Are you learning English but can't remember it? Irregular Verbs? Have you tried everything, but your memory refuses to perform all these difficult operations in your head?
Why is it so difficult to remember the three forms of verbs that are needed like air, or like a multiplication table? If children remember poems easily, why don't adults try to memorize irregular verbs in English? Poems are exactly what is needed in this situation.
Smile, sing and remember without difficulty
Short rhyming lines are a great tool for those who struggle with “irregular verbs.”
Write – written – written- write,
Bite-bit-bitten- bite;
Swim swim – swam – swum,
Begin begin – began – began,
Drown sink – sank – sunk,
Drink water drink – drank – drunk
In the morning wake – woken – woken,
In English speak – spoken – spoken,
Ring the bell ring – rang – rung,
Sing a song sing-sang-sung,
Greet guests meet – met – met,
Feed guests feed – fed – fed,
Cry weep – wept – wept And
Fall asleep sleep – slept – slept;
I need a book read – read – read,
Store in the closet keep – kept – kept;
Road to the forest lead – led – led,
The snake is crawling creep – crept – crept.
See a dream dream – dream – dream,
What does it mean mean – meant – meant?
I'm from home leave – left – left,
I'm sad again feel – felt – felt.
Tricks with irregular verbs
Of course, the British, who appreciate the classics, don’t even imagine that it’s possible to overcome irregular verbs like this the easy way. Thanks to Eugene Papusha, everyone can now remember them in the following verses:
1. The sea argues with a light breeze,
storm arise, arose, arisen (to rise, to arise)
2. Know everything: verb to be
was in childhood was, were And been (be)
3. He was born wrong.
Do not forget: bear, bore, born (give birth, bring into being)
4. If “come” is pressed against “be” -
the word will be new to us,
How become, become, become (become)
5. If "be" has "gun" -
suddenly misbehave
begin, began, commenced (start off)
6. There are no benefits from cigarettes -
they are the body bend, bent, bent (bend)
7. They won’t stop regretting
those who are with them bind, bound, bound (to tie)
8. If the hive is teased -
bees hurt bite, bit, bit (bite)
9. We urgently need to go to the infirmary
if the wound bleed, bleed, bleed (bleed)
10. I won’t reveal the secret,
what the wind blow, blew, blown (blow)
11. There are deadlines for everything in life:
everything someday break, broke, broken (break)
12. I will give you one piece of advice:
we need kids bred, bred, bred (bring up)
13. The flight attendant brings tea -
in English bring, brought, brought (bring)
14. Those who built do not forget
about verbs build, built, built (build)
15. Fire gives everyone warmth
because burn, burnt, burnt (burn)
16. This is just a joke -
Everything that's needed buy, bought, purchased (buy)
17. And not the poor get, got, got (become)
18. Life will not give him any good,
who's in trouble you cast, cast, cast (throw, leave)
19. The lazy fat cat is sleeping,
he doesn't mice catch, caught, caught (catch)
20. In life, choices are often difficult.
How can we anyway choose, chose, chosen? (choose)
21. Everyone will not be happy to see you,
if often come, come, come (come)
22. For the rich, it’s not a question:
What is the price cost, cost, cost? (cost)
23. In the East there is a ritual...
The word cut - cut, cut, cut (cut)
24. Don’t dig holes for others, eccentric,
and it's not worth it dig, dug, dug (dig)
25. My son took a large cardboard
and a picture draw, drawn, drawn (paint)
26. The ladies will have a waist,
if you exercise do, did, done (do)
27. The esthete always says:
how beautiful dream, dream, dream! (dream, dream)
28. He who drinks is not a fool
loves the word drink, drank, drunk (drink)
29. If you drove a car,
are you familiar drive, drove, driven (drive)
30. If the husband came angry -
let me eat - eat, ate, eaten (eat, eat)
31. Everyone will be dissatisfied
if it hurts fall, fell, fallen (fall)
32. Our cat Pusy-Cat
loves kids feed, fed, fed (feed)
