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Have students write each word on a card. 

On the back, have them write the forms of the verb and a sample sentence.

Make one class set for practice or have each student make their own set.

Color coding is by pattern of the BASE-PAST-PAST PARTICIPLE,

in X-Word terms,

Vb, VXD, Vd-t-n: It helps the students memorize.

2 forms for regular and ABB; 3 forms for ABC verbs, etc.

Yellow: regular     want  wanted wanted

Blue:    ABB

       have   had      had

Pink:    ABC

       do      does    did

Green:  ABA

       come came  come

White:  AAA

       put     put    put

to be is the only verb with 8 forms (see be card below)

Source: BYU Corpus of Contemporary American English

See examples below!

regular verb -- front	regular verb -- back
be
to be - front	to be - back