Difficulties with Irregular Verbs?

   Most language students know that English Irregular Verbs do not follow the regular patterns that a lot of other verbs follow.

In English, regular verbs consist of three main parts:the root form (present), the simple past, and the past participle. Regular verbs have an -ed ending added to the root verb for both the simple past and past participle.

The difficulty found with irregular verbs, is that the past tense and past participle forms are extremely difficult to predict, so we must memorize them.

If you want to clarify and solve your problems with them, watch the video and practise them.

Apart from improving your pronunciation, you can also increase the number of verbs learnt by consulting the Irregular Verbs Dictionary at:

http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

And as enjoying is important when learning, why don´t you have a look at

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24725659/PAST_T.htm   and HAVE A NICE TIME?

For new interactive exercises on irregular verbs:

http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

 

Going Abroad

Travelling is one of my favourite free time activities, and I think it´s the best way of knowing new cultures, meeting new people and of course learning languages.

Last summer I spent my holidays abroad, visiting Canada for a couple of weeks and I took a lot of pictures of such a beautiful and large country.

This one, showing the "Changing of the Guard" in front of the Parliament in Ottawa, is one of the hundreds I took.

Why Canada?

Canada has traditionally been a country of inmigrants and has a multicultutral diversity represented by almost all the world´s ethnic groups. As a result, most ethnic foods and recreational activities associated with specific cultures are available.

Besides, Canada is a bilingual country and more and more students go there every year to learn  English and French due to its high quality education standars.

Welcome to students, parents and colleagues

The aim of this Blog is to increase the interest in learning about culture in countries where English is spoken, and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences.

 In order to achieve this, topics, issues, news and publications related to learning English are welcome.

I´d be glad to hear your comments.