All Irregular Verbs Quiz 4 (V1 / V2 / V3) With Full Grammar Explanation And Easy Hacks

A) bled B) bleed C) bleeding D) bleedn

Verb (forms & meaning): bleed — V1 bleed, V2 bled, V3 bled. To lose blood.

Correct: A) bled. Past perfect “had ___” requires a past participle; “bled” indicates the action of bleeding had already taken place and possibly continued up to that earlier point, explaining the surgeon’s concern. It stresses that bleeding occurred before the check.

Why B) bleed is wrong: “Bleed” is the base form and cannot come after “had” in a past perfect construction.
Why C) bleeding is wrong: “Bleeding” is the present participle and would imply ongoing action without the past perfect’s completed aspect; the grammar requires V3 here.
Why D) bleedn is wrong: “Bleedn” is not an English form and is therefore invalid.

A) read B) readed C) reads D) reading

Verb (forms & meaning): read — V1 read (pronounced /riːd/), V2 read (pronounced /rɛd/), V3 read (pronounced /rɛd/). To look at and understand written symbols; forms are spelt the same but pronounced differently.

Correct: A) read. Although the spelling is identical across forms, the grammar relies on the sentence base rules. Here in this case the sentence started in past “were surprised” so “Read” may be past form (V2) or past participle (V3) but there is no “had” with subject “He.” Without “Had” there won’t be any “V3,” so it signals to Past Indefinite tense – an old truth. In meaning: he did not previously use a map, so his unfamiliarity caused surprise.

Why B) readed is wrong: “Readed” is a malformed attempt at regularization; it is not a valid form.
Why C) reads is wrong: “Reads” is third-person singular present; it cannot be used after “were surprised” in the same sentence.
Why D) reading is wrong: “Reading” is the -ing form used for continuous/progressive meanings and cannot replace the past form required here.

A) begun  B) began  C) begin  D) beginned

Verb (forms & meaning): dig — V1 dig, V2 dug, V3 dug. To excavate or remove earth.

Correct: A) dug. Past perfect requires V3; “dug” indicates they had already excavated the coins prior to noon. The completed act of excavation explains why coins were available by that time.

Why B) dig is wrong: The base form cannot follow “had.”
Why C) dugged is wrong: This is a mistaken regularization; “dug” is the correct irregular past form.
Why D) digging is wrong: The -ing form implies ongoing action, but “had” signals completion relative to noon.

A) lurking B) lurk C) lurked D) lurkled

Verb (forms & meaning): lurk — V1 lurk, V2 lurked, V3 lurked. To remain hidden and wait or move stealthily. It is a regular verb now, it was an irregular verb before.

Correct: A) lurking. This item intentionally places the -ing form as the correct answer to test a different construction: after “had” we might sometimes have “been + V-ing” implied, and in natural speech “had been lurking” is common.

Why B) lurk is wrong: Base form is not grammatical in the place of a participle or progressive marker; it does not create the intended progressive sense.
Why C) lurked is wrong: “Lurked” as V2/V3 would be grammatically possible in “had lurked,” but that changes nuance — “had lurked” emphasizes discrete past states rather than an ongoing hidden presence. The test design here favors the progressive nuance.
Why D) lurkled is wrong: Nonexistent form and clearly invalid.

A) wrought B) wroughted C) work D) working

Verb (forms & meaning): work (archaic past participle wrought) — V1 work, V2 worked/wrought, V3 worked/wrought. To shape metal by hammering.

Correct: A) wrought. In historical and technical contexts, “wrought” functions as the past participle for certain senses of work, particularly metalworking. “Had wrought the metal” expresses completed shaping prior to quenching. This gives an older, formal tone suited to craft descriptions.

Why B) wroughted is wrong: Combining irregular and -ed is invalid; the correct irregular participle is “wrought.”
Why C) work is wrong: Base form cannot follow “had.”
Why D) working is wrong: Present participle, which would indicate ongoing action rather than the completed shaping required here.

A) told  B) tell  C) telled  D) telling

Verb (forms & meaning): tell — V1 tell, V2 told, V3 told. To communicate information to someone.

Correct: A) told. The clause “ you ___” calls for the past form; “told” is correct. “I wish you told me earlier” expresses regret: you did not tell me earlier and I wish that were different.

Why B) tell is wrong: “Tell” is base form; it cannot immediately follow “I wish.” It is universal rule when we make sentence like “I wish / I hope…” we show a regret of the past, hence, they always come with “Past sentence.”
Why C) telled is wrong: “Telled” is not a correct English form. The irregular past is “told,” not “telled.”
Why D) telling is wrong: “Telling” suggests a continuous or progressive action and would change the meaning and grammar — it doesn’t work in Past Indefinite.

A) come B) came C) comes D) comed

Verb (forms & meaning): come — V1 come, V2 came, V3 come. To move or travel toward a point; in phrasal uses, “come to a stop” means to stop.

Correct: A) come. After “might” we need the base form; for come the V1 & V3 is “come.” All modals comes with “V1 / base form.” “Might come to a stop” tells us the machine was possible to stop its movement before the observation.

Why B) came is wrong: “Came” is V2 (simple past), and after “might” the base form is required.
Why C) comes is wrong: Present tense third-person singular; not appropriate with “might.”
Why D) comed is wrong: Not an English form; come is irregular and does not take –ed.

A) ground B) grind C) grounded D) grinding

Verb (forms & meaning): grind — V1 grind, V2 ground, V3 ground. To reduce to small particles by crushing.

Correct: A) ground. Past perfect requires V3; “ground” indicates the milling process was completed before lunchtime and the flour was ready. It emphasizes sequence: grinding happened first.

Why B) grind is wrong: Base form cannot follow “had.”
Why C) grounded is wrong: While “grounded” exists as a separate adjective/verb meaning “attach to ground or punish,” the standard past/participle for grind in this context is “ground.” “Grounded” would change meaning and likely confuse the sentence.
Why D) grinding is wrong: Present participle, not the completed action indicated by “had.”

A) flung B) flunged C) fling D) flinging

Verb (forms & meaning): fling — V1 fling, V2 flung, V3 flung. To throw with force or carelessly.

Correct: A) flung. Past Modals requires the past participle after have; “flung” shows the toys were already possible to be thrown before the adult entered. It communicates slight chance to complete, often careless action preceding the later observation.

Why B) flunged is wrong: Incorrect extension of -ed to an irregular form; not standard.
Why C) fling is wrong: Base form cannot follow “could have.”
Why D) flinging is wrong: Present participle/gerund; would indicate ongoing throwing if used differently, but not the completed state required here.

A) hung B) hunged C) hang D) hanging

Verb (forms & meaning): hang — V1 hang, V2 hung/hanged, V3 hung/hanged (use “hung” for objects; “hanged” for executions). To suspend.

Correct: A) hung. In the passive construction “had been ___,” the past participle is required; “hung” is correct for an object placed on a wall. “Had been hung” tells us the picture was already mounted prior to the arrival of guests.

Why B) hunged is wrong: Not an English form; irregular verbs like hang do not take -ed in standard object-suspension uses.
Why C) hang is wrong: Base form cannot follow auxiliary constructions like “had been.”
Why D) hanging is wrong: Present participle used for progressive constructions (had been hanging) — although “had been hanging” could be used — here the test expects the past participle as in passive “had been hung.”