Irregular Verbs: Memory Challenge

ate bought brought did drove flew forgot got had

paid said sang saw spoke stood took went wrote

Replace the verbs in the sentences below

with their conjugated forms from the box
above.

1. My wife (buy)_________ a new car yesterday.

2. I (write)_________ an essay in English last week.

3. She (eat)__________ a salad and two apples for lunch.

4. He (forget)________ his mother’s birthday last year.

5. They (fly)_________ to Madrid from London.

6. She (go)_________ to the park for a run about an hour ago.

7. I (speak)__________ to them on the telephone this morning.

8. We (take)_________ the train to Madrid last night.

9. They (sing)_________ Happy Birthday to their grandmother at the party.

10. The children (bring)_________ their books to the class.

11. They (have)__________ plenty of food to eat.

12. You (stand)__________ next to me in the queue for the bus yesterday morning.

13. They (drive)________ a long way by car to get here.

14. He (get)___________ a lot of presents for his birthday.

15. She (do)___________ all her homework before going to bed.

16. I (see)___________ him in the street on my way to work.

17. We (pay)___________ them for the food and then we left the restaurant.

18. She (say)___________ her name was June.

Now play the games and see how much

you can remember!
 Answers

1. My wife (buy) bought a new car yesterday.

2. I (write) wrote an essay in English last week.

3. She (eat) ate a salad and two apples for lunch.

4. He (forget) forgot his mother’s birthday last year.

5. They (fly) flew to Madrid from London.

6. She (go) went to the park for a run about an hour ago.

7. I (speak) spoke to them on the telephone this morning.

8. We (take) took the train to Madrid last night.

9. They (sing) sang Happy Birthday to their grandmother at the party.

10. The children (bring) brought their books to the class.

11. They (have) had plenty of food to eat.

12. You (stand) stood next to me in the queue for the bus yesterday morning.

13. They (drive) drove a long way by car to get here.

14. He (get) got a lot of presents for his birthday.

15. She (do) did all her homework before going to bed.

16. I (see) saw him in the street on my way to work.

17. We (pay) paid them for the food and then we left the restaurant.

18. She (say) said her name was June.

Irregular Past Verb: Bingo Game
Cut out and place the definition slips in a cup or envelope. Cut out the bingo cards and give to the students. Take a conjugation slip
from the cup one at a time and read the infinitive form aloud. Students tick off the corresponding conjugations. Once a student has
crossed out 5 words on a card they shout “bingo” and the round starts again with fresh cards. Repeat the process 3 times.

Conjugation Slips
ate (on card) = bought (on card) = brought (on card)= did (on card)= drove (on card) =

(Say aloud) eat (Say aloud) buy (Say aloud) bring (Say aloud) do (Say aloud) drive
flew (on card) = forgot (on card) = got (on card) = had (on card) = paid (on card) =

(Say aloud) fly (Say aloud) forget (Say aloud) get (Say aloud) have (Say aloud) pay
said (on card) = sang (on card) = saw (on card) = spoke (on card) = stood (on card) =
(Say aloud) see (Say aloud) speak
(Say aloud) say (Say aloud) sing (Say aloud) stand
took (on card) = went (on card) = wrote (on card) =

(Say aloud) take (Say aloud) go (Say aloud) write

Bingo Cards
ate did
Bingo Cards
saw spoke
sang
drove flew ate
paid got
flew stood
forgot paid bought
paid had said
flew wrote
sang had
bought paid forgot
saw spoke drove
said saw
drove paid
flew brought flew
forgot did spoke
had sang
had stood
got sang went
bought spoke took
stood bought
sang forgot
had went forgot
saw
brought drove
ate wrote
did said
flew got
took
saw went
got
brought paid
saw took
ate took
stood
wrote
did ate
went forgot
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Print out each back, double-sided, twice.

Laminate and cut out.

Divide into two packs, one green and one violet.

There should be two of each word in each pack.

This game can only be played with even numbers.

If you have a group of odd numbers then you should join in the game to make up the
numbers.

For a game of two players just give them a pack of 1 colour (violet or green) each.

Groups of four shouldn’t be a problem.

Players put their cards in front of them face down.

Players take it in turns to place a card in the middle, word side up – without looking
at it first.

When the card lands in the centre of the table, all the players should say the word.

If a card lands on top of a card that is the same but in the past, somebody must say
“snap!” to win that round.

After saying snap, the winner must say the pronunciation for both words correctly
and also say a sentence in the past.

The winner then takes all the cards in the centre and places them next to their pile.

The winner of the game is the last person left with all the cards.