Irregular English Verb list

Irregular Verbs

A big challenge for people learning English is remembering the many common irregular verbs.   Native speakers probably don’t think about how verb tenses are made.  Irregular verbs can be confusing!  Swim, Swam, Swum – Read, Read, Read – Go, Went, Gone.

The purpose of this post is to share an A4 sized chart I made of 147 irregular verbs, Click the link to download the PDF: Irregular Verb list PDF file

Did you know the most common irregular verbs are be, do, have, go, get, say, see, think, make, take, come and know?

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I Still Call Australia Home (song and lyrics)

I Still Call Australia Home is a song by Peter Allen, recorded in 1980. Allen sings of Australian expatriates’ longing for home. Watch the video, follow the lyrics and see the famous Qantas commercial which used this song.

Green tea (matcha 抹茶 ) cake recipe

Here is a recipe for a very quick and easy green tea cake. The original recipe just used cinnamon and sugar as a topping.

Anzac Biscuits for Anzac Day

Anzac Biscuits

Anzac Day is coming up on April 25th, so I decided to tell my students about Anzac Biscuits.

I bought a packet of biscuits from Coles and prepared an information sheet with  my recipe.

Blinded by the Light

 

Blinded by the Light is a song by Bruce Springsteen but better known by the recording by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  in 1976. (Wikipedia)

I am most intrigued by the lyrics and what they mean!  Watch a live performance of the song, and read Springsteen’s words.

Gary Wright – Dreamweaver – Symphonic Rock

Dreamweaver is a song by Gary Wright released in 1975. It has a symphonic rock style created by the exclusive use of keyboards and synthesisers.

In this video you can see Gary playing Fender Rhodes piano. Other instruments include Hammond Organ, Minimoog and ARP String Ensemble (from Wikipedia).

Watch the video, enjoy this music and follow the lyrics. You probably remember this music used in Wayne’s World.

Nights in White Satin – Moody Blues -Symphonic Rock

“Nights in White Satin” was released in 1967 (and later reissued in 1972) and was one of the first “symphonic rock” songs I heard. The other is the Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale”.

The song uses an orchestra to provide lush string sounds.

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