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Mod Comment by Robbie on June 3, 2012 at 7:41

This is a nice presentation that EC learners can refer to in case they are not familiar with proper pronouncing of irregular verbs. Thanks for sharing, Gabriel!

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Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on March 25, 2012 at 20:36

Hello Mhd. Ahmed!

Well, I found at my page that you've clicked the button "Like" here! Thank you for watching the video "Irregular Verbs". Did you check my other videos! (Regular Verbs - ending 'ed' and their three different sounds, Present Perfect & Phonemic Chart - all 44 speech sounds used in spoken English) I'm sure they may come useful in your quest to improve your English Language proficiency. Don't hestitate to pay a visit to my page and check them out at my mini video "gallery"! Have a pleasant week ahead, my friend!

Regards,

~ GS ~

Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on March 23, 2012 at 12:53

Galina! 

Well, you know, I was in a similar predicament once; highly influenced by my mother tongue – Tamil! This is a universal problem among non-native speakers of English that needs individual effort! Thank you for sharing the experience! 

Regards,

~ GS ~

Comment by Prostomolotova Galina on March 18, 2012 at 18:50

Gabriel, you are absolutely right about the mistakes. Only yesterday my students wrote 'keeped' instead of 'kept' and 'standed' instead of 'stood'. I think it's a really helpful video.

Comment by Gabriel Sowrian on March 18, 2012 at 18:29

Hi Galina! 

I’m all with you on this one!  There is no doubt about the usefulness of this video. A learner of English sometimes may write the past simple and past participle form of an irregular verb in mistake for the regular verb pattern, i.e. adding ‘ed’ at the end of the irregular verb.

For example… 

1. The greengrocer catched the boy stealing mangoes.

       * He’s unaware that the past simple form is “caught”. 

2. I’ve showed you my girlfriend’s photograph, haven’t I?    

       * The past participle of “show” is “shown”. 

Hope our club members will make good use this video. Have a good week ahead, Galina!

Regards,

~ GS ~

Comment by Prostomolotova Galina on March 18, 2012 at 11:49

Gabriel, thanks for the list of irregular verbs. It's great that we can not only see the written form of the verb but hear the pronunciation of it. It's extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing...