![]() This week, I had to create a review activity for ESL learners around irregular verbs for my grammar class. The challenge presented to us - create a review that didn’t require your typical pencil paper technique. As an early childhood educator, I’m constantly creating play-based learning experiences for my students based on their interests and developing skills. Therefore, I took this opportunity to reflect on how I would do this in an early years’ setting and transfer that into a LINC program for adults. I borrowed an idea for a game that is played in many classrooms for children – “Memory Match”. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this game, there is a theme (for example, I’ve seen my students with a Hungry Caterpillar version) where there are doubles of each character. Cards are all faced down and students pick them up one at a time and find the matching character. If they don’t find the matching character, they flip them back down and continue. I decided to use this concept to create an irregular verb matching game. One of the ways I create learning activities for my school-age students, is by using recycled materials in the classroom. For this activity, I googled a list of irregular verbs in the different tenses and created headings for each tense: Infinitive – Past Perfect- Past Participle I then wrote down the different verbs in the different tenses on each card. For my cards, I used recycled glove-box tops. You can use q-cards, card stock, or construction paper. This game can be altered to meet the needs of students by:
Get students to work independently, in pairs, or small groups to find the matching irregular verb tenses. Objective (depending on the audience):
Review irregular verbs covered in class and increase student confidence in speaking, reading, and listening. My professor also suggested that this game is great for supply teachers to use as a filler activity. ![]()
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