40 questions on irregular past participles in Past Perfect context: gone, seen, written, bought, put, and many more. Grouped by pattern.
Set:
Exercise 1: Common irregular participles in Past Perfect
Choose the correct past participle to complete each Past Perfect sentence. Remember: had + past participle (NOT past simple form).
Set:
1
She had ___ to Paris many times before moving there.
2
By the time he arrived, I had ___ the film.
3
She had ___ him twice before he recognised her.
4
He had ___ the letter before sending it.
5
By morning, the snow had ___ for hours.
6
I had ___ him about the problem before the meeting.
7
She had ___ the answer for years.
8
They had ___ a new car the month before.
9
I had ___ in that restaurant before: the food was great.
10
By the time we reached the top, the sun had ___.
Reminder: Past Perfect = had + past participle
hadpast participle(NOT past simple form!)
She had gone, NOT 'she had went'
He had seen, NOT 'he had saw'
They had run, NOT 'they had ran'
Group 1: -en / -n endings
Base form
Past simple
Past participle (had ___)
go
went
gone
see
saw
seen
write
wrote
written
break
broke
broken
choose
chose
chosen
drive
drove
driven
speak
spoke
spoken
steal
stole
stolen
wear
wore
worn
fall
fell
fallen
grow
grew
grown
know
knew
known
take
took
taken
rise
rose
risen
eat
ate
eaten
Group 2: -ought / -aught (same past simple and participle)
Base form
Past simple
Past participle
buy
bought
bought
bring
brought
brought
catch
caught
caught
teach
taught
taught
think
thought
thought
fight
fought
fought
Group 3. Same form (base = past simple = past participle)
Base form
Past simple
Past participle
put
put
put
cut
cut
cut
hit
hit
hit
let
let
let
set
set
set
cost
cost
cost
hurt
hurt
hurt
Common confusions
Wrong (past simple form)
Correct (past participle)
Note
had went
had gone
go → went → gone
had saw
had seen
see → saw → seen
had wrote
had written
write → wrote → written
had fell
had fallen
fall → fell → fallen
had ran
had run
run → ran → run
had did
had done
do → did → done
had came
had come
come → came → come
had gave
had given
give → gave → given
★ Most common mistakes: “had went” (should be had gone), “had saw” (should be had seen), “had fell” (should be had fallen), “had ran” (should be had run). The past simple and past participle of irregular verbs are often different: always use the third column of the verb table after “had”.