33. The poet feels in his heart...
This word feel, felt, felt (feel)
34. Any people on Earth
for freedom fight, fought, fought (fight)
35. Found a boxer knockout.
This word find, found, found (find)
36. Don’t be a fool, my advice,
so as not to flee, fled, fled (to run, to escape)
37. Rollingstones to all countries
by plane fly, flew, flown (fly)
38. And their talent grow, grown, grown (grow)
39. Call home from work
I forget, forgot, forgotten (forget)
40. So that your friends don’t forget you -
not worth the debt give, gave, given (give)
41. Who is born as a postman -
day and night go, went, gone (go, walk)
42. If there is a flaw on the wall -
you picture hang, hung, hunger (hang, hang)
43. You are always a poet at heart,
if the soul have, had, had (have)
44. The sound took flight...
This hear, heard, heard (hear)
45. The treasure is not visible to the robber
because hide, hid, hidden (hide)
46. Rent a convertible,
allow me - let, let, let (let)
47. Who stole the convertible?
Hey, hold on hold, held, held! (hold)
48. To everyone who loves the sound of coins -
money in the bank keep, kept, kept (keep)
49. How to make a crafty clown laugh.
knows know, knew and known (know)
50. Animal tracks in the snow
you to the den lead, led, led (to lead)
51. It’s been a year now
I am English learn, learn, learn (learn)
52. The frigate is waiting, longing, bollard...
Port ship leave, left, left (leave)
53. Can someone buy some coins for bread?
a little for me lend, tape, tape? (to lend)
54. The match burns like a star,
if a match light, lit, lit (spark off)
55. Bill, keep your nose to the wind -
smell dangerous lose, lost, lost (lose)
56. We have lunch for 100 people,
livelier make, made, made (do)
57. Realization moment
in English mean, meant, meant (mean)
58. Without separation there is no meeting,
there will be a meeting meet, met, met(meet)
59. There was a pretty cool wrestler -
on the shoulder blades put, put, put (put)
60. You are obliged from childhood
in English read, read, read (read)
61. You will be solid, like a lord,
if on horseback ride, rode, ridden (to ride)
62. Robes shine from brocade -
sun in the sky rise, rose, risen (get up)
63. To be healthy for you -
daily run, run, run (run)
64. Yesterday's neighbor's tongue
barely say, said, said (say)
65. Then we keep the secret,
if she's not see, saw, seen (see)
66. Yesterday I bought a cow,
and a goat sell, sold, sold (sell)
67. We are for you, at one moment,
letters by fax send, sent, sent (send)
68. Maria and I are one-on-one
only the sun set, set, set (come in)
69. Hey bartender, shake your shaker!
Live up, shake, shook, shaken! (shake)
70. The rain cried and passed.
The sun is bright shine, shone, shone (shine, sparkle)
71. Good at targets
I'm like a sniper shoot, shot, shot (fire)
72. People don’t rush into that house,
where the doors are shut, shut, shut (close)
74. The heart is drawn to heaven...
And I'm in the sky sink, sank, sunk (dive)
75. For seven troubles, one answer...
If only not sit, sat, sat (sit)
76. Sleep is getting closer - step by step,
babies coming soon sleep, slept, slept (sleep)
77. It’s already been 40 years
childhood Christmas tree smell, smell, smell (smell)
78. There will always be no use,
where there is plenty speak, spoken, spoken (speak)
79. Don’t save for many years -
wife's money spend, spent, spent (spend)
