EXERCISE 11–1Irregular verbs
Click on the correct verb in the parentheses.
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1 of 10
How many times have you (swore / sworn) to yourself, “I’ll diet tomorrow, after one more piece of cheesecake”?
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2 of 10
The tutor was satisfied that Max had (wrote / written) a fairly intelligent essay.
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3 of 10
All parents were asked to send a mat for students to (lie / lay) on.
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4 of 10
I just heard on the news that Claudia Brandolini has (broke / broken) the world record for her high jump.
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5 of 10
I think every cartoonist in America has (drew / drawn) at least one caricature of a president.
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6 of 10
On the first day of his summer vacation, Charles (lay / laid) in bed wondering why he had signed up for an eight o’clock class.
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7 of 10
I couldn’t believe it when my mother said that gasoline (cost / costed) fifty cents a gallon when she got her license.
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8 of 10
My old Chevy has been (drove / driven) more than 200,000 miles and is still getting me to work and back every day.
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9 of 10
Our son assured us that he had not even known about Aunt Minerva’s coin collection, let alone (stole / stolen) it.
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10 of 10
The girl said that she had been having difficulty sleeping, (lying / laying) awake because she feared the dark.
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