word building (vocabulary)

Click here and on the left you will see a list of activities.

Adjectives from nouns  act 1
Compound nouns act 1    act 2
Job suffixes act 1   jobs (compund nouns)  act 2
verb to noun act 1 
verb to adjective  act 1

Pronunciation: /t/, /d/ and /id/

Move on 1    Unit 1   Pronunciation (past)

In the past simple regular verbs end in 'ed' and there are three different ways of pronouncing

these two little letters - / ɪd /, / d / and / t /.

/ ɪd /

infinitives that end in the sound / t / or / d /       example: hated    added

/ d /

infinitives that end in a voiced sound  

 / t /

infinitives that end in an unvoiced sound

***All vowel sounds are voiced

unvoiced sounds are /p/, /f/, /s/, /S/, /tS/, /K/ and the other sounds are voiced

Exercises

1)ODD ONE OUT

1. wanted                                         ended                                 started                               hoped

2. hoped                                           laughed                              faxed                                  played

3. played                                           liked                                    begged                               learnt

4. shirt                                               looked                                asked                                  waited

5. dog                                                landed                                died                                     called

6. travelled                                       stayed                                saved                                  worked

7.rented                                            landed                                assisted                              opened

2)Put these words in the right column

	/t/	/d/	/id/
Worked
Lived
Stopped
Counted
Targeted
Paid
Listened
Watched
Painted
Performed
Repeated
Helped
Asked
printed
Warned
Used
Waited
Cried
Kissed
invited
Arrived
needed

Time expressions

act 1    act 2    act 3    act 4    act 5

unit 1: Used to and Would

Act. 1      act. 2     act. 3    act. 4     act. 5    act. 6

Past perfect

Let's do some activities about past perfect!
act. 1       act. 2   
Past simple or past perfect????
act. 3   

Present Perfect Simple vs. Past Simple

Grammar explanation: here

Activity 1    activity 2     activity 3   activity 4
 activity 5   (keys)

Past Simple

Watch the power point presentation about the Past Simple. It is very interesting!
Power point presentation

It's time to practice!
Activity 1 (affirmative sentences)
Activity 2 (negative sentences)
Activity 3 (mix)
Activity 4 (mix)