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20. Lola and Tim 
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for new tennis rackets every other spring. (base form of shop)
 Exercise 2
Write the form of the verb indicated.
past participle of clean
cleaned
1. present participle of post 
2. past of dry 
3. past participle of shell 
4. base form of clip 
5. past participle of brush 
6. present participle of donate 
7. past of stop 
8. past of dance 
9. base form of explode 
10. present participle of wonder 
11. present participle of pry 
12. past participle of starve 
13. past of plant 
14. past participle of harvest 
15. base form of work 
16. past participle of ship 
17. present participle of allude 
18. past of drop 
19. past participle of tick 
20. past of charge 
21. present participle of shake 
22. past of love 
23. present participle of bend 
24. past participle of look 
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 Exercise 1
Underline the verb form in parentheses that best completes each sentence. Write
whether the verb form is a base form, a past, a present participle, or a past participle.
base form
The girls (sleeping, sleep) less in the fall than they do in the winter.
1. Stanley (drawn, drew) the winning number.
2. The nervous juror (cast, casted) the deciding vote.
3. The running back (torn, tore) through the defense.
4. I have (flown, flew) in an airplane before.
5. Elliot has (beat, beaten) enough eggs for the recipe.
6. The child (is growing, grown) out of all his clothes.
7. Who (chose, choosed) to rent this movie?
Lesson 36
Irregular Verbs: Principal Parts
Irregular verbs form their past and past participle in ways different from the -ed addition
used for regular verbs. 
Present participle:
He is shaking the politician’s hand.
Past:
The car shook at speeds higher than forty miles per hour.
Past participle:
We have shaken the ingredients as the recipe specified.
PRINCIPAL PARTS OF SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
BASE FORM
teach
take
freeze
sing
become
grow
burst
tear
write
steal
swim
buy
bite
draw
sleep
stand
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
teaching
taking
freezing
singing
becoming
growing
bursting
tearing
writing
stealing
swimming
buying
biting
drawing
sleeping
standing
PAST
taught
took
froze
sang
became
grew
burst
tore
wrote
stole
swam
bought
bit
drew
slept
stood
PAST PARTICIPLE
taught
taken
frozen
sung
become
grown
burst
torn
written
stolen
swum
bought
bitten
drawn
slept
stood
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8. Maria (sneaking, sneaked) in through an open window.
9. The room was dark after I (blown, blew) out the candles.
10. The biologists have (frozen, froze) those specimens.
11. On weekends, I (teach, taught) piano and guitar in a local music
shop.
12. Look what the dog (drug, dragged) in.
13. The boys (ate, eaten) all the pie.
14. Uncle Fletcher has (climbed, climb) that hill before.
15. For weeks, we have (knew, known) about the test.
16. In the second half, the referees ( blew, blown) their whistles often.
17. Nick (runned, ran) for student council.
18. Monica has (drunk, drank) all the milk.
19. Annie (got, gotten) a raise after working six months.
20. I (bursted, burst) the balloon with a pin.
 Exercise 2
Write in the blank the verb form indicated. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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past participle of 
choose
chosen
1. past of dive
2. past participle of teach
3. past participle of buy
4. past of lay
5. past of pay
6. past participle of preach
7. past participle of throw
8. past of grow
9. past of tow
10. past participle of sting
11. past of ride
12. past of bite