This week we started working on a new unit. The topic, so
far, is Going on a holiday. In this
new unit we are studying the past
tenses. We have started with the Simple Past and the Past Continuous.
We read the stories of a few people who went for a holiday
and it did not turn out the way they would have liked. Students summarized the
stories. In order to write a story about something that happened in the past we
need to be able to use a variety of past tenses: Simple Past, Past Continuous,
and Past Perfect.
Here are some examples of sentences that use both the Simple
Past and the Past Continuous.
While we were
having the picnic, it started to rain.
What were you doing when
the earthquake started?
I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't
hear the fire alarm.
You were not listening to me when I told
you to turn the oven off.
While John was sleeping last night, someone
stole his car.
Sammy was waiting for us when we got off
the plane.
We studied the pronunciation of regular past forms. We have
3 groups:
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Infinitives with a voiced ending sound: the added –ed is pronounced /d/.
Ex: played, answered, listened..
-
Infinitives with a voiceless ending sound:: -ed is pronounced /t/.
Ex: walked, talked, danced.
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Infinitives which end with the sound
d or t: -ed is pronounced /id/
If you want to listen how these different verbs are
pronounced in the past go to the following link and click on listen for each group. http://www.englishw.com/PastPronunciation.php.
You may also check this video if you have the chance and
would like to practice listening questions and answers in the Simple Past.
Extra Homework
You may also check this video if you have the chance and would like to practice listening questions and answers in the Simple Past.
If you do, you may answer the questions:
1.What did Dina do yesterday?2 What did Asker do this morning?
3.What did Charles do yesterday?
4. What did Mathew do this morning?
5.What did Roberta do today ( before now)?
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