IXL | Form and use the irregular past tense

Complete the sentence with the verb in past tense.

We iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirchoose to spend the summer at the beach.

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Complete the sentence with the verb in past tense.

He iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiispend some time cleaning up the house before Danielle came over.

Most verbs are regular in the past tense. That means you follow a rule like "add -ed" or "add -d" to get the past-tense form of the verb.

Some verbs are irregular in the past tense. That means you don't follow a rule. Instead, you must remember the past-tense form of the verb.

Jacob lost his keys.

(Lost is the irregular past-tense form of lose.)

Hayley drew a picture.

(Drew is the irregular past-tense form of draw.)

Alex bought a gift.

(Bought is the irregular past-tense form of buy.)

Zoe wore her boots.

(Wore is the irregular past-tense form of wear.)

The verb to spend is irregular. Its past-tense form is spent.

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