My son Lucas was complaining he was going to have a permanent crick in his neck from spending hourrrrrs (or words to that effect) trying to learn irregular verbs in English when it occurred to me there might be plenty of sites on the Internet to help students, and my own son in this case, with this seemingly daunting task.
And just as I predicted there are some cool sites that offer a nice alternative to the traditional pen-and-paper method of learning irregular verbs.
Hard to believe me? Then, try these games and I bet you’ll be delighted next time you are asked to study them. Dear Lucas, this post is for you!!!
Jeopardy Quiz Game
Fun activity to teach action verbs in the irregular past simple tense. It can be played in teams (up to 4). It is especially useful for teaching ESL intermediate learning and teaching.
Irregular Verb Wheel Game
An enjoyable game where irregular verbs are chosen at random from a spinning wheel. In this game you have 2 minutes to answer questions related to the verb forms of the irregular verbs displayed in the wheel. You get 1 point for every correct answer plus a bonus 10 points for every verb you get 100% correct.
Hangman Game
From eslgamesplus.com, the always entertaining hangman game; in this case, with irregular verbs. A great timed activity to review irregular verbs while reinforcing their spelling.
Irregular Verbs Walk the Plank
A fun activity where the teacher is presented as an animated character on a pirate ship about to be eaten by sharks. You’ll need to answer correctly all the questions to see the teacher being eaten by the sharks (don’t worry, there’s no blood!). A game for kids that I enjoyed a lot and played more than once 🙂
Create your own.
If you’re not happy with any of the games above, you can always create your own. Superteachertools gives you the possibility of creating your own jeorpardy quiz in a very easy way.
Who said learning English is boring?
Thanks! It looks great!
Hello Cristina
Congratulations for your great post, is a great compilation of games (some of them are not working now on current navigators since they were developed using Flash).
In case it could help, we have implemented a simple free tool to help memorising irregular verbs, is targeted for E.S.O. students, right now is divided in three steps:
1. Choose right option
2. Fill the gap
3. Fill all the forms
You can customize the quizzes by choosing which verbs will be included in the test.
Hope it helps: https://www.englishquiz.fun/