Method to learn irregular verbs by heart

1. Past Simple
of
Irregular verbs

2. Do you know that 70% of verbs in
English are irregular?
Irregular verbs can make you go
crazy if you learn them in
alphabetical order.
Here is a list:

4. Revision
How to form past simple of Regular
verbs:
verb+-ed
 We listened to the teacher.
 They started school at 8.15.

5. Spelling variations
Verbs ending in -e
Verb+-d
 He closed the window two minutes ago.
 She danced in a show last year.
Verbs ending in consonant+y
y becomes i
Verb+ied
 He studied English yesterday afternoon.
 I tried Japanese food last month.

6. Spelling variations
Verbs of one syllable, vowel+consonat
Verb+double consonant+ed
 The car stopped at the traffic lights.
 Her phone dropped in the river.
Remind: travelled, preferred, permitted
Consonants we cannot double: w, y, x
 It snowed yesterday.
 We played tennis last week.

7. In this lesson, you’ll learn “groups” of
irregular verbs that will help you
remember them better!

8. How to learn irregular verbs
by heart:

9. Devide verbs into categories
Find out the
similarities/assonances
Have a look to the pronunciation
Learn them!

10. Let’s start:
1st group
Base Form Past Simple Past Participle
/ɪ/ /æ/ /ʌ/
begin began begun
drink drank drunk
ring rang rung
sing sang sung
swim swam swum

11. Examples
 The lesson began 5 minutes ago.
 She sang in a choir when she was 12
years old.
 I swam in the ocean when I went to the
USA.

12. 2nd group
Base Form Past Simple Past Participle
/ɔːt/
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
fight fought fought
think thought thought
***
catch caught caught
teach taught taught

13. Examples
I bought a new pair of sunglasses.
I thought it was a good film.
She taught English at school.

14. 3rd group
Base Form Past Simple Past Participle
-ow /əʊ/ -ew/juː/ -own /əʊn/
blow blew blown
grow grew grown
know knew known
throw threw thrown
***
draw drew drawn

15. Examples
 The wind blew strongly last night.
 I grew up in a farm.
 She threw her chewing gum in the bin.

16. 4th group
Base Form Past Simple Past
Participle
Invariable
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
hit hit hit
let let let
read /riːd/ read /red/ read /red/
set set set

17. Examples
 I read a book in my bed yesterday
evening.
 My mum let me go to a party last weekend.
 My purse cost only 5 pounds.

18. 5th group
Base Form Past Simple Past
Participle
do did done
go went gone
Examples
 My sister went on holidays in England two
weeks ago.
 My dad did three different jobs last year.

20. as Homework:
Write down 6 sentences by using
the irregular verbs we studied
today.

21. In next lesson:
We’re going to study other four
categories.
Thank you!

22. Materials
Past simple of irregular verbs: file
Youtube video:
Past simple: tutorial video
List of irregular verbs:

23. Credits
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