ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO

LANGUAGE CENTER
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY
NAMES SCORE
CLASS
DATE
PROFESSOR Marjory Lechon
DIRECTION Complete the present assignment

Irregular Past Participles

Write the irregular past participle for the verbs listed..

1. eat 16. shake

2. take 17. hide

3. break 18. wear
4. ride 19. feel
5. speak 20. make
6. write 21. win
7. steal 22. lose
8. give 23. draw
9. shake 24. drink
10. get 25. see
11. throw 26. grow
12. bite 27. sleep
13. fall 28. speak
14. drive 29. win
15. fly 30. blow

Write the past tense of each of the verbs above.

1. 16.
2. 17.
3. 18.
4. 19.
5. 20.
6. 21.
7. 22.
8. 23.
9. 24.
10. 25.
11. 26.
12. 27.
13. 28.
14. 29.
15. 30.
Irregular Past Participles

A. Practice working with past participles. Fill in the blanks with the correct
participial form of the verb in parentheses.

1. Peter was (take) to the hospital in an ambulance.

2. The (lose) woman could not remember her way back home.

3. The explorers had (find) a shorter trade route.

4. Many of the condos on the beach had (be) (buy)

by very wealthy people.

5. After the fight, Rocky had a (break) nose.

6. Unfortunately, the thief was not (catch) on time. He escaped.

7. In some societies, the (speak) word is worth a lot more than the
(write) word.

8. By the time Louis was 12, he had (fly) in an airplane more than any
of his classmates.

9. The Jones had to put their dog to sleep after he had (bite) a
couple of children in the neighborhood.

10. Have you ever (take) a Spanish class with Professor

Jofre?

11. Do you like to eat (grind) beef?

12. Sorry, nobody has ever (teach) me that at school.

13. Some people are very worried about their privacy. They do not like to be (see)
in public.

B. Go back and look at each one of these sentences and determine what function
each of the past participles had. Was it as an adjective, a passive form, or a perfect
form?

1. 2.

3. 4.
5. 6.

7. 8.
 ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO
LANGUAGE CENTER
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY
NAMES SCORE
CLASS
DATE
PROFESSOR Marjory Lechon
DIRECTION Complete the present assignment

9. 10.

11. 12.

13.

C. Write your own sentences with the following verbs in their participial forms.
How are your participial forms being used? As an adjective, a passive form, or a
perfect form? Share your answers with a classmate.

1. See

2. Go

3. Do

4. Bind

5. Mistake
Past Tense Verbs

Fill in the blanks using the past tense of the verbs in parentheses.

Jane and Bob (1. come) to visit from Texas this last
weekend. It (2. be) Jane’s first visit to Miami in more than 30
years. Maria and her husband (3. pick) up Jane and Bob from
their hotel in the morning and (4. take) them on a tour of the city.

First, they (5. drive) around Miami Beach and (6. see)
the many tourists who are visiting the area. They also (7. get)
to see a model shoot on the beach and Versacci’s old mansion
on Ocean Drive. Jane (8. watch) with surprise as people just (9.
walk) around wearing their bathing suits in the middle of January.

From Miami Beach, they (10. go) to Coral Gables to have lunch at
the Biltmore, a beautiful hotel (11. build) in 1926. Both Jane and Bob
(12. be) impressed with the beauty of the hotel and the
surrounding area.

After a drive through Coconut Grove, they (13. cross) the

bridge into Key Biscayne. On the way back, they (14. can) not
stop talking about the beautiful Miami skyline. By then, the sun (15. have)
begun to set and it (16. be) time to head back
to the hotel.

Jane and Bob truly (17. appreciate) the wonderful day

they (18. spend) with Maria and her husband touring the
beautiful city of Miami.