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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > How to teach/learn irregular verbs
How to teach/learn irregular verbs
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anuska8
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How to teach/learn irregular verbs
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Hi everybody! One of my private tutoring learners is learning the terrible list of irregular verbs at the present. Considering that I �m a Primary teacher, I �ve found some difficulties teaching them �cause I haven �t found any useful tips to learn those verbs in a funny/good way. Do you know any idea about this problem? I remember I learnt them by heart, but I don �t know if it �s the best way to do it.
Thanks in advance! Have a nice day! |
12 Jan 2014
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JuliaKaraban
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once I saw here a very good worksheet with irregular words, all the words were divided into groups to remember them better. Try to find it, search for : worksheet, irregular verbs.
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12 Jan 2014
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anuska8
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Thanks so much Julia. I �ve tried it cause it �s the only way I think they can be learnt better. On the other hand, it �s difficult due to the amount of verbs and groups. |
12 Jan 2014
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JuliaKaraban
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When I know it �s time to begin for my students to learn irregular verbs, we just read them for 4-5 lessons, it takes maximum 10 min at the beginning of the lesson. Then, we play with them. I ask to guess what verb becomes �gone � or �drew � and they need to name all 3 forms of the verbs( you know there are many such types of games). The winner has the right to say another verb. Then, we fill in missing verbs:
write - __________- written; buy - bought - __________ and then, I ask them to learn them by heart. It takes a lot of my time to check everybody, but after that I can work with them further :) |
12 Jan 2014
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FrauSue
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Definitely learn the verbs by group. It �s much easier. Pupils can try to think of a story for each group of verbs to help associate them in their minds. So for example you might have a group of verbs which change to -ght in the past forms. Your story could be about a teacher who taught students, but one day she caught a student cheating with a spy camera he �d bought, then he fought her ... (etc.) Why not give each group of pupils a group of verbs, then they write their story and share it with the class?
I like playing dice games too as revision. Pick an infinitive from a hat, then roll the dice and make a sentence. 1: present tense positive or negative 2: Yesterday I ... (preterite) 3: Yesterday, I didn �t ... 4: I have never ... (present perfect) 5: Have you ever .... (present perfect) 6: free choice. |
17 Jan 2014
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