Irregular verbs ~19 min of the core left

Review 1 (lessons 1–5)

Start the lesson Core 17–19 min · steps: 4 · optional: +1

Declared core time. Two of the core blocks carry no figure at all, so the real lesson is longer than this sum.

Irregular verbs

4 min

Ten new ones, with three forms:

burn — burnt — burnt (be on fire, set on fire) dig — dug — dug (make a hole) fight — fought — fought (hit each other; struggle)
choose — chose — chosen (pick) fall — fell — fallen (go down to the ground) forget — forgot — forgotten (not remember)
lead — led — led (show the way) spread — spread — spread (go to more places; put on bread) stick — stuck — stuck (fix with glue; get caught)
wear — wore — worn (have clothes on)
Advertisement

Tricky point

3 min

ago against for — both are about time, but they answer different questions.

I came here five years ago. When? — Five years ago. Past Simple.
I've lived here for five years. How long? — Five years. Present Perfect.

ago always comes AFTER the length of time and always goes with the past tense. for comes before the length of time and goes with the perfect when the action is still going on.

The same situation, two ways to tell it: I started this job two years ago = I've worked here for two years.

Exercises on lessons 1–5

10–12 min

1. Mixed gap fill.

  1. Yesterday I (go) to the cinema
  2. I (read) when the phone rang
  3. I (already / finish) my work
  4. I (live) here for five years
  5. you ever (be) to London?
Show the answers
went, was reading, have already finished, have lived, Have … been.

2. Error correction.

  1. Did you went there?
  2. She has went home.
  3. I live here for five years.
  4. Have you been in London? (about a trip)
  5. When I came home, she cooked dinner. (she was already cooking)
  6. I've worked here since two months.
Show the answers
Did you go there?; She has gone home.; I have lived here for five years.; Have you been to London?; When I came home, she was cooking dinner. / She was cooking dinner when I came home.; I've worked here for two months.

3. Three forms. Write:

  1. go → —
  2. see → —
  3. write → —
  4. buy → —
  5. forget → —
  6. lose → —
Show the answers
went — gone, saw — seen, wrote — written, bought — bought, forgot — forgotten, lost — lost.

4. Matching.

  1. How long have you lived here?
  2. Have you ever been to Italy?
  3. Did you work yesterday?
  4. Have you finished yet?
Show the answers
`How long have you lived here?` — `For five years.`; `Have you ever been to Italy?` — `Yes, twice.`; `Did you work yesterday?` — `No, I didn't.`; `Have you finished yet?` — `Not yet.`
Advertisement

Summary

Covered

  • lessons 1–5 in full
  • fifty irregular verbs in the course so far

Next — lesson 7: comparing two things.

End of the core

The lesson counts as done once the exercises are done. Everything after this is optional.

Lesson 43

optional

Mini production

Talk aloud and then write down eight sentences: what you did last weekend, what was going on yesterday evening, what you have already done today, where you have been and how long you have lived in your city.

Checklist before lesson 7:

  • after did and didn't, is the verb in its basic form?
  • after have and has, is there the third form?
  • does the sentence with the perfect name no exact time?
  • is for with a length of time, since with a starting point, ago after a length of time and with the past?
  • does the background have was/were + -ing, and the event the simple past?
The draft is saved on this device
Advertisement

Practise this lesson in the other sections

Dictationbased on this lesson Write down what you hear. The check shows every word that differs, and how. Write the dictation Reading aloudbased on this lesson Read the lesson text aloud — speech recognition highlights the words it did not catch. Read the text aloud Reading and listeningA1–C1 Texts at every level with comprehension questions; the transcript opens after you answer. Try it

Got a feature idea?

Send idea
Advertisement
Advertisement