Action Verbs — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. What is the correct past tense of bring?
A) bringed
B) brang
C) brought
D) bringt
Bring is an irregular verb, so we do not add -ed to it. The past tense is the special form brought, not bringed.
2. Choose the sentence with the correct past tense verb.
A) She goed to the park.
B) She went to the park.
C) She wented to the park.
D) She going to the park.
Went is the proper past tense of go. We do not say goed because go is an irregular verb with its own special past form.
3. What is the correct past tense of catch?
A) catched
B) catching
C) catches
D) caught
Catch becomes caught in the past tense, not catched. This is an irregular verb that has to be learned by memory.
4. Which sentence uses the wrong past tense verb?
A) He broke the vase.
B) She wrote a letter.
C) They thinked about it.
D) We found the piece.
Think is irregular, so the correct past tense is thought, not thinked. Adding -ed to think is a common mistake that breaks the rule.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The past tense of give is gave.
Give changes to gave in the past tense. It is irregular, so the i vowel switches to a instead of adding -ed.
2. The past tense of take is took.
Take becomes took in the past tense, not taked. The middle vowel changes because take is an irregular verb.
3. The past tense of sing is sang.
Sing turns into sang in the past tense. The i changes to a, just like it does in ring/rang and drink/drank.
4. The past tense of tell is told.
Tell is irregular and becomes told in the past. The ell sound changes to old, so we do not add -ed.
5. The past tense of grow is grew.
Grow changes to grew in the past tense because it is an irregular verb. The ow sound switches to ew, similar to blow/blew and know/knew.