One of the ESL Brains lessons that deals with irregular verbs is the pre-intermediate lesson Kindness means everything.
These can include Past Simple, Past Participle or both forms, depending on your students’ level. Prepare a list of situations using irregular verbs. It will also make your students think in English.
Use it instead of asking ‘What’s the Past Simple form of run?’-type of questions, as it will introduce extra challenge and excitement. This activity is much more fun than simply eliciting irregular verb forms.
Here are some ways of working with irregular verbs that will help your students remember them once and for all. And those who decide to take up the challenge will still need to practise the verbs in the classroom. While memorizing long columns of verbs might be useful, many students don’t like the idea of learning things by heart. Remembering irregular verb forms, and using them, is not an easy task.
