Irregular Verbs Exercise 10 — Advanced English Questions with Deep Grammar Explanation & Verb Forms
This Irregular Verb Exercise helps you master English verb forms (V1, V2, V3) through real grammar situations including passive voice, causatives, modals, future forms, conditional sentences, infinitives, –ing forms, perfect tenses, and more.
Each question leaves one irregular verb missing, and you must choose the correct form based on context.
Every question includes:
- The verb + POS
- Base, past, past participle forms
- Easy meanings
- Deep explanations for why the correct answer works
- And why each wrong answer is incorrect
Perfect for exam prep, speaking improvement, grammar mastery, and vocabulary building.
What are Irregular Verbs?
- Form: Verb 1st / 2nd / 3rd From.
- Definition: Irregular verbs are verbs that do NOT follow the regular -ed pattern in their past and past participle forms.
- Example:
- go → went → gone
- take → took → taken
- They must be memorized because their forms change unpredictably.
- When to use: when the action or object is more important than the actor, or actor unknown/irrelevant.
- Conversion tip: Irregular verbs appear across all English grammar structures, including perfect tenses, passive voice, modals, infinitives, participles, and causatives.
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Quiz Instructions
- Read each question and choose the best answer out of given options.
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Quiz Question, Answer and Explanation
Note: Do remember in the quiz box above, the questions and options will shuffle, so they won’t have the same sequence like 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C as below.
1. According to legend, the warrior __ the enemy with a single blow.
A) smote B) smitten C) smit D) smoted
Verb (forms & meaning): smite — V1 smite, V2 smote, V3 smitten. To strike forcefully.
Correct: A) smote. The narrative is past-tense storytelling; smote is the traditional simple past and conveys the decisive act that occurred in the past. It is the expected form in a historical or legendary recounting.
Why B) smitten is wrong: “Smitten” is V3 and would need an auxiliary for past perfect (“had smitten”), but without “had” or any reason to add past participle, it is wrong.
Why C) smit is wrong: Not a standard past form.
Why D) smoted is wrong: Incorrect regularization.
2. The network __ the concert live to millions of viewers.
A) telecasts B) telecasted C) telecasting D) telecast
Verb (forms & meaning): telecast — V1 telecast, V2 telecast, V3 telecast. To broadcast television content.
Correct: A) telecasts. The present form is identical to the past and past participle form; after “network” the base form telecast is appropriate to indicate the broadcast occurs generally and reaches millions. This form also works for past indefinite in many dialects but whenever there is a choice to choose between Present Indefinite and Others. Always choose Present Indefinite.
Why B) telecasted is wrong: Regularized form that’s not standard; telecast is correct.
Why C) telecasting is wrong: Present participle, indicating ongoing broadcast, not the completed past event.
Why D) telecast is wrong: As explained above, Past Indefinite lose to most common choice Present Indefinite.
3. She admitted she could never truly __ through the implications of her decision.
A) think B) thought C) thinked D) thinking
Verb (forms & meaning): think — V1 think, V2 thought, V3 thought. To use one’s mind in considering or reasoning about something.
Correct: A) think. Modals Could contexts use think to indicate a past possibility and ability of hers to think completely on her own; “could think through” means she was not able to fully consider the consequences earlier.
Why B) thought is wrong: Past or participle form cannot follow “could” because all modals comes with “V1 / base form.”
Why C) thinked is wrong: Not a valid form; think is irregular.
Why D) thinking is wrong: Present participle; would change aspect and not match “could” without “have been.”
4. He angrily __ the chewing gum onto the pavement.
A) spit B) spitted C) spitten D) spated
Verb (forms & meaning): spit — V1 spit, V2 spat (also spit in some dialects), V3 spat/spit. To eject saliva or a small object from the mouth.
Correct: A) spit. The simple past spit describes the completed action in the past: he expelled the gum and threw it onto the ground. This form is the common past in both British and many other varieties.
Why B) spitted is wrong: It is grammatically incorrect irregular form.
