS map and found my apartment easily.
(a) follow
(b) following
(c) followed
20 The driver didn’t ______ anywhere else; he came straight here.
(a) stop
(b) stopped
(c) stoped
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 (a) used
- Why it is correct: “Used” is the past simple form. You are talking about a completed action (“yesterday”).
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is present tense. (c) is third-person singular present tense.
2 (b) ordered
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “order”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (c) incorrectly doubles the ‘r’ (we do not double the ‘r’ because the stress is on the first syllable: OR-der).
3 (c) liked
- Why it is correct: “Like” ends in ‘e’, so we only add ‘d’.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) adds a full “-ed”, creating a spelling error (double ‘e’). (b) is present tense.
4 (b) tried
- Why it is correct: “Try” ends in a consonant + ‘y’. We change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add “-ed”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) forgets the “y to i” rule, which is a common A1 mistake. (c) is present tense.
5 (a) opened
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “open”.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) incorrectly doubles the ‘n’ (the stress is on the first syllable: O-pen). (c) is present tense.
6 (c) wait
- Why it is correct: In a negative sentence, after the auxiliary “didn’t”, we must use the base form of the verb.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is the “double past” mistake (didn’t + waited). (b) is the continuous form.
7 (c) Did
- Why it is correct: “Did” is the correct auxiliary verb to form a Past Simple question.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (b) is the “to be” verb, which cannot be used with the main verb “download”.
8 (b) dropped
- Why it is correct: “Drop” is a short CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) verb. We double the final consonant (‘p’) before adding “-ed”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) forgets to double the ‘p’. (c) is present tense.
9 (a) rated
- Why it is correct: “Rate” ends in ‘e’, so we just add ‘d’.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is present tense. (c) creates a spelling error by adding an extra ‘e’.
10 (a) need
- Why it is correct: After “didn’t”, use the base verb.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is the common “double past” error. (c) is the continuous form.
11 (b) checked
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “check”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (c) incorrectly doubles the ‘k’ (ck is already a double sound).
12 (c) arrived
- Why it is correct: “Arrive” ends in ‘e’, so we add ‘d’.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (b) is the continuous form.
13 (b) call
- Why it is correct: In a question starting with “Did”, the main verb must remain in its base form.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) uses the past form after “Did” (a double past error). (c) is third-person present tense.
14 (a) looked
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “look”.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is present tense. (c) is the continuous form.
15 (b) applied
- Why it is correct: Change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add “-ed” (apply → applied).
- Why the others are wrong: (a) forgets the spelling rule. (c) is present tense.
16 (a) charge
- Why it is correct: After “didn’t”, use the base verb “charge”.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is the “double past” mistake. (c) is third-person present tense.
17 (c) planned
- Why it is correct: “Plan” is a CVC verb. Double the final ‘n’ and add “-ed”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) forgets to double the ‘n’ (which changes the meaning to “máy bay” or “bào gỗ”). (b) is present tense.
18 (b) happened
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “happen”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (c) is the continuous form.
19 (c) followed
- Why it is correct: Adds “-ed” to the base verb “follow”.
- Why the others are wrong: (a) is present tense. (b) is the continuous form.
20 (a) stop
- Why it is correct: After “didn’t”, we use the base verb.
- Why the others are wrong: (b) is the “double past” error. (c) is a spelling error for the past tense form.
GRAMMAR POINTS TO REMEMBER
When you recommend an app or a service, use the Past Simple to talk about your real, completed experiences. This proves to your friend that you actually used it!
- Standard Rule: Add -ed (order → ordered, check → checked).
- Verbs ending in ‘e’: Just add -d (use → used, like → liked).
- Verbs ending in Consonant + ‘y’: Change ‘y’ to ‘i’, then add -ed (try → tried, apply → applied).
- CVC Rule (Short verbs): Double the final consonant (drop → dropped, plan → planned).
- Negatives & Questions: This is the most important rule! Always use the base verb after didn’t or Did.
- Correct: I didn’t wait. / Did you call?
- Wrong: I didn’t waited. / Did you called?