80. Is it worth arguing so much?
it's nerves spoil, spoilt, spoilt (spoil)
81. In the morning, coffee for the whole world
delicious smell spread, spread, spread (distribute)
82. Raising the clamor,
rain on the roof spring, sprang, sprung (jump)
83. Everything will not be good for you,
if that's the case stand, stood, stood (stand)
84. Having made everyone laugh, the cunning clown
stole sadness steal, stole, stolen (steal)
85. The ram is angry in the morning
to our gate strike, struck, stricken (strike)
86. So that you are not defeated,
you must strive, strive And striven (try, fight)
87. The word of honor is my law,
in that swear, swore, sworn (to swear)
88. If you feel hot in the summer,
so glad swim, swam, swum (swim)
89. There is an inscription on the adhesive tape:
"Only to flies take, took, taken!» (take)
90. How the teacher will come to us -
starts teach, taught, learned (teach)
91. Silence spring thunder
with a bang tear, tore, torn (tear, tear)
92. If silence is pure gold
turns silver tell, told, told (say)
93. If you are not a fool -
you must think, thought, thought (think)
94. Sometimes through the fire with melancholy
tigers in the circus throw, thrown, thrown (throw)
95. The fact that the descent was too steep,
Understand, understood, understood (understand)
96. Hundred-sole postman
maybe in a year wear, wore, worn (wear, wear)
97. Whoever is blind in love,
there will be later weep, wept, wept (cry)
98. After a fight there are many wounds,
even win, won, won (win)
99. The clock will never become
if they wind, wound, wound (start up)
100. Now teach without difficulty
what Eugene write, wrote, written (write)
More poetry? Of course yes!
If you think that you can stop at the above, then you are mistaken. With irregular verbs, many people compose poems on their own to help themselves and other people remember them faster. We have collected these works of art into a separate book, which can be downloaded.
But your favorite teacher may not make such “sacrifices”; he can sing, dance, and rhyme his favorite verbs.
Greetings, my dear readers.
IN modern world everyone wants to do everything quickly. Get a high position at work, instantly fly from one end of the world to another, quickly master new language. But you can’t fool the laws of nature. Although you can try.
Today I will touch upon perhaps the most important and painful topic for any lover of the English language: how to remember irregular verbs in the English language. Or more precisely, how to do this as much as possible in short terms and, preferably, forever.
Have you encountered such a problem?
I'm sure so. That's why I prepared it for you 7 simple and effective ways , how to memorize these nasty “irregular” verbs as quickly as possible.
Biggest mistake
But I want to start a little differently - with the most important mistake that many English language learners make. And it consists in the fact that the majority trying to cover all 170 words in 1 day. How long did it take you to learn to walk, huh?
Our brain is designed in such a way that what you learned today will go into long-term memory only after a day, or even a couple. Of course, if you have a test tomorrow and you need to learn the words, then you can do it overnight, but the day after tomorrow you will simply forget most of them.
Therefore, be prepared for the fact that it will take you at least 1 week to remember the necessary vocabulary.
I won't forget to remind you about the cool stuff Lingualeo course, designed specifically for memorizing English irregular verbs . All of them are available when purchasing a Premium account in this service. If this is your first time hearing about Lingvaleo, then you can read about it. There she tells “what and how and why”!
Well, now, perhaps, let's move on to the methods themselves.
Ideas
- Grouped tables.
Most words in English are similar in form. And in fact, if you group the words correctly, then all 170 can be quickly learned in a week. I have prepared for you examples of such groups that will help you significantly reduce your time. Here is one such group:
See other groups of verbs with pronunciation.
Take one group of words or several small groups to master them in a day. On the way to work, during lunch or breakfast, spend 10-15 minutes on these words and you will not notice how by the evening you can easily remember their forms without the help of cheat sheets.
- Poems and songs .
Forward and with song, gentlemen!
Songs and a wide variety of videos - excellent helpers in language learning. Many people have probably seen rap videos where you can learn the necessary words in 3 minutes in a fun and easy way. If you haven't encountered anything like this yet, I'm giving you this chance. Combine useful and interesting.
Little children remember a lot with the help of songs and poems, as in their own native language, and in English. Take them as an example. Poems help you quickly learn vocabulary, putting everything in the closest corners of long-term memory.
