Are you tired of the same old methods for teaching irregular verbs in your ESL classroom? Do your students struggle to memorize irregular verb forms? If so, you're not alone. As an ESL teacher, I've experienced firsthand the challenges students face when trying to master irregular verbs. That's why I've created a solution to make learning these tricky verbs easier and more enjoyable.
Showing posts with label irregular verbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irregular verbs. Show all posts
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024
Present Perfect Tense Reading Comprehension
I'm thrilled to share more goodies from my English teaching arsenal. If you've been following along, you know I've been crafting a series of reading comprehension materials designed to make English verb tenses not just understandable but downright enjoyable for kids. Today, let's dive into the latest addition to the collection – the present perfect tense.
Friday, September 15, 2023
Simple Past Tense Reading Comprehension
Hi, fellow teachers! I'm back with more exciting stuff for English classes. I've been working on a set of reading comprehension texts and worksheets to keep my grammar lessons more engaging and enjoyable, and today, I’d like to show you my simple past tense reading comprehension materials.
Friday, October 29, 2021
Irregular Verbs Exercises and Worksheets
Following my recent post about the printable irregular verbs posters, I’d like to show you, my fellow English teachers, some of my printable worksheets that I use to help my young students memorize dozens of English irregular verbs. These grammar worksheets offer my students some memory stimulating exercises and activities such as matching different forms of irregular verbs and relevant pictures, filling in the blanks in the lists of verbs (adding the missing verb form) and sentences in the past simple and present perfect tenses.
BUY THE IRREGULAR VERBS KIT IN PRINTER-READY PDF FILES
The kit includes printable irregular verbs worksheets and posters
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Learn more about the irregular verbs posters
The kit includes printable irregular verbs worksheets and posters
BUY THE IRREGULAR VERBS WORKSHEETS ONLY
Learn more about the irregular verbs posters
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Irregular Verb Charts - Printable Posters
Irregular verbs are one of the most challenging aspects of English grammar for non-native speakers and especially for kids. There are a lot of irregular verbs along with their confusing forms in English which makes it impossible for young students to memorize them quickly and easily. When I was at school I had to learn lists of irregular verbs and their past simple and past participle forms by heart. But it was hard to hold them in my memory for a long time anyway. It was a boring and painful experience. Now, being an English teacher, I ask myself what I can do to help kids memorize common irregular verbs without turning the process into a torture for their brains. And as you know, my go-to method of teaching English vocabulary to children is visualizing things. You might have already seen my irregular verb flashcards and puzzles. And recently I decided to design printable irregular verb charts in the form of posters incorporating pictures to visualize 100 verbs.
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One of five printable charts listing common irregular verbs and incorporating pictures to help students better memorize the verbs. |
BUY THE IRREGULAR VERBS KIT IN PRINTER-READY PDF FILES
The kit includes printable irregular verbs worksheets and charts (posters)
BUY IRREGULAR VERB CHARTS ONLY.
Recommended printing formats: A3 paper size (297 x 420 mm; 11.7 x 16.5 inches) or A1 paper size (594 x 841 mm; 23.39 x 33.11 inches).
Learn more about the irregular verbs worksheets
The kit includes printable irregular verbs worksheets and charts (posters)
BUY IRREGULAR VERB CHARTS ONLY.
Recommended printing formats: A3 paper size (297 x 420 mm; 11.7 x 16.5 inches) or A1 paper size (594 x 841 mm; 23.39 x 33.11 inches).
Learn more about the irregular verbs worksheets
Monday, March 23, 2020
Irregular Verbs Game
I remember the days when I was studying English irregular verbs at school. It was… well… boring to say the least. The concept of irregular verbs sounds weird to non-native speakers. All those irregular verbs lists and tables that many textbooks and dictionaries offer look intimidating to school kids. No wonder children have a hard time memorizing these verbs and their forms. Many grammar exercises designed to teach kids how to use irregular verbs do not boost young students’ memory either. Because all too often they are as boring as the long lists and tables in the textbooks. So I decided to add a little bit of fun into learning irregular verbs by offering my young students a printable board game. This irregular verbs game makes it easier for kids to memorize these special words and their forms thanks to lots of visually-appealing pictures and competitiveness of a game.
I have designed three printable game boards with some variations for kids to better memorize irregular verbs through a fun and visually enhanced activity. In my opinion, gamification is one of the best teaching methods to boost kids’ memory. This board game helps students memorize more than 80 English irregular verbs. Here are pictures of one of the game boards and its variations.
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Irregular Verbs Flashcards. Part 2.
Here are another ten printable flashcards that I created to help my students memorize irregular English verbs. I have designed enough cards to teach 92 irregular verbs. This batch of flashcards features the following verbs: catch, choose, come, cost, cut, dig, dive, draw, dream, drink.
Friday, August 30, 2019
Printable Flashcards to Learn 92 Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are considered to be one of the most challenging English grammar aspects especially for non-native speakers who start learning the language. This is why I have to return to the subject of irregular verbs now and then to help my students retain all the verb forms in their memories. Although I have plenty of grammar books, worksheets and other materials such as printable puzzles for teaching irregular verbs, there seems to be never enough resources for this incredibly hard part of the English language. It is especially true when it comes to teaching English to small kids who are very reluctant to memorize boring stuff. So, trying to make the process of learning irregular verbs more fun, I have designed a set of colorful printable flashcards.
