Present Perfect 2: Irregular Past Participles

To make the present perfect, you need to use HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. The past participles of most verbs are formed using -ED, but some common verbs have unusual past participles. In this exercise, you can test your knowledge of irregular past participles.

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Begin: We're late -- the game has already ______.
1. begin
2. begun
3. began
Break: Shelley can't go skiing any more. She has ______ her leg.
1. broken
2. breaken
3. broke
Become: In the last few years, it has ______ more and more difficult to get into college.
1. become
2. became
3. becume
Bring: Duncan's here, and he's ______ some sandwiches!
1. braught
2. brung
3. brought
Choose: She's getting married in a week, and she hasn't ______ her dress yet.
1. choosen
2. chose
3. chosen
Drink: It's so hot that I've ______ five cans of Coke already this afternoon.
1. drank
2. drunk
3. drunken
Eat: You've ______ my lunch! How dare you!
1. eaten
2. ate
3. aten
Fall: The price of oil has ______ rapidly since January.
1. fell
2. felt
3. fallen
Feel: I've never ______ so good!
1. felt
2. feelen
3. fold
Hear: Have you ______ about the accident?
1. heared
2. hearn
3. heard
Lose: I've ______ my grammar book. Have you seen it?
1. lost
2. loose
3. losen
Put: I found your grammar book under the table. I've ______ it away on the bookshelf.
1. put
2. putten
3. pought
Run: Jan's out of breath because she's ______ all the way from the bus terminal.
1. ran
2. run
3. runnen
Sell: Have you ______ your car yet?
1. sellen
2. sole
3. sold
Show: Stewart hasn't ______ up yet. He must have been delayed.
1. shown
2. shew
3. showed
Sleep: I was so exhausted after the exam that I ______ for twelve hours.
1. sleep
2. sleeped
3. slept
Steal: Someone has ______ my bicycle!
1. stolen
2. stole
3. stelt
Swim: She's never ______ in the sea before.
1. swim
2. swum
3. swam
Teach: Gerry has ______ English at UVic for many years.
1. tought
2. taught
3. teach
Write: How many pages have you ______ for your homework?
1. writen
2. wrote
3. written