Irregular verbs again. I have already published several posts on irregular verbs: Past participles – divided according to the pronunciation and Present perfect tense.
However, a week ago a student of mine contacted me and asked me if I could create a way for him to learn the irregular verbs. He spends a lot of time driving so he asked me to prepare something to listen to in his car. So I did. In this post there are 33 irregular verbs presented in an associative matrix, in mp3 for listening, in mp3 for learning and two games for practising them. ADVERT: Irregular verbs – learning Here you can find two ways to learn the irregular verbs. Here is the pdf version of all the irregular verbs: Irregular verbs_part1 Irregular verbs – Listen and learn In learning there are only a few methods which work for everyone. If you need just the correct pronunciation of each of the verbs presented above, here is the mp3 with all of the verbs: You can download the files here:
Verbs - Likes. Using do and make. Seven Songs for Teaching Past Simple. I have created a list of songs, which are perfect for teaching Past Simple tense in English.
All of the songs are relatively new and popular, so they would especially be suitable for teaching teenagers. While the primary goal would be teaching Past Simple, you can always add a few more exercises in order to work on vocabulary or grammar. Coldplay – Paradise Past Simple is often used for retelling the events that happened in the past. This song is perfect for illustrating this usage. The verbs to teach: was, expected, flew, ran, closed, etc.
Passenger – The Wrong Direction Seeing “When I was a kid…” at the beginning of the song lyrics, you know there has to be some Past Simple in there. Katy Perry – The One That Got Away Apart from teaching Past Simple, with verbs met, got, planned, had, made, said, etc. you can also teach would for talking about future from a time in the past (I would make you stay, I would be your girl). Like this: Like Loading... YouTube. Present perfect tense – grammar explanation. Some time ago I presented here an infographics on present perfect tense.
This infographic contains a lot of interesting information but when I tried to teach the present perfect tense using it, I found out that I failed. That is why I have prepared this new one where I try to introduce the form and the basic usage of the present perfect tense. To teach the grammar successfully though the students have to know the past participles. You can learn present past participles here. There is mind map and three games to learn 40 of them. Present perfect tense – mindmap This mind map shows the form of present perfect tense and the basic usage. The simple explanation of present perfect tense Present perfect tense – RAP We have used a rap before to explain the grammar. Present perfect tense – games And now it is time to practise the grammar by playing some games.
Engelska. The Tenses. Phrasal verb videos.