I have created irregular verbs flashcards that incorporate the base form, simple past and past participle of the verbs along with relevant pictures helping form the association between words and their meaning. Since the majority of people are visual learners, I thought the visually appealing flashcards would help me effectively teach even the most boring grammar stuff to young students. Teachers using these flashcards can also cut off the simple past and past participle part to use it for some matching activities in the classroom. The flashcards are rather large and can be easily printed on A4 paper sheets or bigger formats if needed.
My collection of images allowed me to create flashcards to learn 92 irregular verbs. Here is a list of all of them: be, beat, become, bite, blow, break, bring, build, burn, buy, catch, choose, come, cost, cut, dig, dive, draw, dream, drink, drive, eat, fall, feed, feel, fight, find, fly, forbid, forget, freeze, get, give, go, grow, hang, have, hear, hide, hit, hold, hurt, know, lead, learn, leave, lend, let, lie, lose, make, mean, meet, pay, put, read, ride, ring, rise, run, say, see, sell, send, sew, shake, shine, shoot, show, sing, sink, sit, sleep, slide, smell, speak, spend, spread, stand, steal, sweep, swim, swing, take, tell, think, throw, understand, wake, wear, win, write.
I will be publishing my irregular verbs flashcards on my blog in the form images. My fellow EFL and ESL teachers and parents are welcome to use them for English classes. If you need high resolution printer-ready PDF version of this set of flashcards, you are welcome to buy it here.
Here are the first 10 printable irregular verb flashcards.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Irregular Verbs Puzzle Flashcards (Part 3)
Today I would like to share another part of my irregular verbs puzzle flashcards set. You can find other verb cards in my previous posts dedicated to this grammar topic. Irregular verbs are an essential and challenging part of learning English, but it's often rather difficult for students to remember them. My set of printable colorful puzzles helps children master three forms of irregular verbs fast and easily.
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The kit has 105 irregular verbs puzzle flashcards
The kit has 105 irregular verbs puzzle flashcards
This post contains 16 irregular verb puzzles for the following words.
slide – slid – slid
light – lit – lit
hit – hit – hit
let – let – let
set – set – set
spread – spread – spread
cut – cut – cut
shut – shut – shut
put – put – put
hurt – hurt – hurt
burst – burst – burst
cost – cost – cost
lose – lost – lost
get – got – got
tell – told – told
sell – sold – sold
light – lit – lit
hit – hit – hit
let – let – let
set – set – set
spread – spread – spread
cut – cut – cut
shut – shut – shut
put – put – put
hurt – hurt – hurt
burst – burst – burst
cost – cost – cost
lose – lost – lost
get – got – got
tell – told – told
sell – sold – sold
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Irregular verb "slide" |
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Irregular Verbs Puzzle Flashcards (Part 2)
Today I would like to share another part of my irregular verbs puzzle flashcards set. In the first post related to English irregular verbs I explained the difficulty of learning this grammar topic. I hope my puzzles will help your students and children master the English language better.
BUY MY IRREGULAR VERBS FLASHCARDS IN A PRINTER-FRIENDLY PDF FILE
The kit has 105 irregular verbs puzzle flashcards
The kit has 105 irregular verbs puzzle flashcards
This post contains 19 irregular verbs flashcards designed in yellow color. All these verbs have the letter t at the end of their Past Simple and Past Participle forms. Some verbs change the vowel sound in the middle of the verbs, like in sit – sat – sat, meet – met – met. Some verbs ending with d replace it with t, for example send - sent - sent, build - built - built. Sometimes t is just added to the whole word changing the pronunciation, like in deal – dealt – dealt, mean – meant – meant.
Here is the list of today's irregular verbs:
sit – sat – sat
meet – met – met
feel – felt – felt
smell – smelt – smelt
leave – left – left
send – sent – sent
spend – spent – spent
lend – lent – lent
deal – dealt – dealt
mean – meant – meant
dream – dreamt – dreamt
sleep – slept – slept
keep – kept – kept
sweep – swept – swept
build – built – built
spoil – spoilt – spoilt
burn – burnt – burnt
learn – learnt – learnt
hear – heard – heard
meet – met – met
feel – felt – felt
smell – smelt – smelt
leave – left – left
send – sent – sent
spend – spent – spent
lend – lent – lent
deal – dealt – dealt
mean – meant – meant
dream – dreamt – dreamt
sleep – slept – slept
keep – kept – kept
sweep – swept – swept
build – built – built
spoil – spoilt – spoilt
burn – burnt – burnt
learn – learnt – learnt
hear – heard – heard
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Irregular verb "see" |
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Irregular verb "meet" |
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Irregular Verbs Puzzle Flashcards (Part 1)
Today I have a wonderful opportunity to share my new set of irregular verbs puzzle flashcards with fellow teachers and parents. Everybody knows all English verbs can be divided into two groups: regular and irregular. Past Simple and Past Participle forms of the regular verbs are built by adding -ed to the main form. Irregular verbs aren’t formed according to this general rule. There’s no rule of building them at all. Children should just remember these forms by heart.
The kit has 105 irregular verbs puzzle flashcards
Teaching irregular verbs to ESL students can be a rather challenging task. There are many types of activities a teacher can use while introducing this grammar topic to children. Based on my experience, I’ve designed a colorful set of irregular verbs flashcards in the form of puzzles as an interesting way of practicing irregular verbs while playing. Each puzzle contains an image illustrating an irregular verb. Then there are three pieces with the Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle forms of the verb. Below you can see some examples of using these forms in sentences. I used only such tenses as Present Simple, Past Simple and Present Perfect so that kids could focus on these irregular forms without getting lost in the complicated system of English tenses and structures.
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