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G2 Irregular Verbs

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What is the Past Simple of these verbs? 
Which are regular? Which are irregular?
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Become =
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Starter!

What is the Past Simple of these verbs? 
Which are regular? Which are irregular?

Slide 1 - Slide

Think of ...
- a place you’ve never been to
- something you have brought to class with you
- a rumour you’ve recently heard

Slide 2 - Slide

Today
- SO irregular verbs
- Finish Holmwoods Unit 7 up to 80% by the end of class

Optional assignment: My Life in Pictures
timer
15:00

Slide 3 - Slide

to do
to fly 
to go 
infinitive
1
past simple
2
past participle

(use with perfect tenses)
3
did
flew 
went 

I went to school
yesterday.
done
flown
gone 

I have gone to school for two years.

Slide 4 - Slide

Find experiences you have in common
Use verbs from the irregular verbs list.

  • Have you ever broken a bone?
  • Have you ever broken anything else?
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2:00

Slide 5 - Slide

Story time in past simple
  • Form two teams and divide the cards equally in two stacks.
  • You are going to think of a story as a group using the past simple!
  • Each turn one team takes a card and adds a sentence to the story (using at least five words).
  • The other teams checks the correct use of the verb. If not, it goes back on the stack. First team to finish wins!

Slide 6 - Slide

Irregular Verbs
Past Simple = adding +ed to a verb (walk-ed)
Perfect = have/has + adding +ed to a verb (have walk-ed)

Irregular verbs do not follow this pattern:
eat - ate - eaten
leave - left - left
swim - swam - swum 

Slide 7 - Slide

Types of Irregular Verbs:
                 1. Stay the same:                          hurt > hurt > hurt
                 2. Have 2 different forms:        pay > paid > paid
                 3. Get a -t :                                       build > built > built
                 4. Change of vowels:                  ring > rang > rung
                 5. Get -en:                                        write > wrote > written
                 6. Weird ones:                                go > went > gone

Slide 8 - Slide

1. I went to the grocery store and _____ (buy) some food.
A
buyed
B
bought
C
bougt
D
bouyd

Slide 9 - Quiz

2. He wanted to be a singer, but he _______ (become) a doctor.
A
become
B
became
C
becomed
D
becamed

Slide 10 - Quiz

3. We had just arrived home, when it _______ (begin) to rain.
A
begin
B
began
C
begun
D
begen

Slide 11 - Quiz

4. She _____ (break) her leg, while she was skiing.
A
breaked
B
break
C
broke
D
brake

Slide 12 - Quiz

5. Lucy ______ (pay) the bill, before leaving the restaurant.
A
payed
B
paid
C
payt
D
pait

Slide 13 - Quiz

6. Julia wasn't home. She had ______ to the shops.
A
go
B
goed
C
went
D
gone

Slide 14 - Quiz

7. We have _____ (keep) this a secret for years.
A
keeped
B
keept
C
kept
D
keped

Slide 15 - Quiz

8. The books had ______ (fall) off the table and were all over the floor.
A
fell
B
fall
C
fellen
D
fallen

Slide 16 - Quiz

9. Birds have _____ (fly) south for the winter.
A
flyed
B
flew
C
flewed
D
flown

Slide 17 - Quiz

10. She has _____ (know) about this problem for years.
A
knew
B
knowed
C
knewn
D
known

Slide 18 - Quiz

11. I _____ (lend) my umbrella to David, so I got wet.
A
lent
B
lended
C
had lent
D
have lent

Slide 19 - Quiz

12. They _____ (leave) ten minutes ago.
A
left
B
have left
C
have leaved
D
had left

Slide 20 - Quiz

13. You _____ (buy) a lot of clothes recently.
A
bought
B
have bought
C
buyed
D
had bought

Slide 21 - Quiz

14. We ______ (sing) too much yesterday. I have a sore throat.
A
sing
B
sang
C
have sang
D
had sang

Slide 22 - Quiz

15. I _______ (write) three essays this week.
A
wrote
B
have written
C
have wrote
D
had written

Slide 23 - Quiz

16. After he _____ (eat) breakfast, James left early to make sure he wouldn't be late for work.
A
ate
B
have ate
C
have eaten
D
had eaten

Slide 24 - Quiz

17. The weatherman ____ (tell) us it would be sunny, but it rained all day.
A
told
B
have told
C
has told
D
had told

Slide 25 - Quiz

18. I _____ (see) George again last week. He looked really well.
A
see
B
saw
C
have seen
D
had seen

Slide 26 - Quiz

19. I ______ (drink) the last of the Coca Cola last night.
A
drank
B
drunk
C
have drunk
D
had drank

Slide 27 - Quiz

20. I _______ (meet) you before, right?
A
met
B
have met
C
had met
D
had meeten

Slide 28 - Quiz

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