Unit 28: Dodgy dating
Intensifiers: so, such, enough, too
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- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 1
Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves, with the help of a mysterious story
Wayitii marii qabxii 1
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Activity 2
Groups of irregular verbs
Practise, practise, practise…
Oops, someone has just broken their mobile phone. Broken is the past participle of break, and it's irregular.
Barreeffama kana dubbisii shakala kana xumuri
In 6 Minute Vocabulary, Finn and Catherine introduced us to four groups of irregular verbs. Each group followed a particular pattern.
In each group there are three verb forms, in this order: infinitive, past simple, past participle.
Group 1
- break, broke, broken
- wake, woke, woken
Group 2
- know, knew, known
- grow, grew, grown
Group 3
- begin, began, begun
- sing, sang, sung
Group 4
- write, wrote, written
- drive, drove, driven
To do
So, how well do you know these verbs? Let's do a quick test. You have put the verb forms in the order (infinitive, past simple, past participle). The 'hint' will tell you which group the verb belongs to, if you've forgotten or if you don't know! And watch out for forms which are not correct or not part of the group.
Verb forms
7 Questions
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 1 verb.Question 1 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 3 verbQuestion 2 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 3 verb.Question 3 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 4 verbQuestion 4 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 2 verbQuestion 5 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 1 verb.Question 6 of 7
Gargaarsa
Activity
Each question has three gaps, for the 1) infinitive, 2) past simple, 3) past participle. You only need three of the five options. Good luck!
karaarra buusu
This is a Group 2 verb.Question 7 of 7
Excellent! Great job! Carraa badaa! Qabxii argatte:
Next
Well done! Do try the test again if you'd like to practise. In our next activity we're going to complete a mysterious story using irregular verbs – testing your knowledge of form and use.
Session Vocabulary
Group 1
begin, began, begun
sing, sang, sung
Group 2
break, broke, broken
speak, spoke, spoken
wake, woke, woken
Group 3
blow, blew, blown
grow, grew, grown
know, knew, known
Group 4
drive, drove, driven
write, wrote, written