In my opinion, irregular verbs are the most important thing one has to learn in English. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that students know them. However, teaching them is not easy. There are no rules, and the number of new words that students manage to commit to memory is quite low. Thus the teaching materials have to be interesting enough that students would return to them.
And one of the best materials for teaching irregular verbs is this song, which was created by Jason R Levine from Fluency MC:
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In this post we are going to deal with the verbs mentioned in the second verse of the song. Below you will find an infographic, an online quiz and a game to help your students learn the irregular verbs.
Irregular verbs – infographic
Display the following infographic and go through the words with them. Use the pictures to explain the meaning or ask your students to use their dictionaries.
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Irregular verbs – an online quiz and a game
Start with the online quiz. The quiz is in HTML5 so it will play on mobile devices too. In the first part, you should drag the words to the correct spaces. If you pass, you will be rewarded with a game called Angry Farmer. In the second part, you have to look at the picture and complete the sentence. Use the past tense of a verb that best fits the sentence. Irregular verbs quiz
Irregular verbs – links
You can practise the irregular verbs in sentences in the following video.
Irregular verbs by British Council.
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A song by Fluency MC on irregular verbs:
