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verb forms worksheet 1
choose the correct form of the verb in parentheses for each sentence.
1. our new dog has just (tear) the entire sunday paper to shreds.
2. the judges of the class song contest haven’t (choose) a winning entry.
3. until 1875, no one had ever successfully (swim) the english channel.
4. the temperature has (rise) twenty-one degrees since six a. m.
5. mother has (freeze) quarts and quarts of blueberries for the winter.
6. my new watchstrap has (break) after just four days.
7. mattie vernon has (steal) more bases than any other player.
8. several english sovereigns have never actually (wear) the crown of england.
9. according to the last election returns, mayor smith’s lead over his opponent has (shrink) to only a few hundred votes.
10. tenors have almost always (sing) the heroes’ roles in opera.
11. the tigers have (swear) revenge against the spartans in their return match.
12. davy crockett (begin) his political career at the age of thirty.
13. the coach has (speak) to our parents and obtained their permission for our overnight stay in westfield.
14. mel has (throw) the shot more than forty feet.
15. oh, i’ve (tear) my new skirt.
16. caroline is the most selfish person i have ever (know).
17. at the warning bell, all the students (begin) to pick up paper scraps.
18. has an american ever (run) the mile in less than four minutes?
19. when the bell had (ring) three times, we knew we were to be dismissed from school.
20. our puppy has (grow) eight inches in the last two months.
21. have you (write) the sense-impression composition for english?
22. the oriole has (steal) some string from the garden for its nest.
23. i don’t think the wind has ever (blow) harder than it did during last august’s hurricane.
24. have you ever (wear) wool next to your skin?
25. many cities have (arise) on the ruins of homer’s troy.

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1. TORN - When it comes to irregular verbs, there's not much you can do about it but just learn the forms by heart. So, the verb to tear is conjugated in the following way: tear - tore - torn. You need the third form here.
2. CHOSEN - The verb to choose is conjugated like this: choose - chose - chosen. When it comes to present perfect tense (have + verb), you always choose the third form of that particular verb.
3. SWUM - The verb goes like this: swim - swam - swum. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to remember what the correct form is, but rather you have to memorize them all. Perhaps group the similar ones together to make things easier for you.
4. RISEN - The verb goes like this: rise - rose - risen. Here, since the tense is present perfect in all sentences, you need the third form of the verb, which is risen. Irregular verbs are all different, and there is no specific rule as to how to form them, unlike with regular verbs - and here, all verbs are irregular!
5. FROZEN - Here, the verb to freeze goes like this: freeze - froze - frozen. You will see that many of these irregular verbs end with -n; however, that is not always the case because every irregular verb is different, although they may be grouped together according to some similarities.
6. BROKEN - The verb goes like this: break - broke - broken. When it comes to regular verbs, such as to work, we just have to add the suffix -ed to create the form we need. But here, unfortunately, we have to memorize these forms by using them constantly.
7. STOLEN - The verb goes like this: steal - stole - stolen. Given that the present perfect tense requires us to use the third form of the verb only, you have to choose the option stolen.
8. WORN - The verb to wear goes like this: wear - wore - worn. As you can see, there is a pattern to these verbs, which means they all belong in the same group - the past form ends with -e, and the participle ends with -n.
9. SHRUNK - The verb is conjugated like this: shrink - shrank - shrunk. As you can see, it is a bit different than the rest of the verbs because it doesn't end in -n, but rather in -k in its final form.
10. SUNG - The verb goes like this: sing - sang - sung. This verb also doesn't belong in this group of verbs because it is quite different from them, but it is still irregular and you have to memorize it because it is quite common.
11. SWORN - The verb is: swear - swore - sworn. This verb does belong in the group of the '-n ending verbs' because it also ends in the same way they do.
12. BEGAN - For this particular sentence, in case you forgot to write the verb HAS somewhere in the sentence, we need a different tense - past simple. So the verb goes: begin - began - begun, and here, you need the second form - began.
13. SPOKEN - The verb goes like this: speak - spoke - spoken.
14. THROWN - The verb is conjugated like this: throw - threw - thrown. Even though the second form doesn't end in -e, the verb still belongs in the same group as the other ones because the third form ends in -n.
15. TORN = the same as the first sentence
16. KNOWN - The verb is formed like this: know - knew - known. It is similar to the verb throw, because they are conjugated in the same way, so they belong to the same subgroup.
17. BEGAN = the same as sentence 12
18. RUN - This verb is interesting because its first form looks the same as its third form: run - ran - run. It is different from many other verbs, especially in this group.
19. RUNG - This verb is conjugated in the same way as the verb sing: ring - rang - rung, the same as sing - sang - sung, so it can be said that they belong in the same subgroup.
20. GROWN - This verb is conjugated in the same way as the verbs throw or know in the previous sentences: grow - grew - grown, the same as throw - threw - thrown, or know - knew - known, so they belong in the same subgroup.
21. WRITTEN - The verb goes like this: write - wrote - written. For this particular verb, don't forget to double the T in the final form - without it, the verb won't be pronounced the same way and it will be wrong!
22. STOLEN = the same as sentence 7
23. BLOWN - This verb goes like this: blow - blew - blown. As you can see, it looks the same as throw, know, and grow, so they all belong in the same group.
24. WORN = the same as sentence 8
25. ARISEN - This verb goes like this: arise - arose - arisen. It is the same as rise in sentence 4, but you just have to add the letter a- in front of it to form a completely new verb.