| 3 | Irregular verbs
 

 

Put in the correct form of a suitable verb. Use each verb once!

put - ride - ring - rise - run - saw - say - sell - set - sew - shake - shine - shoot - show - shrink -  shut - sing- sink - sit - sleep - smell - sow - speak - spend - spill
 

1

The ship was ***** by her own crew.

2

She ***** down beside her son and told him a story.

3

 I was ***** to my seat by the usher.

4

We were all ***** by the news of the President's death.

5

The headmaster has *****  to Lisa about her behaviour.

6

I want all these buttons ***** on by tomorrow morning.

7

 What a wonderful bed. I ***** like a log!

8

 ***** your clothes where they belong!

9

 Who ***** that big horse in yesterday's race?

10

Is the house for sale? - Not any more. It was ***** last week.

11

 Ever since his father's death Ken's been ***** the firm alone.

12

 The monk ***** the bell and waited.

13

The waiter tripped over my foot and ***** the coffee.

14

 This Christmas carol has been ***** by generations.

15

Harry usually ***** his watch by the radio.

16

When my shirts were delivered from the laundry they had all *****

17

Brenda has *****  these last two weeks at a seaside resort.

18

After he had polished my shoes they ***** like patent leather.

19

'As a man ***** , so shall he reap.'

20

 I was probably talking too much because he asked me to ***** up.

21

The king had ***** from the table and came walking towards us.

22

We ***** off some branches on the apple-tree last week.

23

***** this rose!

24

Two enemy aircraft were ***** down.

25

The new managing director is ***** to be a very cautious man.