Below is a link to a really great webpage where you can practice past participles.
http://letshavefunwithenglish.com/games/irregular_verbs/past_participles/index.html
Note: You might have to refresh the page after a few games.
These 6 games are for a group of spanish speaking yr 6 primary pupils. They offer repetitive practice in the spanish meaning of a selection of english verbs. The games could also be suitable for ESO1 reinforcement.
Here’s a list of the verbs included in each game:
| Learning new verbs | Learning new verbs 2 | Learning New verbs 3 |
| comprar*buy
pensar*think convertirse*become caer*fall sentir*feel coger*catch saber*know perder*lose romper*break alimentar*feed
|
pelear*fight
beber*drink quemar*burn traer*bring conseguir*get comenzar*begin venir*come oir*hear dar*give eligir*choose |
morder*bite
soplar*blow constuir*build cortar*cut hacer/crear*make golpear*hit sangrar*bleed cavar*dig dibujar*draw apostar*bet |
| Learning new verbs 4 | Learning new verbs 5 | Learning new verbs 6 |
| encontrar*find
significar*mean ir*go pagar*pay tener/hacer*have conocer /quedar con*meet poner*put leer*read llamar(telefono)*ring correr*run
|
decir*say
ver*see vender*sell enseñar/demostrar*show cerrar*shut sentarse*sit hablar*speak gastar*spend estar en pie*stand coger*take |
robar*steal
enseñar/educar*teach contar*tell pensar*think arrojar*throw entender*understand despertarse*wake llevar puesto*wear ganar*win prestar*lend
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Quick crossword of some elementary irregular verbs for a group of Primary Year 6 pupils.
Past simple activity sheet with a mix of elementary regular & irregular verbs aimed at EP6.
One more worksheet related to Victorian Working Children. This is a translation activity, aimed at reinforcing the past tense.
And here’s the final set of worksheets with an online game. In total, including groups A & B, I should have covered more than 30 verbs from the list of the top 50 most commonly used irregular verbs.
It’s been almost 10 years since I came across that list and I vaguely remember reading that if you knew the first 20 then that was equivalent to knowing 50% of the irregular verbs used in day to day language and if you knew all 50 of them then it was equivalent to knowing 80% of irregular verbs used in day to day language. I don’t know how accurate that is but I find it very inspiring.
An extra verb scramble worksheet:
Here’s the next set of 4 worksheets and a link for an online game for more practice.
Another verb scramble worksheet:
I finally managed to make a fun game for these first verbs at http://www.classtools.net.
I want to add that I’m not a fan of games that focus more on your dexterity skills than the content that your trying to learn. Especially when you’re only seeing 1 focus word every 2 mins.
But this game forces you to keep your eyes on the words the whole time. You can see various words at the same time, it’s very repetitive without getting too boring too soon and it’s fast moving. All in all, I like this game for this particular grammar point.
Another quickie made at englishexercises.org.
This is a simple game I made at http://www.englishexercises.org based around the Irregular verbs from group A.
Basically one sentence is correct and the rest are wrong. You have 30 seconds to select the correct one which I think makes the game a bit slow but I didn’t have the option to speed it up.
ESL Seven 