| 4 | Irregular verbs

 

Put in the correct form of a suitable verb. Use each verb once!
spin - split - spoil - spread - stand - steal - stick - sting - strike - swear - sweep - swim - swing - take - teach - tear - tell - think - throw - understand - wake - wear - win - wring - write
1	Some of the employees were ***** that they might lose their jobs.
2	He's actually ***** across the Channel several times.
3	I'll *****  your neck if you don't shut up.
4	The missile ***** a big hole in the side of the ship.
5	Unfortunately many of the children's toys have been *****  away.
6	Fred's language is awful. He ***** too much.
7	Jenny ***** over the firm after her father last year.
8	The car got nowhere. The wheels just *****  on the ice.
9	A wasp *****
10	His behaviour is awful. He must have been  *****   as a child.
11	My coat's gone! It must have been *****
12	We usually ***** up into two teams.
13	His last novel was *****  in Sicily, wasn't it?
14	It never *****  you that you might have been wrong, did it?
15	A cold mist *****  in from the sea last night.
16	A pendulum *****
17	My father was ***** to ride a horse when he was four.
18	Doris has *****  many prizes.
19	We got *****  in a traffic jam this morning.
20	Flies *****  disease.
21	I ***** in a queue for two hours to get tickets.
22	That old jacket isn't worth mending. It's *****  out.
23	When the kids were small they *****  me up early in the morning.
24	I ***** every word he said. He spoke perfect Estonian.
25	I wonder why he never ***** of inviting me.