Cloze Reading

Irregular Past Tense Verbs Cloze

Fill in the blanks below with one of the 15 irregular past tense verbs in the box.

began blew bought

brought caught drew

grew heard knew

said sang sat

sent slept threw

(1) Last year, we __grew_______________ carrots and tomatoes in our garden.

(2) She _____threw____________ the ball to her friend.

(3) The wind _blew________________ the signs down.

(4) He ___sang______________ a song for the class.

(5) She ________bought_________ some milk at the store.

(6) I was tired so I ____slept_____________ all morning.

(7) He ______caught___________ a fish at the lake.

(8) We ______drew___________ pictures in art class.

(9) I ____________knew_____ the answer so I put up my hand.

(10) He ________sent_________ an email to his classmates.

(11) I _______sat__________ on the floor because there were no chairs.

(12) My mom ____brought_____________ a pie to the picnic.

(13) She _________heard________ a noise outside.

(14) He __________said_______, "I will help you."

(15) It was a warm day so the snow __began_______________ to melt.

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