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POSITIVE FORM—Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs
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are irregular in Past Simple in the positive only (not in the 
nega tive or question form)
I
had a lecture yesterday.
You
made the right decision. 
He/She/It came* to the station in time.
We
took that course last semester.
You
spent too much money on your holiday.
They
saw us during the conference. 
I
was born in Moscow.
You 
were good at English.
He
was 6 years old when he went to school.
She
was in Paris some years ago.
It
was the most interesting event in my life.
We
were at the opera yesterday.
You
were late for classes on Monday.
They
were in the country at the weekend.
Exercise 3. Underline the word which does not belong to each list. Give 
the present tense form of the verbs.
Example: walked typed ran climbed (run)
a) studied
cut
read
sent
b) worked
listened
watched
saw
c) thought
carried
lent
brought
d) cooked
shook
rode
forgave
a) disliked
closed
meant
showed
b) phoned
sank
fought
rang
c) said
visited
struck
grew
d) dealt
agreed
stopped
tried
Exercise 4. Complete the sentences putting the verbs provided below in 
Past Simple. Use each verb only once.
sell
wear
hurt
come
spend
get
have
wake up
make
buy
fly
drive
creep
fall
run
cost
keep
drink
go
rise
do
lie
see
eat
understand
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List of irregular verbs. See Appendix p. 228–229

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Example: They drove from London to Manchester last weekend.
1. I ___________ early, and ___________ out of bed.
2. We ___________ nothing at the party, because we were not hungry.
3. She ___________ a beautiful dress to the party.
4. Don ___________ down the stairs and ___________ his leg.
5. We needed money badly, so we __________ our car.
6. Ann ___________a lot of money yesterday. She ___________ a laptop. 
7. On Monday I ___________ to London to see a friend of mine.
8. My niece ___________ different pets, when she was a girl.
9. The price of petrol ___________ again last month.
10. I first ___________ Clark at the party only yesterday.
11. Dan ___________ the marathon in two hours.
12. Olga ___________ a lot of friends, when she was on holiday in the Neth-
erlands.
13. They ___________ champagne to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
14, They ___________ home late last night.
15. She ___________ a headache yesterday.
16. As teenagers, we ___________ each other very well.
17. He was so tired, that he ___________ down for a while on the sofa.
18. They ___________ to Spain the day before yesterday.
19. In 2015, I ___________ an office job for six weeks.
20. We ___________ upstairs so as not to wake the grandpa.