Irregular Verbs Practice (A2-B1) - English Grammar Quiz

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: A2, B1 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +15 (on pass)

This 15-question Irregular Verbs practice quiz walks you through the topic step by step — from basic recognition to real-world application. Tailored for Level A2-B1, with clear explanations after every question. Great for building confidence before moving to harder topics.

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Question 1: Yesterday, Maria ___ her keys and had to call a locksmith.

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'Lost' is correct because 'lose' is an irregular verb whose simple past form is 'lost', not 'losed'. 'Losed' does not exist, 'loses' is third-person present simple, and 'losing' is a present participle.
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Question 2: The children ___ all their food at dinner last night.

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'Ate' is correct because 'eat' is an irregular verb and its simple past form is 'ate', not 'eated'. 'Eaten' is the past participle, and 'eats' is the third-person present simple.
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Question 3: Irregular verbs do not follow the standard rule of adding '-ed' to form the simple past tense.

Question 3 options
True because irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that must be memorised individually, unlike regular verbs which simply add '-ed' or '-d' to the base form.
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Question 4: Which situation correctly uses an irregular verb in the simple past?

Question 4 options
'She wore a red dress to the party' correctly uses the irregular simple past form 'wore' (base: wear). The other options either use the base form, a regular '-ed' ending, or a present tense form where a past tense is needed.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • He
  • to work
  • yesterday
  • drove
  • his car

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The correct order is 'He drove his car to work yesterday' because 'drove' is the irregular simple past of 'drive', and the sentence follows subject + verb + object + place + time order.
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Question 6: Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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'They built a new school in our town' is correct because 'build' is an irregular verb with the simple past form 'built'. The other sentences incorrectly use 'builded', 'build', or 'builts', none of which are valid past tense forms.
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Question 7: Customer: 'How did you get here?' / Taxi driver: 'I ___ through the city centre because the highway was closed.'

Question 7 options
'Drove' is correct because the driver is describing a completed past action, requiring the simple past of 'drive', which is the irregular form 'drove'. 'Drived' is a common error, 'driven' is the past participle (used in perfect tenses), and 'drive' is the base form.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses the past participle of an irregular verb in a present perfect structure?

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'She has written three letters this morning' correctly uses 'written', the past participle of the irregular verb 'write', in a present perfect sentence. 'Wrote' is the simple past, 'writed' does not exist, and 'writes' is the present simple.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • in a plane
  • has never
  • flown
  • My brother

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The correct order is 'My brother has never flown in a plane' because 'flown' is the past participle of the irregular verb 'fly', and 'has never' is a fixed mid-position adverb phrase in present perfect sentences.
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Question 10: We were cold because we ___ to bring our jackets on the trip.

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'Forgot' is correct because 'forget' is an irregular verb with simple past 'forgot'. The sentence describes a completed past action. 'Forgeted' is a common error applying regular verb rules, 'forgotten' is the past participle, and 'forgets' is present simple.
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Question 11: Which statement about irregular verbs is true?

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Some irregular verbs have the same form for the base, simple past, and past participle (e.g., cut/cut/cut, put/put/put). Not all irregular verbs change their vowel, not all have three different forms, and irregular verbs are extremely common in everyday English.
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Question 12: Rewrite in the present perfect: 'Someone stole my bicycle last week.' → My bicycle ___ by someone.

Question 12 options
'Has been stolen' is correct because the passive present perfect uses 'has/have + been + past participle', and 'stolen' is the past participle of the irregular verb 'steal'. 'Was stolen' is passive simple past, 'has stolen' is active present perfect, and 'has been stole' incorrectly uses the simple past instead of the past participle.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
She sang a beautiful song at the concert.
He has broken his promise again.
They had already left when we arrived.
The letter was written by the manager.
Irregular verb: passive voice
Irregular verb: past perfect
Irregular verb: present perfect
Irregular verb: simple past

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Irregular verbs appear in different tenses: simple past uses the second form, present perfect uses 'have/has + past participle', past perfect uses 'had + past participle', and passive voice uses 'be + past participle'.
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Question 14: Some irregular verbs, such as 'cut', 'put', and 'let', have identical forms for the base form, simple past, and past participle.

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True because certain irregular verbs like 'cut', 'put', 'let', 'set', and 'hurt' do not change at all across all three forms. This is an exception even within the category of irregular verbs, which itself is already an exception to the regular '-ed' pattern.
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Question 15: Which sentence best describes an action completed at a specific time in the past using an irregular verb?

Question 15 options
'I knew the answer straight away' correctly uses 'knew', the simple past of 'know', to describe a single completed past action at a specific moment. 'I have known the answer' expresses present relevance rather than a specific past time, making 'knew' the better choice for a definite past moment.