The importance to learn at home and memorise irregular verbs.
In English,
the simple past tense is formed by adding -ed to the end of
the regular verbs. If only all past verbs were that easy!.
The problem for
English language learners is the many, many changes that occur when forming the
past tense of irregular verbs.
Sometimes
the vowel changes (come → came), sometimes the
pronunciation changes (read → read), and sometimes the
whole word changes (eat → ate). Sometimes there
seems to be a pattern (throw → threw, know → knew),
but there are always exceptions (snow → snowed).
Learning irregular verbs might seem like a bit of a "brain workout," but they are actually the VIPs of the English language. Most of the words we use to describe our daily lives—like what we ate for breakfast, what we saw at the park, or where we went over the weekend—don't follow the "add -ed" rule.
If you only use the regular rules, you might end up saying things like "I eated" or "I goed," which sounds a bit like a tiny toddler talking! By mastering these special verbs, you’ll be able to tell your stories clearly and sound much more natural and confident when speaking with friends.
We’re lucky that our two children have been learning verbs for over two years now at the English school they attend (INFIL). I can’t thank them enough for all their hard work.
They were introduced to the list two years ago, memorised it and really got to grips with it thanks to the board games I designed. Now we’re consolidating what they’ve learnt, and I decided to try a Kahoot at home... and it’s been brilliant!
What is it about this app that they like so much?
I’ll keep adding more verbs to this Kahoot, to see if we can get 100% correct answers.
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