Today there are dozens of poems on the Internet where, if not in 5 minutes, then in a couple of days of active repetition you can learn the most frequently used groups of words.
- Exercises, exercises and more exercises.
I once had a lazy student. Well, lazy. She was very diligent, she always did homework and all additional exercises. But getting her to sit down and learn a table of irregular verbs or related prepositions was absolutely impossible.
And then we found a simple solution: we started doing more exercises! Where are these nasty words found most often? Of course, in . We worked, it seems, more than a couple of hundred texts, until all the most widely used verbs were brought to automatism.
To be honest, this method is not the most optimal in terms of timing. But in 2 weeks of constant practice you can master verbs perfectly.
- Reading.
When you read any text - emphasize forms of the verbs you need. Most often, we don’t even notice how much we miss while reading. Once you start paying attention to them, every time you encounter them, you will remember them.
Take simple texts- best of all, or fairy tales where most of the text is written in the past tense - and analyze. At a minimum, your subconscious will be pleased that it still encounters what you teach in practice.
- A Tale of Your Beloved.
Vocabulary is remembered best - and this applies not only to children, but also to adults. One of the most simple games- is to come up with stories about yourself. Come up with stories as often as possible, as incredible and interesting as possible. For example,
Once upon a time there was a king, who saw a beautiful princess and fell in love with her…
And so come up with the most incredible stories about yourself, your friends and acquaintances. The more incredible and memorable the story, the easier it will be for you to learn the irregular verbs used in it.
- Cards.
A way as old as time to quickly learn not only irregular verbs, but also any foreign vocabulary. Use cards. On one side write the explanation of the word, and on the other its form. And in general, you can come up with any type of card that is convenient for you to use.
If you regularly work with a large amount of information that needs to be remembered or you simply need to develop your memory to the maximum, use advice from Stanislav Matveev- record holder for memorization. This man proved that everyone is capable of more than they think.
Just 20 words a day. Just 1.5 weeks of daily study, and your lexicon will be 170 words longer.
- Online simulators.
If a computer or tablet has become an integral part of your life, and you can’t live without it, combine business with pleasure. Nowadays you can find several games online that help you learn vocabulary in the shortest possible time.
For example, in a game you need to enter as soon as possible irregular shapes verbs to save the dog. On a wave of excitement and adrenaline, you can even remember something you didn’t know.
You can use universal online simulators to develop memory and thinking! One of these is Fitness for the brain . I talked about it in detail in. Here I will say briefly - start studying immediately! In a month you will see results not only in memorization English words, but also in many other things!
Well, my dears, are your hands already itching to start learning new words faster? I agree, when you have at least 7 ways to do it as quickly as possible in your arsenal, you don’t want to waste a single minute.
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Learn Irregular Verbs English is not easy. Especially if you approach this issue from the point of view of “need” and not “want”, and simply memorize words without even being interested in translation, as is often the case. However, if you don’t follow the majority and approach the issue creatively, then it is quite possible to learn English irregular verbs and make learning effective and not boring.
So there are several traditional ways memorization I will give the most basic techniques, those that once helped me effectively:
1. Use cards.
It is advisable to write cards by hand, since when we write on our own, we create an “image” of the word and remember it faster. This is called motor memory. Also don't forget to write a transcription of the words. Your cards might look like this:
- on the front side write the verb v and its transcription, for example: begin ;
- on the reverse side write the form of the verb v and its translation, for example: began – begun , start off;
begin
began – begun
start off
The cards are very easy to use. You simply turn them over in your hands and record in your memory first the main form of the verb, and then the second and third forms. Then you can look only at the front side of the card, and speak the second and third forms yourself. Cards can be grouped in a way that is convenient for you, and you can learn not the entire amount of information at once, but in parts.
2. Group similar verbs.
Very often, English irregular verbs are grouped either by spelling or sound. In such groups you can find similar forms of verbs, so they are easier to remember, since they are structured according to some criterion.
