🟥ESOL: Irregular Verbs

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  🟥Warmer

How many irregular verbs do you know?

Possible Answers:

I know about 10 irregular verbs

I know about 20 ...

I know about 40...

I know most of them!

How many are there? All of them in English? 200 Some of them are rarely used

Most ESL classes teach 100 í-150 everyday ones

 🟧Reading: Anna's Weekend 

Last weekend, Anna went to the city with her friends. They took the bus early in the morning. First, they ate breakfast at a small café. Anna had pancakes and juice. Then they saw a movie at the cinema. After the movie, they bought some clothes at the mall.

 🟨 Speaking in Pairs

 Practising irregular verbs in conversation. 

1. What did you eat for dinner last night?
   (Irregular verb: eat → ate)

2. Did you go anywhere last weekend? Where?
   (Irregular verb: go → went)

3. Have you ever met someone famous? Who did you meet?
   (Irregular verb: meet → met)

4. What was the last movie you saw? Did you like it?
   (Irregular verb: see → saw)

5. Tell me about a time you took a trip. Where did you go?
   (Irregular verb: take → took)

6. When was the last time you bought something fun? What was it?
   (Irregular verb: buy → bought)

7. Did you ever find something valuable or interesting on the street? What was it?
   (Irregular verb: find → found)

 🟩Grammar: Irregular Verbs

Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs in brackets:

1.Anna ______ (go) to the city.

2. They ______ (take) the bus.

3. She ______ (eat) pancakes.

4. They ______ (buy) clothes.

5.The ______ (write) in her journal.

Irregular Verbs Grouped by Pattern

No Change (Base = Past = Past Participle)

Base	Past	Past Participle
cut	cut	cut
put	put	put
shut	shut	shut
let	let	let
set	set	set

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Same Vowel Change (a → o)

Base	Past	Past Participle
begin	began	begun
drink	drank	drunk
ring	rang	rung
sing	sang	sung
swim	swam	swum

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"i → a → u" Pattern

Base	Past	Past Participle
begin	began	begun
run	ran	run
spring	sprang	sprung

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-ew / -own Pattern

Base	Past	Past Participle
blow	blew	blown
grow	grew	grown
know	knew	known
throw	threw	thrown
fly	flew	flown

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"ee → e → e" Pattern

Base	Past	Past Participle
see	saw	seen
be	was/were	been

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End in -t (instead of -ed)

Base	Past	Past Participle
build	built	built
lend	lent	lent
send	sent	sent
spend	spent	spent
sleep	slept	slept
keep	kept	kept
feel	felt	felt
leave	left	left
lose	lost	lost
mean	meant	meant

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Vowel Changes (Misc.)

Base	Past	Past Participle
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
give	gave	given
take	took	taken
write	wrote	written
drive	drove	driven
speak	spoke	spoken
choose	chose	chosen
break	broke	broken

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Irregular Past but Regular Participle

Base	Past	Past Participle
come	came	come
become	became	become
run	ran	run

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Other Common Irregular Verbs

Base	Past	Past Participle
have	had	had
go	went	gone
make	made	made
do	did	done
say	said	said
get	got	got/gotten (US)
buy	bought	bought
bring	brought	brought
think	thought	thought
teach	taught	taught
catch	caught	caught
hear	heard	heard
hold	held	held
stand	stood	stood
understand	understood	understood

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1. Fill in the Gaps (Past Simple)

Complete the sentences using the past simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. Yesterday I ______ (go) to the supermarket.
2. She ______ (eat) a big breakfast this morning.
3. We ______ (see) a movie last night.
4. My brother ______ (take) my phone without asking!
5. They ______ (come) late to class.
6. He ______ (write) a letter to his grandmother.
7. I ______ (drink) too much coffee.
8. The cat ______ (sleep) on the bed all day.
9. We ______ (meet) our new teacher last week.
10. She ______ (give) me a nice gift.

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2. Match the Verbs

Match the base form with the correct past and past participle.

Base	Past	Past Participle
go	a. took	i. gone
eat	b. saw	ii. eaten
take	c. went	iii. taken
see	d. ate	iv. seen

Answers:

1. go – c – i
2. eat – d – ii
3. take – a – iii
4. see – b – iv

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3. Fill in the Table

Fill in the missing forms of the irregular verbs.

Base	Past	Past Participle
begin	______	begun
______	sang	sung
come	came	______
drive	______	driven
write	wrote	______

Answers:
begin – began – begun
sing – sang – sung
come – came – come
drive – drove – driven
write – wrote – written

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4. Past Participle Practice (Have/Has + Past Participle)

Complete the sentences using the present perfect tense.

1. I have ______ (break) my glasses.
2. She has ______ (fall) in love.
3. We have ______ (choose) the best photo.
4. He has ______ (speak) to the manager.
5. They have ______ (know) each other for years.

