BBC grammar 51 quizzes 2005 2009 (14)

Quiznet Topic: irregular verb forms BBC Learning English – Quiznet Try the quiz online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html ;quiz=170_irregular Quiz topic: Irregular past tense I couldn’t sleep last night, I _ up around and couldn’t get back to sleep again until a) woke b) wake c) waken d) waked Fearless aviator Wiley Post _ around the world in the first ever solo around-the-world flight in 1933 a) flied b) flown c) flyed d) flew I _ you said it was going to be a nice day? a) think b) thought c) thinked d) taught They _ all around Greece last summer a) driven b) drive c) drove d) drived Who _ my fish and chips? I was going to have that for my dinner tonight! a) ate b) eat c) eight d) eaten She _ English at a university in Canada a) teach b) teached Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning English – Quiznet c) taught d) taughted Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning English – Quiznet Quiz topic: Irregular past tense Answers I feel awful! I couldn’t sleep last night, I _ up around and couldn’t get back to sleep again until a) woke b) wake c) waken d) waked a) The past of the verb ‘wake’ is ‘woke’ b) ‘Wake’ is the infinitive and present form c) ‘Waken’ does not exist d) What’s the irregular past of this verb? Fearless aviator Wiley Post _ around the world in the first ever solo around-the-world flight in 1933 a) flied b) flown c) flyed d) flew a) What’s the irregular past of this verb? b) This is the past participle, what’s the past form? c) What’s the irregular past of this verb? d) The past of the verb ‘fly’ is ‘flew’ I _ you said it was going to be a nice day? a) think b) thought c) thinked d) taught a) Think is the infinitive and present form b) The past form of the verb ‘think’ is ‘thought’ c) What’s the irregular past of this verb? d) ‘Taught’ is the past form of the verb ‘teach’ Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning English – Quiznet They _ all the around Greece last summer a) driven b) drive c) drove d) drived a) ‘Driven’ is the past participle, what’s the past form? b) ‘Drive’ is the infinitive and present form c) The past form of the verb ‘drive’ is ‘drove’ d) What’s the irregular past of this verb? Who _ my fish and chips? I was going to have that for my dinner tonight! a) ate b) eat c) eight d) eaten a) ‘Ate’ is the past form of the verb ‘eat’ b) ‘Eat’ is the infinitive and present form c) ‘Eight’ is pronounced like the past of the verb ‘eat’ but is not the correct spelling d) ‘Eaten’ is the past participle, what’s the past form? She _ English at a university in Canada a) teach b) teached c) taught d) taughted a) ‘Teach’ is the infinitive and present form b) What’s the irregular past of this verb? c) ‘taught’ is the past form of the verb ‘teach’ d) What’s the irregular past of this verb? Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of ... 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning English – Quiznet c) taught d) taughted Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning... d) ‘Taught’ is the past form of the verb ‘teach’ Quiznet April, 2006 bbclearningenglish.com © BBC Learning English Page of BBC Learning English – Quiznet They _ all the around Greece last.. .BBC Learning English – Quiznet Try the quiz online: http://www .bbc. co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html