Irregular verbs. Does that ring a bell?
I guess for most of you they are or they have been a real pain.
Don't expect them to follow the herd of regular verbs and their nice "ed" endings.
No way!
Those cheeky monkeys break all the rules, and using their past tense forms randomly is rather risky, cause they are unpredictable.
So, better learn them by heart.
Fortunately, there are many tips to make it easier.
No doubt you will find one way to suit you whatever the type of learner you are.
" Whatever the type of learner you are" is perhaps a bit overstated, cause I remember using all of the tips of that site with a young pupil of mine and none worked!
Yet, he was a smart kid and usually got good marks, but irregular verbs seemed to be his pet peeve.
At least, that's what I thought, till one day after using "comed" instead of " came", he let the truth come out…
He told me that "ed"past tense ending was a rule and rules must be respected, so he wouldn't let rule breakers such as irregular verbs call the shots!
Then, he added that anyway he was not interested in the past but only in the future!
That was long ago, and since then my little allergic-to-irregular-verbs young rascal has turned into a young adult with, I guess, a bright future ahead of him!
But, there are still irregular verbs and even if the saying "let bygones be bygones " is true, better remember them!
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