Present Perfect 2: Irregular Past Participles
To make the present perfect, you need to use HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. The past participles of most verbs are formed using -ED, but some common verbs have unusual past participles. In this exercise, you can test your knowledge of irregular past participles.
1. Sell: Have you your car yet?
A. ? sold
B. ? sellen
C. ? sole
2. Teach: Gerry has English at UVic for many years.
A. ? teach
B. ? taught
C. ? tought
3. Choose: She's getting married in a week, and she hasn't her dress yet.
A. ? chosen
B. ? choosen
C. ? chose
4. Run: Jan's out of breath because she's all the way from the bus terminal.
A. ? run
B. ? runnen
C. ? ran
5. Sleep: I was so exhausted after the exam that I for twelve hours.
A. ? slept
B. ? sleeped
C. ? sleep
6. Become: In the last few years, it has more and more difficult to get into college.
A. ? became
B. ? becume
C. ? become
7. Begin: We're late -- the game has already .
A. ? begin
B. ? began
C. ? begun
8. Lose: I've my grammar book. Have you seen it?
A. ? losen
B. ? lost
C. ? loose
9. Show: Stewart hasn't up yet. He must have been delayed.
A. ? shew
B. ? shown
C. ? showed
10. Break: Shelley can't go skiing any more. She has her leg.
A. ? broke
B. ? breaken
C. ? broken
11. Steal: Someone has my bicycle!
A. ? stole
B. ? stolen
C. ? stelt
12. Fall: The price of oil has rapidly since January.
A. ? fallen
B. ? fell
C. ? felt
13. Bring: Duncan's here, and he's some sandwiches!
A. ? brought
B. ? braught
C. ? brung
14. Feel: I've never so good!
A. ? fold
B. ? feelen
C. ? felt
15. Write: How many pages have you for your homework?
A. ? written
B. ? writen
C. ? wrote
16. Drink: It's so hot that I've five cans of Coke already this afternoon.
A. ? drunken
B. ? drank
C. ? drunk
17. Put: I found your grammar book under the table. I've it away on the bookshelf.
A. ? pought
B. ? putten
C. ? put
18. Hear: Have you about the accident?
A. ? heard
B. ? hearn
C. ? heared
19. Swim: She's never in the sea before.
A. ? swim
B. ? swum
C. ? swam
20. Eat: You've my lunch! How dare you!
A. ? eaten
B. ? ate
C. ? aten
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