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Irregular Verbs Game: Build a House
A free online game for English irregular verbs. Tap the falling bricks to build the three forms, like go – went – gone, and every new verb adds a piece to your building. Five levels from A1 to C2 and all 194 verbs, from a little house to the Great Wall of China.
Build a House
How to play
- Look at the verb at the top, for example go.
- Tap the falling bricks in the right order: base form, past simple, past participle (go → went → gone).
- Made-up forms like goed crack. A real form tapped too early just turns red and keeps falling.
- At the end comes the final inspection: verbs you got wrong come back until they are right first time. Then you get a certificate with every verb of the level.
Five levels: from a little house to the Great Wall
The levels match the sets in the exercises and in the app. A big level is built over several shifts: each shift adds about 12 new verbs, and the building is finished when all of them are built.
| Level | Building | Verbs | Traps |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Play → | Little house 28 | be, buy, come, do, drink, eat, find, get, give, go, have, know, learn, make, meet, put, read, run, say, see, sit, sleep, speak, swim, take, tell, think, write | one made-up form (goed) |
| A2 Play → | Apartment block 54 | become, begin, bite, blow, break, bring, build, burn, catch, choose, cost, cut, draw, dream, drive, fall, feel, fight, fly, forget, grow, hear, hide, hit, hold, hurt, keep, leave, lend, let, lie, lose, mean, pay, ride, ring, sell, send, set, shake, show, shut, sing, smell, spell, spend, stand, steal, teach, throw, understand, wake, wear, win | two made-up forms (writed, wroted) |
| B1 Play → | Golden Gate 35 | beat, bend, bet, deal, dig, feed, forgive, freeze, hang, lay, lead, lean, light, mistake, misunderstand, prove, quit, rise, shine, shoot, sink, slide, spill, spin, split, spoil, spread, stick, strike, swear, sweep, swing, tear, undo, upset | real words (founded, felled) |
| B2 Play → | Eiffel Tower 57 | arise, awake, bear, bind, bleed, breed, broadcast, burst, bust, cast, cling, creep, dive, flee, fling, forbid, forecast, foresee, grind, kneel, knit, leap, mislay, mislead, mow, overcome, overdo, overtake, overthrow, plead, rid, saw, seek, sew, shed, shrink, sling, slit, speed, spit, spring, sting, stink, string, swell, thrive, thrust, tread, undergo, undertake, weave, weep, wet, wind, withdraw, withhold, withstand | a form of another verb (lie / lay) |
| C1–C2 Play → | Great Wall of China 20 | befall, beget, behold, bereave, beseech, beset, bid, dwell, foretell, forsake, hew, outdo, shear, slay, sow, strew, stride, strive, wed, wring | literary forms, double spellings, forms of other verbs |
Why you really learn irregular verbs this way
- Easiest patterns first. Verbs that never change, then verbs with two identical forms, and only then go – went – gone and come – came – come.
- Traps teach the difference. lie – lay – lain is not lay – laid – laid, and sewn is not sown.
- Mistakes come back. Right away in the final inspection, and again in the next level’s warm-up. That is how a verb sticks.
For teachers
Put the game on the interactive whiteboard. Zen mode stops the falling, so the class can call out answers. Each tapped form is read aloud, and you can turn that off. Pick the level for your class; A1 works for young learners.
Want to review verbs every day? The VocabMint app has them in a course with reminders.
Open the appFAQ
How many irregular verbs are there in English?
About 200 irregular verbs are in common use. The game practises 194 of them: every verb in our table except the literary cleave, split into five levels.
What is the fastest way to learn irregular verbs?
In groups by pattern (put – put – put, buy – bought – bought, go – went – gone), with your mistakes repeated. That is exactly how the game is built.
Is the game free?
Yes, free and with no sign-up. Your progress is saved in your browser.
Does it work on phones?
Yes, on phones, tablets and computers. In class, switch on Zen mode.
What are the three forms of a verb?
The base form (go), the past simple (went) and the past participle (gone), which is used in the present perfect and the passive.
Which ages and levels is it for?
From A1 (roughly age 10 and up) to C2. Each level has its own verbs and a faster pace.