REGULAR PAST

-ED PRONUNCIATION The pronunciation of – ED, depends on the final consonant of the verb. If this verb ends with a T or D so the final -ed is pronunciated /id/ If the verb ends with a voiceless consonat (no vibration consonants: k,s,sh,ch, f, p) so the -ed is pronunciated /t/ If the verb ends with a voiced consonant ( consonants that vibrate: the others ) so the -ed is pronunciated /d/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7hi-ipU2n0
-t or -d ending	Without Vibration (c, ck, s, sh, f, p)	With Vibration (the other consonantsp)
/id/	/t/	/d/
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SIMPLE PAST

  THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE:

VERB TO BE

WAS / WERE TONGUE TWISTER 

Who was there?

Was he there? No, he wasn't there

 

Was she there? No, she wasn't

Were you? No, I was not

but if you weren't then... who was there?

We were and They all were,  too

Were they all?- Yes, we were there...

And you... where were you?

 

I was with Bill

studying  this tongue twister

of the simple past tense..

of the verb to be!

That's it!

Amparo Encinas

 

 

Today is Friday, 21st march 2014

Weather: it's cloudy and warm

Season: It's Spring time

Regular Verbs: sail (navegar), arrive (llegar), use (usar), invite (invitar) 

• /t/

  /d/

• /id/

Irregular Verbs: 

(SER, ESTAR) is & are-->was/were

(TENER) has &have--->had

(COMER) eat--->ate

(BEBER) drink -----> drank

To study for password:

1. NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST

2. PLURALS: 1 MAN / 2 MEN - 1 CHILD / 2 CHILDREN

3. LIST OF ADJECTIVES: friendly, strange, delicious, sweet, bitter, useful

    

Today is Wednesday February 26th 2.014

Weather: It was raining but now it's sunny and cold.

Season: Winter

Write the questions and answer.

1.- She/go/cinema/last night. ( - No. - theater)

2.- She / watch/TV/last night. (-Yes. - new Harry Potter film)

3.- He/go/shopping/last weekend. (- No. - concert) 

Today is Friday 21st February 2014

Weather: It's a bright sunny day of February  and happy day before the week-end.

Season: Winter time

Practice with the Past Tense

Homework: A.B. page 40: 7, 8, 9 and 11