Objectives & Sequence: This lesson is intended to be used as a preview of Grammar - Irregular Verbs.
A: What did they do yesterday?
B: They went shopping.
Part One
Some verbs are irregular. Look at the past tenses of the following verbs:
- do → did
- buy → bought
- go → went
- come → came
- win → won
- eat → ate
- have → had
- make → made
- read → read
- see → saw
- lose → lost
Part Two
Work with a partner. Using the verbs above, talk about what the following people did. Listen to check your answers.
World Cup
They _____ the World Cup in 2010.
Yoga
She _____ yoga last night.
Dinner
They _____ dinner last night.
Cake
She _____ a cake yesterday.
Tourists
They _____ to Canada last year.
Newspaper
He _____ a newspaper yesterday.
Party
They _____ a party last week.
Movie
They _____ a movie last night.
Part Three
With your partner, try to guess the past tense of the verbs in parentheses. Listen / hover your mouse to check your answers:
understand
understood
find
found
hit
hit
wear
wore
sleep
slept
fly
flew
bring
brought
take
took
run
ran
swim
swam
know
knew
speak
spoke
buy
bought
drink
drank
write
wrote
get
got
meet
met