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Irregular Past Participles

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct past participle of the irregular verb in parentheses that should fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see section 14f of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    The capital of Brazil has _______ Brasilia for many years. (be)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

  2. Question

    Planners have ______ out Brasilia in a perfect grid. (lay)

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    		B.
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    		D.

  3. Question

    Brasilia has _____ on hard times because people do not like it. (fall)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

  4. Question

    Government workers in Brasilia have _______ building homes outside the town in the suburbs. (begin)

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    		B.
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    		D.

  5. Question

    They have _______ to pay more to live less comfortably but in more personalized homes. (choose)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct past participle of the irregular verb in parentheses that should fill in the blank.

For help with this exercise, see section 14f of Focus on Reading and Writing.

  1. Question

    Teachers have ______ math skills for generations by using simple memorization. (teach)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

  2. Question

    Have the children _______ their chores? (do)

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    		B.
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    		D.

  3. Question

    Even though his grades were higher, she was _______ by the teacher. (choose)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

  4. Question

    I don’t know what ________ of the project. (become)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.

  5. Question

    How was it ____? (make)

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.