It is no secret to anyone that throughout the last few years the English language has become the most demanded language in the whole world, as everyone is interested in learning it judging by how global it has become, and also because of its simplicity in comparison with other languages, well that is until the learners face irregular verbs (past simple and past participle), and when that happens most of them can be found struggling, while the rest learn them successfully. In the following article, we will try to understand the reasons behind this struggle, and what ways are the best for a learner to actually get a strong grip on the English irregular verbs.

First of all, before starting to learn the verbs in the first place, a learner must be put on notice about how important learning the irregular verbs is in the English language; he has to understand the fact that it is technically impossible to speak correct English or to master the language without learning these verbs. It is the responsibility of the teacher to let the learners know about their importance, so that they start off knowing that this is not some lesson you can just skip and come back to later.

Also, the method that most learners follow (in which they take the list of irregular verbs and try to memorize them by heart) is really non-useful on the long term, most people who follow this way end up forgetting the verbs. The best way to remember stuff such as irregular verbs, grammar rules and so on is via practice, as the latter is the best companion for language learning. Whether it is via writing, speaking or both, practice is the best option possible. A teacher has to use certain simple yet effective ways such as having conversations with the learners and correcting their mistakes over and over again when conjugating verbs, and also making them write paragraphs on a regular basis until they start mastering the grammatical rules (irregular verbs mainly in this case).

By the end of the day, as teachers of the English language, we have to be honest: yes, learning the irregular verbs is not fun, nor easy, and it takes a while, yet the point from this article is to show to the new learners or the old ones who happen to be struggling that nothing is impossible to learn, maybe you just have been using the wrong methods, and hopefully now that would change after this article. Of course, you can always come to us at DOPE, and we will make sure to make all your linguistic struggles fade away.