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IRREGULAR VERBS Find the correct 2nd form:   am - waswere is - waswere are - waswere say - satsadsaid meet - meatmetmeed take - tooktakentold hold - holdheldheard go - goesgonewent leave - leftrightleaves put - putputspan know - newknewknown have - hashadhat read - readsredread ring - ringsrangrung hear - herehearedheard run - ranrunruns sit - satseatsits tell - taletellstold     What verb is correct in the sentence?   Dad heardwentread a book. Zoe metsaidput, "I don´t know." The parrot knewsatleft in the tree. Paul heardranheld a noise. I saidrangput my school bag on my bed. We wentmettold him a story. I wentsaidput to England. Mum ranrangheld my hand. He heardmethad baked beans for breakfast. The doorbell toldrangsat . They metranread him on the playground. Karen knewtookwent the answer. At half past seven Dora leftsatknew for school. I saidtooktold two bananas. The cat saidputran up the tree.     OLIVIA´S BIRTHDAY PRESENT   Find the correct past form / 2nd form:   Last Friday my phone watchedwererang. It toldwassaid my best friend Olivia. She saidwashedmet, "Hi, Tina. Can you come to my place?" "Sure, great. I´ll be there in five minutes", I playedansweredmet. I toldleftrang my room and readranknew over to Olivia´s house. She metrangheld me at the door. She lookedranmet very excited. We hadwentheard into the living room and satheldmet down on the sofa. There she toldheardsat me why she werewashad so excited:   It weresaidwas her birthday last Thursday. Her Dad knewtookrang that she wantedleftsaid a pet. On her birthday there waswereread two birthday cards next to her bed. She satknewread them. One card said, "Come into the kitchen! We have a present for you!" So she puthadwent into the kitchen. There her Dad returnedheldtold a big box in his hand. "This is your birthday present", he metsaidheard. Olivia metwavedwas really excited. She tooktoldheard the box and saidputknew it on the floor. She hadranknew that the present was notheardheld a book or a CD - it werewentwas something special - Olivia rangsatheard noises coming from the box! When she openedmetsat the box, a little brown dog knewjumpedread out! It hadknewput a ribbon round its neck: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLIVIA! "WOW! What a lovely birthday present!", Olivia saidtooksat. "Thank you so much, Daddy!"     That afternoon we playedsaidtook with the dog and knewwentput to the park with him. Olivia namedleftmet him "Spotty". That hadmetwas a really great birthday! :)