Regular and Irregular verbs
Task 1) One of the verbs is regular, cross it out.
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feel – play – see – read
write – cut – listen – sing
help – be – fly – ring
clean – do – go – swim
sell – bring – like – teach
put – make – win – love
drive – look – hurt – speak
cry – shut – borrow – hit
beat – send – leave – throw
sell – open – drink - tell
hurry
flown
5
rode
6
woke
7
bought
struck
swam
thought
rose
brought
thought
taught
threw
shone
Task 4) In which rift could the verb be?
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zerbrechen
4
Task 3) Match the correct verbs together!
Did ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. rift
Loved ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. rift
Shot ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Use ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Cut ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Beat ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Changed ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Run ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Dance ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
Written ⃝ 1. rift ⃝ 2. rift ⃝ 3. Rift
German
won
3
wash
hurt
fight
travel
plan
fall
prefer
think
light
arrive
throw
swim
buy
bring
swear
shine
strike
teach
think
rise
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2
Task 2) Write down the simple past and past participle of
the verb. Then translate.
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Task 5) Fill in the gaps the correct verb.
Nr infinitive
simple past Past
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participle
phone
8
sichern
9
anhaben,
tragen
(Kleidung)
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
begun
blew
tried
used
sing
worked
Task 6) Is everything correct in the line?
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Play – played played – spielen ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Feed – feed – fed – füttern ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Bite – bit – bite ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Catch – caught – caught – fangen ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Steal – stole – stolen – stehlen ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Swing – swung – swing ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Wring – wrung – wrung – (aus-) wringen ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Start – start – started – starten ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Spray – sprayed – sprayed – sprühen ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Task 7) Is this verb irregular?
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Enjoy ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Try ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Sling ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Take ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Sell ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Mean ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Watch ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Live ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Lay ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Pay ⃝ yes ⃝ no
Lösungen:
Task 1) One verb is regular, cross it out.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Feel – play – see – read
write – cut – listen – sing
help – be – fly - ring
clean – do – go - swim
sell – bring – like - teach
put – make – win - love
drive – look – hurt - speak
cry – shut – borrow – hit
beat – send – leave - throw
sell – open – drink - tell
Task 2) Write down the simple past and past participle of
the verb.
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wash – washed – washed – waschen
hurt – hurt – hurt – verletzen
fight – fought – fought – kämpfen
travel – traveled – traveled – reisen
plan – planed – planed – planen
fall – fell – fallen – fallen
prefer – preferred – preferred – bevorzugen
think – thought – thought
light – lit – lit – anzünden
arrive – arrived – arrived - ankommen
Nr.
won
gewinnen
2
break
broke
broken
zerbrechen
3
hurry
hurried
hurried
verletzen
4
fly
flew
flown
fliegen
5
ride
rode
ridden
reiten
6
wake
woke
woken
aufwecken
7
phone
phoned
phoned
8
save
saved
saved
telefoniere
n
sichern
9
wear
wore
worn
10
begin
began
begun
11
blow
blew
blown
anhaben,
tragen
(Kleidung)
Beginnen,
anfangen
blasen
12
try
tried
tried
versuchen
13
use
used
used
benutzen
14
sing
sang
sung
singen
15
work
worked
worked
arbeiten
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Task 7)
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2. rift
2. and 3. Rift
2. and 3. rift
1. rift
1. rift, 2. rift and 3. rift
1. rift and 2. rift
2. rift and 3. rift
1. rift and 3. rift
1. rift
3. Rift
Task 5) Fill in the gaps the correct verb.
infinitive
simple past
Past participle
won
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bought
struck
swore
stuck
rose
brought
thought
taught
threw
shone
Task 4) In which rift could the verb be?
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win
Task 6)
Task 3) Match the correct verbs together!
throw
stick
buy
bring
swear
shine
strike
teach
think
rise
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German
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes