Past tense - irregular verbs

You can download a free Part Tense Irregular Verbs Worksheet (in PDF) 

Interesting verbs...

The following verbs can be regular or irregular:

Verb	Past Simple	Past Participle
burn	burned OR burnt	burned OR burnt
dream	dreamed OR dreamt	dreamed OR dreamt
learn	learned OR learnt	learned OR learnt
smell	smelled OR smelt	smelled OR smelt

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Easy to remember?

Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form:

Verb	Past Simple	Past Participle
bet	bet	bet
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
cut	cut	cut
hit	hit	hit
hurt	hurt	hurt
let	let	let
put	put	put
quit	quit	quit
read	read	read
set	set	set
shut	shut	shut
spread	spread	spread

All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.

Activities

Here are some interesting activities from a useful website to practise the past tense.

Past simple activities

Simple Past Tense, Past Participles & To Be - Past Tense

You can check the answers to this worksheet here: Past Tense Irregular Verbs Answers.

(Adapted from www.grammar.cl)