Mastering Past Simple Irregular Verbs

Mastering Past Simple Irregular Verbs

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify and use past simple irregular verbs in sentences.

What do you already know about past simple irregular verbs?

What are Irregular Verbs?

Irregular verbs do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed to form the past tense. They change in unpredictable ways.

Examples of Irregular Verbs

Examples include 'go' (went), 'eat' (ate), 'see' (saw), 'do' (did), 'have' (had), etc.

Using Irregular Verbs in Sentences

We use irregular verbs to talk about actions that happened in the past. For example, 'I went to the store yesterday.'

Practice Exercise 1

Choose the correct past simple form of the irregular verb: 'She ___ (see) a movie last night.' A) seen B) saw C) seed

Practice Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with the correct past simple form of the irregular verb: 'I ___ (do) my homework yesterday.'

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Common mistakes include using the base form of the verb in the past tense, such as 'I goed' instead of 'I went'.

Review and Recap

Recap the key points of the lesson and encourage students to practice using irregular verbs in past simple tense in their own writing.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.