Irregular Verbs Exercise 7 — 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.
- On top, header section of the quiz, you will see the “title of the quiz,’ ‘spending-time,’ ‘value of question in points,’ and ‘number of questions.”
- Below on footer, you will see Full Screen mode. As the name suggests, it covers the whole screen. It will save a lot of your time attempting the quiz.
- You can zoom the images given in the questions.
- After submitting the quiz, you can see your score and compare with other users.
- The Full Leaderboard link will take you to a page, where you can see all users attempts.
- Below the quiz box, there are explanation of each options. You can study and try again.
- Best of Luck!
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. She always carefully __ the manuscript before submitting it.
A) proofreads B) proofread C) proofreaded D) proofred
Verb (forms & meaning): proofread — V1 proofread, V2 proofread, V3 proofread. To check text for errors.
Correct: A) proofreads. The form stays the same in present because of “Always”; the sentence describes present routine, so we use Present Indefinite here and “She” comes with “Verb 1st + s/es.”
B is wrong because past tense doesn’t suit here because of this option “proofreads.” If the Present Indefinite option is not given then we consider Past Indefinite Tense here.
C is wrong because “proofreaded” is grammatically incorrect.
D is wrong because “proofred” is misspelled.
2. The losses were partially __ by the increased holiday sales.
A) offset B) offseted C) offsets D) offsit
Verb (forms & meaning): offset — V1 offset, V2 offset, V3 offset. To counterbalance.
Correct: A) offset. This is passive voice requiring the past participle, and “offset” works as V3.
B is wrong because “offseted” is incorrect.
C is wrong because “offsets” is simple present.
D is wrong because “offsit” is not a verb.
3. In times of trouble, people often __ guidance from their elders.
A) seek B) sought C) seeked D) seak
Verb (forms & meaning): seek — V1 seek, V2 sought, V3 sought. To look for.
Correct: A) seek. The structure “often __” indicates habitual present, so the base form “seek” fits.
B is wrong because past tense is not appropriate for routine actions.
C is wrong because “seeked” is incorrect.
D is wrong because “seak” is misspelled.
4. He __ his bike across the long countryside road yesterday.
A) rode B) ride C) ridden D) rided
Verb (forms & meaning): ride — V1 ride, V2 rode, V3 ridden. To travel on something such as a bicycle.
Correct: A) rode. Simple past is required here.
B is wrong because base form doesn’t express past.
C is wrong because “ridden” is a participle needing a helper.
D is wrong because “rided” is an incorrect form.
5. Her performance last night completely __ everyone else’s.
A) outshone B) outshine C) outshineded D) outshown
Verb (forms & meaning): outshine — V1 outshine, V2 outshone/outshined, V3 outshone/outshined. To be better than.
Correct: A) outshone. In past simple, “outshone” is the traditional form.
B is wrong because the base form doesn’t express the past event.
C is wrong because “outshineded” is not English.
D is wrong because “outshown” is incorrect.
6. She cannot __ properly when she is extremely nervous.
A) speak B) spoke C) spoken D) speek
Verb (forms & meaning): speak — V1 speak, V2 spoke, V3 spoken. To use words verbally.
Correct: A) speak. After “cannot,” the base verb is required.
B is wrong because past tense cannot follow a modal.
C is wrong because past participles need auxiliaries.
D is wrong because “speek” is not a word.
7. The dog __ on the grass for hours, refusing to move.
A) lay B) lie C) lain D) lied
Verb (forms & meaning): lie (to recline) — V1 lie, V2 lay, V3 lain. To rest in a flat position.
Correct: A) lay. The sentence is in simple past, so “lay” is the correct past of “lie.”
B is wrong because present tense doesn’t match the timeline.
C is wrong because “lain” is the participle requiring a helper verb.
D is wrong because “lied” is from the verb “lie” meaning to tell falsehoods.
8. They decided to __ the entire design after discovering major flaws.
A) redo B) redid C) redone D) redoe
Verb (forms & meaning): redo — V1 redo, V2 redid, V3 redone. To do again.
Correct: A) redo. After “to,” the base form is required.
B is wrong because “redid” is past tense.
C is wrong because “redone” is a participle.
D is wrong because “redoe” is not a word.
9. The hunter __ at the target but missed completely.
A) shot B) shoot C) shooted D) shote
Verb (forms & meaning): shoot — V1 shoot, V2 shot, V3 shot. To fire a weapon.
Correct: A) shot. The past action requires the simple past.
B is wrong because “shoot” is base form.
C is wrong because “shooted” is incorrect.
D is wrong because “shote” is not a verb.
10. Please __ down and wait for your name to be called.
A) sit B) sat C) sitt D) sitten
Verb (forms & meaning): sit — V1 sit, V2 sat, V3 sat. To rest on a seat.
Correct: A) sit. An imperative command uses the base form.
B is wrong because “sat” is past tense.
C is wrong because “sitt” is misspelled.
D is wrong because “sitten” is not a form.
