Search for the verb!

Find the irregular past forms of the following verbs in the word searcher. The answers go up and down in these directions: ,,,,, have A P O E X H A D E L C Q D A W Z A K H K do go E A E J Y R O E J K make M P U T B R K E F O break G S Z G B T M T E O take see H T D Y H U P A C T catch J I W E W T W R D A put D V V X A A E E W X give can K A N P S Q S T N Z eat G L M C O U L D V T

Now use the irregular past forms above to fill in the gaps. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 He _ _ _ fish and salad for dinner last night. They _ _ _ _ a cake for their mothers birthday. She _ _ _ _ a book on the train to work. We _ _ _ _ to New Zealand on holiday last year. I _ _ _ my coat in the cupboard He _ _ _ _ his wife some flowers to say sorry. She _ _ _ _ _ _ the bus to school last week. I _ _ _ some beautiful places on holiday. She _ _ _ a beautiful baby girl on Friday. He _ _ _ _ _ the World Record for goal scoring in one match. _ _ _ you go to the rock concert? I _ _ _ _ _ speak French when I was younger.

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TEACHERS NOTES: Search for the verb!

Aim: This fun activity can be used to consolidate past simple irregular forms, first by searching in the word searcher and then using the words to make sentences in Ex. 2. It would work well at the end of unit 7.2 as an introduction to unit 7.3. Time: 40 minutes Materials: photocopies of the worksheet for each student.

Check that all students understand how a word search works and then do the first one with them. Create some excitement by giving setting a time limit of ten minutes to see if they can find all the words in time. Answers G H S T Z D G Y B H T U M P T A E C O T

A P O E X H A D E L

C Q D A W Z A K H K

E A E J Y R O E J K

M P U T B R K E F O

J I W E W T W R D A

D V V X A A E E W X

K A N P S Q S T N Z

G L M C O U L D V T

There are twelve verbs in total, and at this point students could work in pairs to create the twelve sentences. Monitor their work, and encourage students to peer correct. Elicit answers from the class.
Answers: 1 ate 2 made 3 took 4 went 5 put 6 gave 7 caught 8 saw 9 had 10 broke 11 did 12 could

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