Practising English with Apps 5: Irregular verbs Sergeev Sergey

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Today I want to present you another app related to the learning of the irregular verbs, I have thought that this one is better for students of Bachillerato, rather than the other one I presented which is for younger students, or even for adults who want to review them.

This app has a much more serious interface and many more verbs, we can start reviewing verbs right away or we can open the menu in which we have 4 possibilities:

1. Word groups: we can set the app to work on different types of groups of verbs in terms of difficulty or different  coincidences in the forms of the verbs.
2. Word list: you can choose the verbs you want to work on.
3. Preferences: you can set limits of time or number of questions and other settings.
4. Additional: here you find additional information on the author and about the paid version.

The dynamics is very simple, when you start, a verb in Spanish appears together with three gaps for the base, the simple past and the past participle forms; you can type directly the answers, however, you can also listen to it, choose from 4 different options or directly check the answer of a particular form. At the end, you are given a percentage of right answers.

What do you think of this app? Do you prefer this one or the other one (Irregular verbs 2)?

Leave a comment and tell us!

Practising English with Apps

Practising English with Apps 4: Irregular verbs 2

Irregular verbs 2

Now that we are on holidays, we are going to continue with the apps' series. This time, I am presenting you one to learn English irregular verbs. When you open the menu, you find a list of the verbs which are in the game and you can listen to the three forms (base, past and past participle). You also find an Options button, if you click there, you can change the amount of verbs you want to play with in each game.

 You find the game by clicking on the Practice button. You see three chests and one of the three forms of the irregular verb; you also see four keys accompanied by the other two forms and other similar ones; besides, you can listen to the three forms if you do not remember them. You click on Check and you see if you are right; at the end of the game you can replay the wrong ones only, so that you can learn them better.

What do you think of this app? I think it is very good, especially for the first cycle of ESO because it does not have many verbs.

Practising English with Apps.

Simple past: Irregular verbs 2.

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This is the last part of the entry of 10.2.2013. In this post, we find the charts of the three words verbs.

The first chart is that of three different words for the infinitive (in this case base form), the simple past and the past participle are different, the last form always ends in the suffix -en:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Ser, estar	Be	Was/were	Been
Romper	Break	Broke	Broken
Elegir	Choose	Chose	Chosen
Hablar	Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Robar	Steal	Stole	Stolen
Despertarse	Wake	Woke	Woken
Morder	Bite	Bit	Bitten
Esconderse	Hide	Hid	Hidden
Conducir	Drive	Drove	Driven
Montar	Ride	Rode	Ridden
Escribir	Write	Wrote	Written
Caerse	Fall	Fell	Fallen
Olvidar	Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Comer	Eat	Ate	Eaten
Dar	Give	Gave	Given
Coger	Take	Took	Taken
Ver	See	Saw	Seen
Helarse	Freeze	Froze	Frozen

Now, the same thing but ending in -wn:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Crecer	Grow	Grew	Grown
Saber	Know	Knew	Known
Lanzar	Throw	Threw	Thrown
Volar	Fly	Flew	Flown
Dibujar	Draw	Drew	Drawn

In the following case the three forms of the verbs undergo vocalic change, we find -i- for the base form, -a- for the simple past and -u- for the past participle:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Empezar	Begin	Began	Begun
Beber	Drink	Drank	Drunk
Sonar	Ring	Rang	Rung
Nadar	Swim	Swam	Swum
Cantar	Sing	Sang	Sung

The last one is a miscellaneous:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Hacer	Do	Did	Done
Ir	Go	Went	Gone/been
Llevar puesto	Wear	Wore	Worn

And that is all! Do you think it is useful?

 If you want to, you can download it at the Resources for my Colleagues page in this blog.

Simple Past: irregular verbs.

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In this unit, in 2nd ESO, we are starting to learn about the past. One of the most difficult things about the past is the endless list of irregular verbs that we have to learn becuase they are the most common verbs (you can check this at the Red Words game at MacMillan Dictionary Blog). In order to learn them, we are going to try and make it easier for our brains to learn them by splitting them into different groups, as you can see in this great mindmap.
Irregular verbs are irregular because they do not follow a rule, as the adding of the suffix -ed at the end of the verb as explained in this other post.

We are following the classification of the mindmap above to make different groups to learn these verbs, we start with one word irregular verbs, that is, the infinitive, simple past and past participle are the same:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Costar	Cost	Cost	Cost
Cortar	Cut	Cut	Cut
Golpear	Hit	Hit	Hit
Herir	Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Dejar, permitir	Let	Let	Let
Poner	Put	Put	Put
Cerrar	Shut	Shut	Shut

The next, the simple past and past participle are the same and end in a -t:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Dormir	Sleep	Slept	Slept
Guardar, mantener	Keep	Kept	Kept
Soñar	Dream	Dreamt	Dreamt
Deletrear	Spell	Spelt	Spelt
Sentarse	Sit	Sat	Sat
Obtener	Get	Got	Got
Disparar	Shoot	Shot
Perder	Lose	Lost	lost
Construir	Build	Built	Built
Gastar	Spend	Spent	Spent
Enviar	Send	Sent	Sent
Prestar	Lend	Lent	Lent

The simple past and past participle are the same and end in a -d:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Mantener	Hold	Held	Held
Oir	Hear	Heard	Heard
Hacer,fabricar	Make	Made	Made
Tener,tomar	Have	Had	Had
Encontrar	Find	Found	Found
Contar	Tell	Told	Told
Vender	Sell	Sold	Sold
Decir	Say	Said	Said
Estar de pie	Stand	Stood	Stood
Pagar	Pay	Paid	Paid
Leer	Read	Read	Read

2 words, infinitive and past participle are the same:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Venir	Come	Came	Come
Correr	Run	Ran	Run
Llegar a ser	Become	Became	Become

 2 words, miscellaneous:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Ganar	Win	Won	Won
Sangrar	Bleed	Bled	Bled
Alimentar	Feed	Fed	Fed
Dejar,abandonar	Leave	Left	left

2 words, ending in -ght:

Spanish	Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
Traer	Bring	Brought	Brought
Comprar	Buy	Bought	Bought
Coger	Catch	Caught	Caught
Enseñar	Teach	Taught	Taught
Luchar	Fight	Fought	Fought
Pensar	Think	Thought	thought

Well, we have work to do now, are you ready?