For each card from ace to king, assign two letters of the alphabet, and write these on the board. The student must think of a word beginning with one of the letters that card represents. The word must fit a category, e.g. animals, occupations, etc. Each student must write down a sentence using words beginning with the given letters, in order. If the teacher so wishes, the students can work in small groups.
Students then read their sentences aloud.
The teacher prepares a 5x5 grid with 25 irregular verbs in the past tense in each square. The teacher then calls out the verbs in their present tense form until a student gets five in a diagonal or horizontal row. While it may seem time-consuming to make the grids, they can be used over and over. This game is received very enthusiastically because often, students are already familiar with it. Divide the class into teams, or get them to work individually and ask them to select a category and a score.