DIALOGUE

Practice by reading the dialogue with your tutor. After you are done, switch roles and do it again! 📘

• K: What did you do last night?
• D: I watched a movie. What did you do?
• K: I played video games. What did you do after the movie?
• D: I washed the dishes. 
• K: I prefer using paper plates.

 

 

NEW SKILL

Using the past tense. 📘

 

 

 

How to pronounce the -ed sound at the end of a verb. 📘

 

It’s difficult to know how to pronounce ‘ed’ in English because it’s pronounced in three different ways. It depends on the letter before: 📘

The three ways are:

1. ‘id’ – wanted = want -id
2. ‘t’ – helped = help -t
3. ‘d’ – called = call -d

 

The most important thing to remember is this: 📘

If the verb has a ‘d’ or a ‘t’ sound before ‘ed’ you need to pronounce ‘id’. Be careful! It’s the sound, not the letter: ‘decided’ is pronounced ‘decide-id’ even though ‘decide’ ends in ‘e’ because we don’t say the ‘e’, so the last sound is ‘d’. 📘

So for example:

• wanted (want-id)
• ended (end-id)
• decided (decide-id)
• hated (hate-id)

 

If the word before ‘ed’ ends in the sounds ‘p’, ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘k’, then ‘ed’ is pronounced ‘t’: 📘

So:

• ‘p’ stopped
• ‘f’ laughed
• ‘s’ promised
• ‘ch’ watched
• ‘sh’ finished
• ‘k’ walked

 

For all other words, ‘ed’ is pronounced ‘d’: 📘

• allowed
• cried
• enjoyed
• cleaned

 

 

VOCABULARY

Go over the vocabulary and below with your tutor. 📘

 

 

 

EXERCISE

Fill in the blank with the correct simple past tense form of the verb. Write the correct -ed sound with the verb in the past tense. 📘

• Yesterday I helped my mom. (help or laugh) – help -t
• Last month she ________ to Dubai. (travel or cook) – _______
• Dorothy ______ the conversation. (laugh or end) – ________
• We ________ dinner. (travel or cook) – ________
• She ________ at the joke. (help or laugh) – ________

 

 

Change the sentence from the present tense to the past tense. 📘

• I live in the USA. I lived in the USA.
• My friend helps me study. _______________________.
• We cook together. _____________________.
• Dorothy talks a lot to Kevin. __________________.
• You give me a headache. _____________________.

 

 

Which -ed sound does the verb have? 📘

• Yesterday he wanted me to help. want -id
• Dorothy called me this morning. ________
• Her sister stopped crying. _________
• You called me late last night. ________
• I cleaned my room last week. ________

 

Fill in the blank with the correct irregular verb. 📘

• Dorothy and Kevin ate breakfast at 7:00 am. (to eat)
• We ______ a bird. (to see)
• You ________ all of the water. (to drink)
• When _____ you eat breakfast? (to do)
• They ______ home last night. (to be)

 

 

Discussion Questions

• What did you do last night?
• What did you do earlier today?
• Describe a normal day from your childhood.
• Describe all the places you’ve lived.

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