Hey there! This is TOP episode 152. Irregular Verbs Training
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Hello hello! Thank you for dropping by! Today we’re going to practice. It’s gonna be slightly different today since there’s no practical part at the end of the episode! Instead, we’re gonna have an intensive speaking training. How exciting! The topic of this class is Irregular Verbs. We are focusing on basic irregular verbs today. Listen, repeat and then repeat the sentences. Lots of you speaking out loud!
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Irregular verbs. Listen and repeat. One more thing, before we start. I grouped the verbs into some clusters so to speak. They resemble each other within the clusters. They have a kind of similar ring. They share the same pattern, ok? Well, this is logical to group the verbs into such categories as it simplifies learning. Listen and repeat.
become – became – become
come – came – come
Example sentences:
I’ve become jealous for no reason.
He came home late.
The second group is not popular in the meaning we don’t like them and it’s because we don’t know how to pronounce the. It causes insecurity and avoidance. What we do in schools, is we learn the spelling because we want to pass the short irregular verbs tests. So we learn: sing, sang, sung, drink, drank, drunk, swim, swam, swum. Let’s learn how to pronounce these words properly.
begin – began – begun
drink – drank – drunk
sing – sang – sung
ring rang – rung
swim – swam – swum
Example sentences:
Have you ever swum in the Baltic Sea?
I’ve drunk two glasses of water today.
She sang it beautifully!
I was having a shower when my phone rang.
Next, I have two lonely verbs, I didn’t put them into any of the categories. Just listen. And repeat!
see – saw – seen
show – showed – shown
‘Show’ can be tricky, because the past simple looks like a regular verb, we add the -ed ending but past participle? Haha! It’s not that obvious, it must be: ‘shown’. Cheeky monkey. Sentences:
I saw you dancing in the crowded room.
I showed him the way.
I could have shown you my collection of mugs.
Next group of irregular verbs. Listen and repeat:
break – broke – broken
choose – chose – chosen
drive – drove – driven
eat – ate – eaten
fall – fell – fallen
give – gave – given
write – wrote – written
wear – wore – worn
wake – woke – woken
Listen to these sentences: and repeat them out loud:
I woke up too late.
I’ve broken my favourite mug.
I chose to go on holiday by the sea.
I haven’t eaten much today because it’s scorching hot.
I fell in love with my life.
You are crushing it! Let’s keep up the good work. Now, next verb cluster. Have a listen and be active, repeat out loud.
bring – brought – brought
buy – bought – bought
catch – caught – caught
think – thought – thought
teach – taught – taught
fight – fought – fought
Sentences for practice. Listen and repeat:
I brought some corn for popping.
I was caught in the middle.
I thought it would be a better solution.
No one taught me that.
Awesome! Yet another group ahead of us. These are super tricky as they do not change the form. I noticed myself that when we know that past forms of the verbs differ from the infinitive, we want to show it, we want to show we know that! So we end up adding the -ed ending to the verb and we have: -soted, or – cuted, – puted. Such words do not exist. Listen and repeat:
cost – cost – cost
cut – cut – cut
hit – hit – hit
hurt – hurt – hurt
put – put – put
shut – shut – shut
Now listen to those sentences and repeat out loud:
I’ve put a lot of effort into this project.
He hurt many people.
Be careful, it cost a fortune!
Oh, no, I’ve cut myself.
You are doing great, let’s go on. Listen and repeat:
keep – kept – kept
leave – left – left
lend – lent – lent
lose – lost – lost
mean – meant – meant
feel – felt – felt
win – won – won
find – found – found
get – got – got or: in Amerian English: get – got – gotten
hear – heard – heard
hold – held – held
read – read- read
tell – told – told
The verbs we’ve just examined have something in common. They have the same past simple form and past participle form. Right? So, let’s repeat the sentences:
Have you heard the news?
I won a singing competition in primary school.
I lost my point.
I kept the secret.
My dear friend! We’ve arrived to the last group o verbs! Yey! Listen and repeat:
draw – drew – drawn
grow – grew – grown
fly – flew – flown
throw – threw – thrown
The last three sentences for practice:
Who drew the curtains?
I’ve grown out of it.
Adam threw away his old gadgets.
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I’ll see you next Wednesday! We’ll be tackling some holiday vocabulary. Till then, happy learning. Take care! Stay fearless and say it out loud! Bye!