🎁 Gratuit · English From Zero · Level B1 · Lesson 77

🚗 We Drove To Tabarka!

Everybody had a busy weekend! Learn the three families of irregular past verbs (go → went · make → made · cut → cut), the verb that changes its sound but not its spelling (read), and lots of weekend activities in the past. Then race the clock in the Irregular Sprint!

🎬 Let's Imagine...

The Weekend Photos

Monday, 7 p.m. The family shares weekend photos on the big screen in the living room.

DadOn Saturday, we drove to Tabarka. Grandma brought a big gift for the twins, and we ate grilled fish by the sea!

LinaOn Sunday, I went jogging with Mom. Then I read a great novel and Adam and I played a board game.

AdamAnd I made lunch! I cut the tomatoes, and Mom let me cook the pasta all by myself.

🧑‍🏫 Teacher SamiMany common verbs are irregular: drive → drove, bring → brought, eat → ate, go → went. Some change one letter: make → made. Some don't change at all: cut → cut, let → let. And read → read… but listen to the sound!

🤔 What did you do last weekend? Use three irregular verbs!

🎨Illustration à venir : la famille regarde les photos du week-end à Tabarka.

Step 1 · Grammar

🗂️ Three Families Of Irregular Verbs

Many verbs are irregular in the past: you can't just add -ed. They're easier to learn in families. Click a pair to hear it.

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The best trick: learn the families, then say each pair out loud three times. The "no change" family is easy — but be careful in the present: he cuts (now) · he cut (past).

🗂️ Which Family?

Choose the family of each verb. 9 verbs.

⏱️ The Irregular Sprint

You have 30 seconds. How many past forms can you find? Try to beat your best score!

Step 2 · Pronunciation

📖 Read Or Read?

The verb read has the same spelling in the present and the past — but a different pronunciation. Listen!

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Look for clues: a time expression (last week, yesterday), another past verb, or he / she without -s → it's the past! She reads every day (present) · She read all night (past).

🕵️ Reed Or Red?

Find the clue: how do we pronounce read in this sentence? 8 rounds.

Step 3 · Vocabulary

🏖️ Weekend Activities In The Past

Click a card to hear what people did last weekend.

📸 What Did They Do?

Look at the picture clue and complete the sentence. 8 rounds.

🎨Illustration à venir : un week-end en famille — jogging, lecture, jeu de société, cuisine.

🎧 Sound Lab

Listen And Repeat!

Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!

Step 4

✍️ Practice Time!

Exercise 1 — True Or False?

Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue

Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.

Step 5 · Final Task!

🎭 Create & Record: My Weekend Photo Album

Imagine four photos from your last weekend. Write one or two sentences for each photo, with at least eight irregular verbs — at least one from each family (went · made · cut…) — and the verb read in the past.

wentdroveatebrought madegotcutlet read (/red/)soldleft

🎙️ Now, Record It!

Present your album like a travel vlogger! Careful: past read sounds like red. Listen back!

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🎯 Final Quiz — Irregular Weekend

Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!