Below is a list of irregular verbs divided into groups.
Verbs in which the Past Tense and Past Participle forms are the same
| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| keep | kept | kept | keep, save |
| sleep | slept | slept | sleep |
| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| drive | drove | driven | drive |
| ride | rode | ridden | ride |
| rise | rose | risen | get up |
| write | wrote | written | write |
| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| beat | beat | beaten | beat |
| bite | bit | bitten | bite) |
| hide | hid | hidden | hide |
| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| eat | ate | eaten | There is |
| fall | fell | fallen | fall |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | forget |
| give | gave | given | give |
| see | saw | seen | see |
| take | took | taken | take, take |
| Infinitive | Past Tense | Past Participle | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| come | came | come | come |
| become | became | become | become |
3. Read aloud poems that rhyme with irregular English verbs.
It seems to me that this is the easiest and most relaxed way to memorize. There are many options online for reading English irregular verbs. I found one that is more suitable for children and schoolchildren, although it will be useful for adults as well. The advantage of this video is that the verbs are read at a certain pace, and translation is essentially not needed here. Visual memory comes into play, since all verbs are well illustrated by the author of the material.
As soon as you watch the video, try to pronounce the verbs yourself, first several times with the announcer, and then you can turn off the sound and read the rhyme yourself. It will take you a little time to quickly memorize the English irregular verbs given in the video.
How to learn irregular verbs?
This question torments everyone who studies English, because you all know that in English language There are regular verbs and there are irregular ones. Regular verbs are those in which the past form is formed by ending “-ed”. Irregular are those verbs in which the past form is formed in a special way.
It is noteworthy that there are more irregular verbs in English than regular ones, therefore, in order to use a verb without errors different times, it is necessary to learn all three forms by heart. For some, this task seems impossible. Indeed, irregular verbs in English order 250, multiply this number by 3, and if you count the translation, then by 4. You get an impressive list.
In fact, not all of these verbs are used in speech, but only about 180-190, although this is also a lot. Irregular verbs come from Old English, so some of them are no longer used in colloquial speech. Irregular verbs were formed chaotically, without any system or rules. Despite this, if you look carefully at the table of irregular verbs, you will easily see certain patterns that will help in memorizing the table.
To easily remember all these verbs, use these patterns and create your own table.
Of all the irregular verbs, four groups can be formed:
First group– verbs in which all three forms are written and pronounced the same.
For example:
- cost -cost- cost- cost;
- cut - cut - cut – cut;
- let -let -let – allow.
Second group– verbs whose second and third forms coincide.
- send -sent -sent – send;
- hold - held - held - hold, hold;
- buy - bought - bought - buy;
- have -had - had – to have;
- sit - sat - sat – sit.
Third group– where the first and third forms of the verb coincide.
For example:
- come – came - come – to come;
- run - ran -run - run.
And finally fourth group– verbs, all three forms of which differ from each other.
- see -saw - seen – to see;
- forget - forgot -forgotten – forget;
- go - went - gone - go, go;
- write - wrote - written – write, etc.
Now, within each of the groups, arrange verbs whose past forms are formed according to the same principle.
For example:
fight -fought -fought - fight;
think -thought -thought – to think.
sing - sang - sung - sing;
ring - rang - rung - to call.
mean - meant - meant - mean, imply;
send - sent - sent – send – and others.
Once you form groups, you will realize that learning irregular verbs is not that difficult.
Another piece of advice is to learn immediately with the translation, then you will not have problems using the necessary verbs and their forms in speech.
For better memorization, learn verbs from one group first. Then try to compose sentences, come up with stories in the first person, using the pronoun I. This way you will quickly transfer what you have memorized into active memory.
On average, a week will be enough to learn the 80 most common irregular verbs, and another couple of weeks to learn another 100, or maybe more. Armed with our advice and using your imagination, you won’t even notice how you learn the wrong ones. English verbs, like a multiplication table.