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begin break bring buy
(present) (present) (present) (present)
began broke brought bought

(past) (past) (past) (past)
begun broken brought bought

(past participle) (past participle) (past participle) (past participle)
catch come cut drink

caught came cut drank

caught come cut drunk

drive do eat fall

drove did ate fell

driven done eaten fallen

feed feel fight find

fed felt fought found

fed felt fought found

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fly forget get go
flew forgot got went

flown forgotten gotten gone

grow have hear know

grew had heard knew

grown had heard known

leave lose make meet

left lost made met

left lost made met

put read ride run

put read rode ran

put read ridden run

say see sell sing
said saw sold sang

said seen sold sung

sit sleep stand swim

sat slept stood swam

sat slept stood swum

take teach tell think

took taught told thought

taken taught told thought

throw understand wear write

threw understood wore wrote

thrown understood worn written

brush clean cook dance
brushed cleaned cooked danced

brushed cleaned cooked danced

fix kick like listen

fixed kicked liked listened

fixed kicked liked listened

live love paint play

lived loved painted played

lived loved painted played

shout study wash watch

shouted studied washed watched

shouted studied washed watched

Verb Cards
(e-Prism Book 8 – Lesson 20)
1. Student ability: B-HI

2. Approximate length of lesson: Varies
3. Number of students necessary: Varies
4. Recommended age/maturity of students: JHS, HS, College & Adult
5. Type of lesson: Varies
1. Student ability is listed according to: LB-Low Beginner, B-Beginner, HB-High Beginner, LI-Low
Intermediate, I-Intermediate, HI-High Intermediate, LA-Low advanced, A-Advanced, HA-High Advanced.
2. Approximate length of this lesson in minutes (not including set up explanation).
3. Number of students. 3+ means three students or more will work, two students or less will not work as well.
4. Recommended age indicates the preferred maturity level of the students. Grouped by Child = pre-school or
younger, Elem. = Elementary, JHS =Junior High School, HS = High School, College, Adult.
5. Type of lesson means this lesson is designed to work best with Individuals, Pairs, Groups or Whole class.
*******
Language Target: Working with verbs and various grammar patterns.
Activity #1: (Groups) Divide the class into groups of four and deal out six cards to each
student. The remainder of the cards are placed face-down on the table. One student begins by
asking any other student in his/her group a question using any one of the six verb cards in
his/her hand. The student determines which tense to use. The answer must use the same verb
and the same verb tense as the question. If the response is correct, the play continues with
another round of question and answer. If the response isn’t accurate, the student draws a new
verb card from the stack. The object of the game is to be the first one to run out of cards.
Activity #2: (Pairs) Give each pair of students four verb cards. Together, they make a list of
four questions. When finished, each student takes the list and asks two other students in the
class. (They’ll need to keep a memo of the answers.) Then, they return to their original
partner and report their findings.
Activity #3: (Whole Class) The teacher draws two Verb Cards and reads them. The fist
student who can make a complete sentence with both of the verbs is awarded a point.
Activity #4: (Groups) One student draws a Verb Card and another rolls a die. If the number
on the die is 1 or 2, the student makes a statement using the selected verb in the Present
Tense, if the number on the die is 3 or 4, the student makes a statement using Past Tense, if
the number on the die is 5 or 6, the student makes a statement using Future Tense.
Activity #5: (Whole Class – Two Teams) Divide the class into two teams, Team A and Team
B. Give each team half of the verb cards, and place them face down. One of the students from
Team A draws a Verb Card and asks one of the students from Team B a question. The
student must answer the question using the same verb and same verb tense. If the answer is
incorrect, Team A get a point. Continue alternating between teams until all of the Verb Cards
have been used.
Activity #6: (Groups – Verbs with propositions) In groups of three, Student A draws a
Verb Card and makes a statement prefaced with the proposition: ‘Before.’ For example,
“Before I came to school today, I ate breakfast.” Student B draws a verb Card and makes a
statement with the proposition ‘After.’ For example, “After I saw the movie, I went to a
coffee shop.” Student C puts both sentences together into a compound sentence, i.e.,
“Before Becky came to school today, she ate breakfast and after Gregory saw the movie, he
went to a coffee shop.”
Activity #7: (Whole Class) Simple drill, the teacher draws one Verb Card and reads the
Present Tense verb as printed. The class as a whole recites all three forms. For example, the
teacher reads: ‘fly.’ The students say ‘fly, flew, flown.” This works well to set a timer and
see how quickly the class can go through all of the verbs.
Activity #8: (Pairs or Small Groups) Hand out six or seven Verb Cards to each group.
Together the create a short story using all of the verbs in Present Tense. Then, students
exchange their stories with another group and rewrite the new story into Past Tense.
Activity #9: (Whole Class) The teacher draws a Verb Card and asks a ‘Have you ever… ?”
question; “Have you ever slept on a train?” “Have you ever forgotten your wallet?”
Students answer the question and the teacher asks a follow up question, “When did you
sleep on a train?” “When did you forget your wallet?”
Activity #10: (Small Groups) In groups of four or five, students have a stack of Verb Cards
and a stack of Time Cards from Prism 9. All cards are face down. A student draws a Verb
Card and a Time Card and makes a sentence using both; for example, “On my 11th
birthday, I caught a bad cold and had to go to the doctor.” This could also be done in the
question format where another student in the group must answer.”
Do you have a new Activity? If so, send it to me and I’ll share it with other EFL ESL
teachers: mailto:Kurt@efl4u.com?subject=VerbCardActivity
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begin break bring buy

(present) (present) (present) (present)

began broke brought bought

begun broken brought bought

catch come cut drink

caught came cut drank

caught come cut drunk

drive do eat fall

drove did ate fell

driven done eaten fallen

feed feel fight find

fed felt fought found

fed felt fought found

flew forgot got went

flown forgotten gotten gone

grow have hear know

grew had heard knew

grown had heard known

leave lose make meet

left lost made met

left lost made met

put read ride run

put read rode ran

put read ridden run

said saw sold sang

said seen sold sung

sit sleep stand swim

sat slept stood swam

sat slept stood swum

take teach tell think

took taught told thought

taken taught told thought

throw understand wear write

threw understood wore wrote

thrown understood worn written

brushed cleaned cooked danced

brushed cleaned cooked danced

fix kick like listen

fixed kicked liked listened

fixed kicked liked listened

live love paint play

lived loved painted played

lived loved painted played

shout study wash watch

shouted studied washed watched

shouted studied washed watched

1. Student ability: B-HI

Language Target: Working with verbs and various grammar patterns.

For more FUN English Lesson Worksheets, please visit: http://www.efl4u.com

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