The document is a rap song performed by a teacher to help students learn irregular English verbs. It lists many irregular verbs like "take/took/taken" and "shake/shook/shaken" and uses them in rhyming lyrics to make the lesson fun and memorable. The rap encourages students to pay attention, not sleep through class, and work to master the irregular verb forms.
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1. Literacy
Teacher: Marina
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IRREGULAR VERBS LIST.
REVISION
Fluency MC (Jason R. Levine) "raps the white board" in his Friday ESL
class at Bloomfield College
to StickStuckStuck those English irregular verb forms in your head!
The microphone
I TAKE (took, TAKen). You SHAKE (shook, SHAken). WAKE (woke,
WOken) to the STYLE Im creAting. THINK (thought, THOUGHT).
SEEK (sought, SOUGHT). LISten to the LESson that I TEACH (taught,
TAUGHT). Dont SLEEP (slept, SLEPT).
I CREEP (crept, CREPT). I SNEAK (snuck, SNUCK UP). You LEAP
(leapt, LEAPT). I KEEP (kept, KEPT) HAVing FUN. Im never BEAT
(beat, BEAten); I WIN (won, WON).
DO (did, DONE). BeGIN (began, beGUN). SHOOT (shot, SHOT)no, I
DONT own a GUN. I LEAD (led, LED) so I can FEED (fed, FED). the
KNOWledge you NEED, STRAIGHT to your HEAD. When I BRING
(brought, BROUGHT) it, you CATCH (caught, CAUGHT) it. Sit BACK,
relax. Dont FIGHT (fought, FOUGHT) it.
Please don't FREEZE (froze, FROzen) when I SPEAK (spoke, SPOken).
Its REAL. You can FEEL I dont STEAL (stole, STOlen). I CHOOSE
(chose, CHOsen) the VERy best RHYMES and WRITE (wrote, WRITten)
them INto my LINES and INto your MIND. When we MEET (met, MET)
Ill BET (bet, BET) I wont LET you forGET (forGOTforGOTten). I GET
(got, GOTten) EVery head NODding. Dont THINK about STOPping just
COME (came, COME). THIS is hip hop. I dont SING (sang, SUNG). I
STING (stung, STUNG). I CLING (clung, CLUNG).
2. On EACH and every WORD, you HANG (hung, HUNG). Its not enough
to DREAM (dreamt, DREAMT); youve got to SPEND (spent, SPENT)
TIME on your GOALS. Please LEND (lent, LENT) me your EAR. Come
NEAR and Ill LAY (laid, LAID) DOWN this new SOUND that I MAKE
(made, MADE). I HOPE you dont SAY that you THINK its JUNK. I
HOPE you dont THINK that I STINK (stank, STUNK). If youre THIRSty
for ENGlish, come DRINK (drank, DRUNK). because I SINK (sank,
SUNK) ALL compeTItion when they HEAR (heard, HEARD) that I GIVE
(gave, GIVen) encouragement when I SPIT (spat, SPAT). Never QUIT
(quit, QUIT); dont SIT (sat, SAT). Yeah, I LIKE it like THAT. Ill even
KNEEL (knelt, KNELT). and BEG you to exPRESS what you FEEL (felt,
FELT). I RISE (rose, RISen) when I DRIVE (drove, DRIVen) through the
BEAT; tap your FEET as you RIDE (rode, RIDden).
Those that HIDE (hid, HIDden) I FIND (found, FOUND). If you FLEE
(fled, FLED) then Ill TRACK you DOWN. Now you SEE (saw, SEEN)
that I MEAN (meant, MEANT) every WORD of the MESsage that I
SEND (sent, SENT). I SHOW (showed, SHOWN) I can FLY (flew,
FLOWN). Now you KNOW (knew, KNOWN) I SHINE (shone, SHONE).
Ill THROW (threw, THROWN) you the BALL. Its your TURN. GROW
(grew, GROWN) with the VERBS that youve LEARNED. GRAMmar
through LYRics I DRAW (drew, DRAWN). PEACE to elLS, now I GO
(went, GONE)!