Why C) spitten is wrong: Nonstandard; the irregular past participle is typically spat (or spit dialectally), not spitten.
Why D) spated is wrong: Incorrect regularization.
5. The champion had __ the tournament three times before deciding to retire.
A) won B) win C) winned D) wone
Verb (forms & meaning): win — V1 win, V2 won, V3 won. To be victorious in a contest.
Correct: A) won. The past perfect or simple past context calls for the past form won; “had won the tournament three times” emphasizes the sequence and accumulation of victories before retirement.
Why B) win is wrong: Base form cannot stand for the past without auxiliary context.
Why C) winned is wrong: Incorrect regularization; win is irregular.
Why D) wone is wrong: Misspelling/nonstandard.
6. They accidentally __ on the freshly laid tiles and marked them.
A) trod B) tread C) trodden D) trodied
Verb (forms & meaning): tread — V1 tread, V2 trod, V3 trodden (or trod in some dialects). To step or walk on.
Correct: A) trod. The sentence recounts a past accidental action; trod is the standard past form and conveys that they stepped on the tiles previously, leaving marks. It fits simple past narration.
Why B) tread is wrong: The base form cannot represent the past action in this context.
Why C) trodden is wrong: Past participle; while it could be used in a perfect construction (“had trodden”), the sentence as given expects the simple past form.
Why D) trodied is wrong: Not an English form.
7. By dusk the festival organizers will have __ banners and leaflets across the city.
A) spread B) spreaded C) spreads D) spred
Verb (forms & meaning): spread — V1 spread, V2 spread, V3 spread. To distribute or extend over an area.
Correct: A) spread. Spread uses the same form for base, past and participle; here the future perfect requires the past participle / V3 and spread is correct — they will finish the distribution of materials before the sunset.
Why B) spreaded is wrong: Incorrect; the verb is irregular and does not take -ed.
Why C) spreads is wrong: Present third-person singular, not appropriate for future perfect narration.
Why D) spred is wrong: Misspelled and invalid.
8. Before the alarm sounded, someone had __ a watch from the jewelry stand.
A) stolen B) stole C) steal D) stealn
Verb (forms & meaning): steal — V1 steal, V2 stole, V3 stolen. To take property without permission.
Correct: A) stolen. The past perfect “had ___” needs the past participle; stolen indicates the watch was already taken before the alarm and frames the theft as prior to the later event.
Why B) stole is wrong: Simple past form; after “had” the participle is required.
Why C) steal is wrong: Base form cannot follow “had” in past perfect.
Why D) stealn is wrong: Not a valid form.
9. He __ the vase across the room, and it shattered on the floor.
A) threw B) throw C) thrown D) throuw
Verb (forms & meaning): throw — V1 throw, V2 threw, V3 thrown. To propel something with force through the air.
Correct: A) threw. The simple past “threw” correctly reports the completed past action that led to the vase breaking. It places the tossing earlier in the narrative.
Why B) throw is wrong: The base form cannot serve as a past tense marker without auxiliaries.
Why C) thrown is wrong: Past participle requires an auxiliary (e.g., “had thrown” or “was thrown”) to be grammatical here.
Why D) throuw is wrong: Misspelling and invalid.
10. After the argument, he felt ashamed because of __ in front of the children.
A) swearing B) swore C) swear D) sworn
Verb (forms & meaning): swear — V1 swear, V2 swore, V3 sworn. To utter a solemn or offensive statement.
Correct: A) swearing. The past participle -ing form comes after an important verb. When a sentence contains more than a single verb the extra verb will be either Infinitie, Gerund, or Participle. “because of ___” requires the past participle; swearing expresses that the utterance of the oath occurred before his later feeling of shame. It ties the act to his present remorse.
Why B) swore is wrong: V2 (simple past) is not correct after “of”; the grammar calls for V-ing in this case.
Why C) swear is wrong: Base form cannot follow as an extra verb after “of __.”
Why D) sworn is wrong: Though we can use past participle / V3, but the continuous flow of past makes more sense here. It livens up the sentence meaning.
