
D-08.08 Get & Use a 54 Card Deck of Basic-Level, Base + Past-Form Verbs
3 Pages of Base Verbs with Definitions on Backs + 3 Pages of Matching Past Forms with Examples in Illustrated Contexts 12 pages to print out (2-sided) & cut into 9ths Who They’re For: Novice English Speakers & New Readers Ready to Reinforce Grammar Learning with One– or Two-Sided Verb Cards & Card Play Why You Need Them: Nearly everyone enjoys “playing cards”—even if materials users unintentionally improve their language skills without being aware of it. These 54 double-sided (or 108 one-sided) cards build grammatical verb-usage vocabulary. Recognizing 27 of the most frequent (a few regular, but mostly irregular) base verbs of English, learners get to match them with corresponding definitions, simple-past forms, and/or illustrated fill-in-examples. The Deck has many (simpler or higher-challenge) uses, of course, including as stimuli (cues) in lessons that target verb-phrasing in simple-past and other verb-tense patterns. What You’ll Do: [1] From the Basic Ve