Irregular Verbs and Reading strategies

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Lesson outcomes

By the end of this lesson....

• learners can change irregular verbs from the present tense to the past tense
• learners can name and use 2 reading strategies 

Today's programme

Irregular verbs recap and quiz  - 7 minutes

Reading strategies (WB pg. 21 ex. 11
) - 25 minutes

Snakes and ladders - 10 minutes

Lesson outcomes achieved? - 2 minutes

What are irregular verbs?

There are no rules for irregular verbs, you just have to learn them off by heart.

1. True
2. False

You use the past participle with...
(select ALL that apply)

1. Present perfect tense
2. Passives
3. Past perfect tense
4. Future tense

To have:

1. have/had
2. had/had
3. haved/haved
4. haved/had

Which of the below are incorrect?
(Select ALL that apply)

1. Sit - Sat - Sit
2. Begin-Began-Begun
3. Go-Went-Gone
4. Bring-Brought-Brung

Fill in the simple past (tweede rijtje)
to freeze

1. froze
2. freezed
3. frozen

Fill in the simple past (tweede rijtje)
to eat

1. eated
2. eaten
3. ate

Which should be filled in?
- ....... - chose - chosen

1. chose
2. choose
3. chosen
4. choosen

Reading strategies

Workbook pg. 21 Exercise 11

After looking at the pictures & text, predict what this text is about?

Who is the lady in
the photo?

What type of text
is this?

Were your predictions
correct? Yes/No?

Reading strategies

- Predicting: guessing what the text will be about, images, title

- Skimming: topic, main points

- Scanning: specific information

- Context: guess meaning from context

- Intensive reading: complete understanding

Name 2 reading strategies you used today?

Lesson outcomes

You can now....

• change irregular verbs from the present tense to the past tense
• name and use 2 reading strategies 

Were the lesson
outcomes achieved?
Yes/No?