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7CA Happy verb families

Irregular past tenses and past participles

Im going to wear my
favourite dress tonight.

Michael wore the same

pair of socks all last week!

Ive only worn these

trousers twice, and theres
already a hole in them.

Im planning to make a cake

for your birthday.

All the students made a

lot of mistakes in their
homework.

My brother has made a lot

of money this year.

My parents want to grow

vegetables in their garden.

Rebecca grew over five

centimetres last year.

These plants havent grown

much this summer.

Id like to become a doctor

when Im older.

Kevin became ill when he

was on holiday.

Hes become a very good

tennis player, hasnt he?

Can you write it down

for me, please?

Shakespeare wrote over

40 plays.

Ive already written to the

electricity company.

Will you take me home?

Im tired.

George took a long time to

finish the exercise.

Ive taken two aspirin and

now Im going to bed.

You have to tell him about

losing your job.

On Thursday he told his

parents about his new
girlfriend.

Have you told your father

about the car accident yet?

They were planning to steal

the Mona Lisa!

The boys stole sweets from

the shop every day.

Help! Someone has stolen

my handbag.

Will you send me a copy of

the report?

Aunt Mary sent me a letter

two weeks ago.

Ive just sent Mr Robinson

an email about the meeting.

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Happy verb families

Irregular past tenses and past participles

Be quiet for a minute.

I need to think.

They all thought that Susan

and Tim were married.

Have you ever thought of

leaving your job?

Shes planning to teach

English in Japan.

I taught all my children

how to swim.

Ive never taught children

before. Im scared!

I have to go and cut the grass.

Nancy cut herself while she

was playing in the garden.

Ive never cut my own hair.

Have you?

Im going to spend the

weekend with my parents.

Yesterday my girlfriend
spent over 300 on a dress!

I havent spent much

money this month.

Can you put that bag on the

table?

Polly carefully put the

injured animal on the table.

Where have you put my

glasses?

I want to see Leonardo

DiCaprios new film.

Everybody saw that Marco

was dancing with Julia at
the party.

He hasnt seen his brother

for years.

My sister is going to meet

the Prime Minister
next week.

Nick met his ex-girlfriend

at a party last weekend.

Ive never met that

man before.

Id like to lose some weight

this year.

They lost the football match

in the last few minutes.

Oh no! Ive lost my keys!

Were planning to leave on

Sunday.

She left home at 10.00, and

arrived at the office at 11.00.

Laura has left her

homework at home today.

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Happy verb families

Instructions
You will need: one set of cards for each group of three or four students
Put students into groups of three or four. Give each group a set of
cards and ask them to deal out seven cards to each player. The rest
of the cards are then placed face down in a pile in the middle of
the group.
The aim of the activity is for students to get rid of all the cards
in their hands. To do this, students must collect verb families of
infinitive, past tense and past participle, which they then place face
up in front of them.
Student A begins by asking one of the other students (not the whole
group) if they have a particular card that Student A needs for a verb
family. For example, if Student A has cards that say wear and wore,
they can ask: Jaime, have you got a card that says worn?
If the other student does have the card Student A has asked for, they
must give it to them. If the other student does not have the card,
Student A must pick up an extra card from the pile in the middle.
The turn then passes to the next student.
If a student is asked to hand over their last card to another student,
they win the game. So asking a student for their last card is a very
silly thing to do!
When a student gets a verb family, they immediately place it face
up in front of them. The other students should check that the verb
family is correct. Only the verbs in bold can be counted as part of a
verb family. If necessary, they can check with you or refer to the list
of irregular verbs on page 175 of the Students Book.
If there are no extra cards left, students continue taking it in turns to
ask each other for cards until there is a winner. The winner is the first
person with no cards left in their hands.
Groups who finish early can shuffle the cards and play again.
Note: it would be advisable to demonstrate this activity with the whole
class before students start playing in groups.

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