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Program 4: Unlocking the Past: Irregular Verbs & The Simple Past Tense

Learn to confidently describe completed actions, share experiences, and tell stories using essential irregular verbs.

Instructor: Dave
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Beginner to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A1-A2)

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About this course

Step into the past and learn how to share your history. This program focuses on the Simple Past tense, specifically targeting irregular verbs—the most frequently used, yet often challenging, verbs in English that don't follow the standard "-ed" rule (such as "came," "ate," and "went"). You will learn how to build affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using the auxiliary verb "did." To bring your past events to life, you will expand your vocabulary with precise time phrases (like "yesterday morning" and "a long time ago"), prepositional phrases for locations, and common noun phrases. By the end of this course, you will have a solid grasp of an extensive list of irregular verbs, allowing you to fluidly describe completed actions and past experiences.

What you'll learn

Students will learn the core structure of the Simple Past tense, focusing exclusively on irregular verbs (those with vowel changes or no changes at all). They will master forming Yes/No and Information (Wh-) questions and negative statements using the auxiliary "did," supported by a robust vocabulary of time expressions, noun phrases, and prepositional phrases to accurately contextualize past events.

Skills you'll gain

Simple Past Tense Irregular Verbs Mastery Past Experience Storytelling Question Formation ("Did") Time Expressions Prepositional Phrases Noun Phrases

Syllabus

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Module 1 8 hours

The Simple Past Tense with Irregular Verbs

• Describe completed actions and events that happened at a specific, finished time in the past.
• Formulate correct affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using the auxiliary "did."
• Understand and use a wide vocabulary of irregular verbs (e.g., knew, bought, swam, drove, taught) without relying on the "-ed" rule.
• Use specific time phrases (e.g., "last winter," "a short time ago") to clearly establish when an event occurred.
• Provide detailed context to their stories using specific noun phrases (e.g., "a bunch of flowers") and prepositional phrases of place (e.g., "at the airport," "over the mountains").

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