IRREGULAR VERBS

What are irregular verbs?

Regular verbs have ed at the end of the simple past and past participle forms:

Base verb + ed

Examples of regular verbs:

Infinitive	Simple past	Past participle
play	played	played
visit	visited	visited
work	worked	worked

In contrast to the above examples of regular verbs, irregular verbs are verbs which don't follow the above pattern of conjugation.

Irregular verbs

• Use them in appropriate contexts (in your writing or in your conversation)

• Write down examples in your exercise book.

• Always keep a list of irregular verbs at your disposal

 Irregular verb forms can not be predicted, that's why you should learn them by heart. The best way to deal with them is as follows:

A list of irregular verbs

Base form	Past tense	Past participle
be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say see sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write	was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said saw sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote	been begun broken brought bought built chosen come cost cut done drawn driven eaten felt found got given gone had heard held kept known left led let lain lost made meant met paid put run said seen sold sent set sat spoken spent stood taken taught told thought understood worn won written

Now, check the video below and pay attention to the pronunciation and examples of some verbs

ACTIVITY

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
2. It (be)  fantastic.
3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?
10. 
    

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs

Infinitive		Simple Past
1.	meet	.
2.	drive	.
3.	speak	.
4.	put	.
5.	write	.
6.	sing	.
7.	do	.
8.	sit	.
9.	stand	.
10.	run	.

Yes/No Questions in English

Yes / No questions are those questions that expect ‘yes’ or ‘no’ as answer. These questions do not take the question words when, what, where etc.

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How to form yes-no questions

In English, a special word order (Verb Subject Object) is used to form yes-no questions.

Examples:

Affirmative	Yes or No Question
They are American	Are they American?
She is nice	Is she nice?

THE RULES

1. If the main verb of the sentence is "to be", simply invert the subject and the verb to be:

Examples:

They are American. — Are they American?
They are nice. — Are they nice?

2. If the sentence includes a main verb and another or other helping (auxiliary) verb(s), invert the subject and the (first) helping (auxiliary) verb.

Examples:

They are visiting Paris. — Are they visiting Paris?
She has done the housework. — Has she done the housework

Nancy has been working all night long. — Has Nancy been working all night long?
He will be reading the book. — Will he be reading the book?

 3. If the sentence includes a verb which is not the verb "to be" and doesn't include a helping (auxiliary) verb, the transformation is more complex.

A. If the verb is in the present tense, add either do or does and put the main verb in its base form:

do if the subject is the first person singular, second person singular, first person plural, second person plural and third person plural (I, you, we, they)

Examples:

I like apples. — Do you like apples?
They go to a high school. — Do they go to a high school?
does if the subject is the third person singular (he, she, it).

Examples:

Nancy reads a lot. — Does Nancy read a lot?
He hates basketball. — Does he hate basketball?

B.If the verb is in the past tense, add did and put the main verb in its base form:

Examples:

She wrote a nice essay. — Did she write a nice essay?
They did the homework. — Did they do the homework?

Transform these sentences into a yes or no question

1. He loves this town.
2. They like soccer.
3. She can drive a lorry.
4. They are nice.
5. They went to the swimming pool.
6. She wastes her money on jewelery.
7. He decided to leave his wife.
8. She wakes up early.
9. They should revise their lessons.
10. He was born in this town.

Now, use the given words/prases and form yes/no-questions (questions without question words).

1. from London are you
    ?
2. can have Nelson a pet
    ?
3. horses they do have
    ?
4. tomatoes need for the pizza do we
    ?
5. does love fish and chips your father
    ?
6. develop the complete test here http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/word_order.htm

Today we are going to learn about possessive pronouns, firts watch the video

Possessive pronouns are those designating possession. They may also be used as substitutes for noun phrases, and they are typically found at the end of a sentence or clause. There are only a few possessive pronouns in the English language.

Subject Pronouns	I	you	he	she	it	we	you	they
Possessive  Pronouns	mine	yours	his	hers	its	ours	yours	their

English possessive pronouns exercises. Fill in the possessive pronouns referring to the person or thing mentioned before to complete the following sentences in English.

1. I want to change  job. 
2. As you make  bed, so you must lie in it. 
3. Mark claims this book to be .
4. Peter cleaned  teeth and went to bed. 
5. She is so fat.  figure is awful. 
6. I don't think this umbrella is . 
7. The two countries have recently exchanged  ambassadors. 
8. We are going to spend  holidays at the seaside. 
9. This can't be Stella's signature.  is quite different. 
10. He beat  brains about the incident. 

Develop the test here http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-english-possessive-pronouns-exercises.html#.WN6dc1WGOM8

Possessive Adjectives

What are possessive adjectives?

Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their - modify the noun following it in order to show possession.

Examples:

·         I'll get my bag.

·         Is this your luggage?

Examples

Subject Pronouns	I	you	he	she	it	we	you	they
Possessive Adjectives	my	your	his	her	its	our	your	their

Examples

Why didn't you clean your room? (your modifies the noun room)

Mary doesn't like her dress  (her modifies the noun dress)

        The chameleon can change its color.(its modifies the noun color) 

                                              

Her  hair is long                                         Her hair is short

In this video you will find other examples, practice pronunciation and learn grammar rules for possessive adjectives