Zoom English: IRREGULAR VERBS

27 Mar 2014

ESO2/3/4 Irregular verbs made easy. Mnemotechnics. +Note for teachers.

by Humberto Burcet

Here you have a fun way for studying our beloved irregular verbs. LEARNING TO LEARN: Grouping by categories can help you identify verbs faster and easier. Now, why don't you try inventing a story using all the verbs in each category? For example...

I thought he taught karate because he brought the kimono he bought when he caught the bus.

ESO2 try with the simple past (2nd 'column')
ESO3 with the present perfect (HAS/HAVE + 3rd 'column')
ESO4 with the past perfect (HAD + 3rd 'column')

Don't forget there are more types and combinations! E.g. come/came/come, give/gave/given, and we can guess the form of compound verbs like become/became/become or forgive/forgave/forgiven.

NOTE FOR TEACHERS: I have used the mind map tool provided by https://www.examtime.com/ which also offers other resources like quizzes/tests, flashcards, etc. I took this link http://anglais-facile.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/irregular_verbs1.jpg, as a base for the mind map one provided. Many thanks! Merci :)

24 Nov 2011

ESO 3 & 4: PAST SIMPLE + IRREGULAR VERBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WlalZOPrkM&feature=related

List of regular and irregular (i) verbs to learn:

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle	Spanish
answer	answered	answered	responder
arrive	arrived	arrived	llegar
ask	asked	asked	preguntar
be i	was / were	been	ser
borrow	borrowed	borrowed	tomar prestado
break i	broke	broken	romper
buy i	bought	bought	comprar
catch i	caught	caught	atrapar
clean	cleaned	cleaned	limpiar
climb	climbed	climbed	escalar
collect	collected	collected	colleccionar
come i	came	come	venir
compose	composed	composed	componer
cook	cooked	cooked	cocinar
cut i	cut	cut	cortar
dance	danced	danced	bailar
describe	described	described	describir
discover	discovered	discovered	descubrir
do i	did	done	hacer
drink i	drank	drunk	beber
drive i	drove	driven	conducir
eat i	ate	eaten	comer
enjoy	enjoyed	enjoyed	disfrutar
fall i	fell	fallen	caer
feel i	felt	felt	sentir
find i	found	found	encontrar
fly i	flew	flown	volar
forget i	forgot	forgotten	olvidar
give i	gave	given	dar
go i	went	gone	ir
happen	happened	happened	suceder
have i	had	had	tener
help	helped	helped	ayudar
hurt i	hurt	hurt	herir, doler
invent	invented	invented	inventar
invite	invited	invited	invitar
kill	killed	killed	matar
know i	knew	known	saber
lend i	lent	lent	prestar
leave i	left	left	dejar
lie i	lay	lain	yacer
like	liked	liked	gustar
live	lived	lived	vivir
look	looked	looked	mirar
love	loved	loved	amar
make i	made	made	hacer
meet i	met	met	conocer, encontrar
miss	missed	missed	perder, extrañar
open	opened	opened	abrir
pack	packed	packed	empacar
pay i	paid	paid	pagar
phone	phoned	phoned	llamar por teléfono
play	played	played	jugar
prefer	preferred	preferred	preferir
prepare	prepared	prepared	preparar
push	pushed	pushed	empujar
put i	put	put	poner
rain	rained	rained	llover
read i	read	read	leer
remember	remembered	remembered	recordar
rent	rented	rented	alquilar
rescue	rescued	rescued	rescatar
return	returned	returned	volver, devolver
ring i	rang	rung	llamar por teléfono
save	saved	saved	ahorrar
say i	said	said	decir
search	searched	searched	buscar
see i	saw	seen	ver
sell i	sold	sold	vender
sit i	sat	sat	sentarse
skate	skated	skated	patinar
ski	skied	skied	esquiar
sleep i	slept	slept	dormir
smell	smelled	smelled	oler
speak i	spoke	spoken	hablar
spend i	spent	spent	gastar
start	started	started	comenzar
stay	stayed	stayed	quedarse
stop	stopped	stopped	detener
study	studied	studied	estudiar
survive	survived	survived	sobrevivir
swim i	swam	swum	nadar
take i	took	taken	tomar
talk	talked	talked	hablar
teach i	taught	taught	enseñar
tell i	told	told	decir
think i	thought	thought	pensar
throw i	threw	thrown	lanzar
touch	touched	touched	tocar
try	tried	tried	intentar
understand i	understood	understood	entender
use	used	used	usar
visit	visited	visited	visitar
wait	waited	waited	esperar
walk	walked	walked	caminar
want	wanted	wanted	querer
wash	washed	washed	lavar
watch	watched	watched	mirar
wear i	wore	worn	llevar puesto
work	worked	worked	trabajar
write i	wrote	written	escribir