Irregular Verbs - Grammar Exercises - Learning English. BBC Learning English - Course: Towards Advanced / Unit 8 / Session 1 / Activity 1. When did you last...? Submitted 9 years 2 months ago by admin. This is a simple activity to set up and gives Elementary level students plenty of opportunity to speak and practise using the past simple.
Preparation Write up on the board: When did you last go to a restaurant? (or a similar question which best suits the age and culture of your students eg. ‘When did you last go the park?’ Or ‘When did you last go to the cinema?’). Draw a line all the way down the board to the right of this in which you can write vocabulary and phrases that students ask you for during the activity.
Procedure Once you have a good number of questions on the board group students into two or threes and ask them to ask and answer questions together. Extension Every student now has a set of answers to the questions they wrote before. Past Tense Verbs Crossword for English Students. BATTLESHIP: IRREGULAR VERBS | ELT-CATION.
Much to learn, you still have. – Joda. Despite the evidence that the number of irregular verbs is declining in the English language, there is no danger they will disappear, and the struggle will continue. There are many attempts to find a shortcut in learning irregular verbs, yet with all the options and “magic tricks” available, learning these verbs requires much memorization, drilling and practice. Today I will show how I use the Battleship game to drill and practise irregular verbs in a fun way. Before the game: Each player will need two 10×10 grids – one with irregular verbs in each square, and one blank grid.
You can either prepare them in advance – laminate the grids to make them reusable – or get your learners to fill in the squares in the grids with the verbs they need to practise. Click the Grids to download them. The players then mark where they want to place their ships by circling rows, horizontally or vertically. Each player’s fleet consists of the following ships: How to play: BusyTeacher.org Mobile. Pronunciation game ‘-ed’ This is a game designed for students to identify and practise the pronunciation of ‘-ed’ in the past simple/past participle forms of regular verbs. It comes with three sets of cards at three levels of difficulty, so it can be played with students of any level from elementary to advanced. You can download the cards by clicking here. Edit: Click here for a .pdf version (for anyone who doesn’t have powerpoint) Click here for an altered version where the number of syllables is shown under each word.
This may be especially useful for lower levels. Sorry for the self promotion, but this post is being considered for the British Council blog of the month contest. Please follow this link and click ‘like’ if you think it should win. Sorting The first version of the game is very simple and intended to introduce students to the three ways to pronounce ‘-ed’ (this stage is necessary at lower levels).
For elementary and pre-intermediate students use level 1 cards. The rules Story telling. ED pronunciation in English - How to pronounce ED endings. YouTube.