Answers:

1. broken
2. fallen
3. chosen
4. spoken
5. known

Break Time (10-15 minutes)

 🤸‍♂️Tai Chi 

 🟦Listening: Irregular Verbs Listening (Slow)

 🟪Something Fun.

1. Irregular Verbs Song

2.Past Simple Verbs

3. Froggy Jumps - Past Simple

Irregular Verb Race (Team Game)

How to Play:

1. Divide the class into 2–3 teams.

2. Write 15 base form irregular verbs on the board (e.g., go, eat, take, come, write, etc.).

3. Each team sends one student at a time to the board.

4. You call out:

“Past!” → They write the past tense of a verb.

“Past participle!” → They write the past participle of a verb.

“Base form!” → They write the base form if you say the past or past participle.

5. Teams get 1 point for each correct answer.

6. Continue rotating students until all verbs have been used or time is up.

Variation: Pass the Verb Ball

Write irregular verbs (base, past, and past participle) on slips of paper.

Play music and pass a ball around.

When the music stops, the student with the ball picks a verb and must say all three forms aloud.

Others help if needed—it's a team challenge!

⬛Review:

 Studying Irregular English verbs on Quizlet

⬛Review 

Choose from one of the three options to tell the class:

1. One thing that you learnt today 

OR

2. Ask an English language question 

OR

3. Suggest a topic that you would like to learn about

⬛Homework: No Writing Today

Play the Irregular Verbs Song 3x

AO Worksheet                                                                             

A0 Irregular Verbs Practice – 50 Questions

Part 1: Fill in the Blank (Past Simple Form)

Write the past form of the verb.

1. go → I ___ to school.

2. eat → She ___ an apple.

3. have → He ___ a cat.

4. be → We ___ happy.

5. come → They ___ late.

6. do → I ___ my homework.

7. see → He ___ a bird.

8. make → She ___ a cake.

9. take → I ___ the bus.

10. get → He ___ a present.

Part 2: Choose the Correct Verb

Circle the correct past tense verb.

11. She (go / went) to the shop.

12. We (see / saw) a movie.

13. He (take / took) his bag.

14. I (come / came) early.

15. They (do / did) the work.

16. She (make / made) tea.

17. He (eat / ate) a sandwich.

18. I (get / got) a new phone.

19. We (have / had) fun.

20. They (be / was) tired.

Part 3: Match the Present and Past Tense

Draw a line to match the present verb with its correct past form.

Present	Past
go	got
see	made
take	had
have	went
eat	came
do	took
be	ate
get	did
make	saw
come	was/were

Part 4: Make Sentences (Use Past Tense)

Change the verb to past and complete the sentence.

21. I (go) to the park. → I ___ to the park.

22. He (eat) a banana. → He ___ a banana.

23. She (make) soup. → She ___ soup.

24. We (have) lunch. → We ___ lunch.

25. They (see) a cat. → They ___ a cat.

26. I (come) home. → I ___ home.

27. He (get) a book. → He ___ a book.

28. She (do) her work. → She ___ her work.

29. We (take) a photo. → We ___ a photo.

30. They (be) happy. → They ___ happy.

Part 5: Choose the Right Answer

31. What is the past of “go”?

a) goed

b) went

c) going

32. What is the past of “do”?

a) did

b) does

c) doing

33. What is the past of “eat”?

a) eated

b) ate

c) eating

34. What is the past of “make”?

a) made

b) maked

c) making

35. What is the past of “come”?

a) comed

b) came

c) coming

36. What is the past of “have”?

a) has

b) had

c) haved

37. What is the past of “take”?

a) taken

b) took

c) taking

38. What is the past of “see”?

a) saw

b) seed

c) seeing

39. What is the past of “get”?

a) got

b) getted

c) gotten

40. What is the past of “be”?

a) was/were

b) been

c) being

Part 6: Yes or No?

Choose Yes or No for the correct past tense.

41. He went to the market. (Is “went” correct?) → ___

42. She do her work. → ___

43. We saw a dog. → ___

44. I taked a photo. → ___

45. They came on time. → ___

46. He eated dinner. → ___

47. She made a card. → ___

48. We had a good time. → ___

49. I got a new bag. → ___

50. They was happy. → ___

Answer Key

Part 1:

1. went 2. ate 3. had 4. were 5. came 6. did 7. saw 8. made 9. took 10. got

Part 2:

11. went 12. saw 13. took 14. came 15. did

16. made 17. ate 18. got 19. had 20. were

Part 3 (Matching):

go → went

see → saw

take → took

have → had

eat → ate

do → did

be → was/were

get → got

make → made

come → came

Part 4:

21. went 22. ate 23. made 24. had 25. saw

26. came 27. got 28. did 29. took 30. were

Part 5:

31. b) went

32. a) did

33. b) ate

34. a) made

35. b) came

36. b) had

37. b) took

38. a) saw

39. a) got

40. a) was/were

Part 6:

41. Yes

42. No

43. Yes

44. No

45. Yes

46. No

47. Yes

48. Yes

49. Yes

50. No

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