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Irregular verbs Many teachers report that the best way to teach irregular verbs is to group them in various ways, depending on their endings. Tis kind of clustering aids memory, which will strengthen with practice. We have listed two websites that give suggested groupings which you could give to your students.
For example Group 1: d ending changes to t, ent changes to end build built lend send
built
lent sent
spend lent sent spent
sold told
spent
Group 7: ell turns to old sell sold tell told
Group 8: vowel change with ought (or *aught) ending d or t ending bring buy
We distinguish between regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow the usual patterns, e.g.: Today I play – that is the present tense. Yesterday I played – that is the past tense. We can also say: I have played – that is the past participle.