You need to teach the Irregular verbs but you don’t know how?
Irregular verbs – Go Fish! is here to help.
Match up the irregular Past tense verbs to the Present form
Aim: To practice the Past form of the irregular verbs.
Match up the irregular present tense verbs to the past participle form
Aim: To practice the Past participle form of the irregular verbs.
Match up the irregular past tense verbs to the Past participle form
Aim: To practice the past tense and past participle form of the
irregular verbs.
1. Each player gets 5 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile faced down.
2. Player A asks player B for the past tense card or Present tense form of one of his/hers cards. (e.g. If player A has the card ‘Go’ then he can ask the card ‘Went’ from the other player) The player must state the opposite of the tense he has.
3. If player B has the card they must give it to player A. If not, then player B says, ‘Go Fish!’ and player A has to draw a card from the pile.
4. If a player matches 2 cards (e.g. See and Saw) then he places the cards in front of him and gets one point.
5. The game continues back and forth until all cards have run out.
6. The player with the most matches wins.
Suggestion: Increase the difficulty. You may ask your students to form a sentence based on the match they have done to practice the Past tense and earn an extra point.
1. Each player gets 5 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile faced down.
2. Player A asks player B for the past participle card or Present tense form of one of his/hers cards. (e.g. If player A has the card ‘Go’ then he can ask the card ‘Gone’ from the other player) The player must state the opposite of the tense he has.
3. If player B has the card they must give it to player A. If not, then player B says, ‘Go Fish!’ and player A has to draw a card from the pile.
4. If a player matches 2 cards (e.g. See and Seen) then he places the cards in front of him and gets one point.
Suggestion: Increase the difficulty. You may ask your students to form a sentence based on the match they have done to practice the Past participle and earn an extra point.
1. Each player gets 5 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile faced down.
2. Player A asks player B for the past tense card or Present tense form of one of his/hers cards. (e.g. If player A has the card ‘Gone’ then he can ask for the card ‘Went’ from the other player) The player must state the opposite of the tense he has.
3. If player B has the card they must give it to player A. If not, then player B says, ‘Go Fish!’ and player A has to draw a card from the pile.
4. If a player matches 2 cards (e.g. Seen and Saw) then he places the cards in front of him and gets one point.
Suggestion: Increase the difficulty. You may ask your students to form sentences based on the match they have done to practice the Past tense and Past participle and earn an extra point.
Contents:
✓ 120 cards (40 Present Tense, 40 Past Tense, 40 Past Participle) – Colour and Black and White
✓ Cover for cards – Colour and Black and White
✓ Blank cards:
to add your own irregular verbs
to print for your students and have them make their own deck