School Subjects in English
Vocabulary

Click on the word to hear its pronunciation and repeat it.

science: the study of the natural world and how things work
biology: the study of living things like plants, animals, and people
chemistry: the study of substances and how they change
mathematics ( math): the study of numbers, shapes, and calculations
algebra: a type of math that uses letters and numbers to solve problems
geometry: a type of math that studies shapes, sizes, and angles
trigonometry: a type of math that studies angles and triangles
physical education: a school class where students exercise and play sports
history: the study of past events and people
social studies: the study of society, culture, geography, and government

Exercise - School subjects

Select the correct answer.

3. Which is your favorite subject?
(There is no right or wrong answer.)

4. Which is your least favorite subject? (You don't like it.)
(There is no right or wrong answer.)

Past Participles

The past participle of the verb is used with the present perfect tense. The past participle is generally formed by adding the letters -ed to the end of the verb (the same way we form the simple past). However, there are many irregular past participle forms. Sometimes the past tense and the past participle are the same, and sometimes they are different. In each of the first lessons of the Advanced Level, we will learn some of the irregular past participle forms. The following table contains a list of some irregular past participle forms and their corresponding past tense forms for review.

Verb	Past	Participle
become	became	become
bring	brought	brought
feel	felt	felt
find	found	found
get	got	gotten
have	had	had
leave	left	left
put	put	put
run	ran	run
teach	taught	taught

pdf list of irregular verbs

Exercise - Sentences with irregular verbs

Use your imagination to write sentences in the blanks using irregular verbs. (Since there are so many possible answers, this exercise cannot be corrected.)

Example:
go: went - gone
Past

Participle

become: became - become
Past

Participle

bring: brought - brought
Past

Participle

feel: felt - felt
Past

Participle

find: found - found
Past

Participle

get: got - gotten
Past

Participle

have: had - had
Past

Participle

leave: left - left
Past

Participle

put: put - put
Past

Participle

run: ran - run
Past

Participle

teach: taught - taught
Past

Participle

Exercise - Irregular verbs

Fill in the table with the irregular verbs and then click the CHECK button. (If you type a space after the word, the computer will interpret it as an error when checking.)

Verb	Past	Participle
become
bring
feel
find
get
have
leave
put
run
teach

Exercise - Present, Past, or Participle

Write the verb in parentheses in the correct form (present, past, or participle) in the sentences below.

example
He's (find) a lot of interesting books at the library.

Writing

What is your favorite subject? Why do you like it?

Write in the comments section below. Passport to English is a community of people who want to learn English for free. Please be supportive of each other. If you see a mistake in someone's writing, please respond with the correction. Remember that comments other than those written by Janet Castrejon (the author of this website) do not represent Passport to English. If someone posts inappropriate comments on this page, please send a message to mail@passporttoenglish.com and include the page where you saw the comment.