Transcript File - POSTCARDS 3 E

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
REGULAR VERBS. They end in -ED. If the
base form ends in –E, add only –D. If the
base form ends in –Y after a consonant,
change the Y to I and add –ED.
I stayed at a hotel last Friday.
We arrived yesterday.
Mattew studied all night.
(Stay)
(Arrive)
(Study)
The regular simple past verb ending has
three sounds: T / D / ID. It depends on the
last sound of the base form of the verb.
 It’ s pronounced T after the voiceless sounds:
F: Laugh. She laughed a lot with your joke.
K: Like.
We liked their new house.
P: Hope. They hoped that.
S: Cross. I crossed that river.
∫: Wash.
My mother washed my clothes.
T∫: Watched. Tony watched TV last weekend.
The final sound is pronounced D after
vowel sounds.
Stay: We stayed at my sister’s house.
Die: He died two years ago.
Snow: It snowed a lot last winter.
The final sound is pronounced ID after:
T: Visit She visited her parents yesterday.
D: End. The movie ended at 10:00.
PRACTICE ONE. Use the following verbs to write
sentences in past about the pictures below. Write what
pronunciation corresponds to each verb.
DANCE/ WATCH / WORK /TRAIN / DIRECT/ PLAY
EXAMPLE: Peter trained
a lion in the circus last
year. (D)
IRREGULAR VERBS. They have different
forms in the simple past.
EAT- (Ate): I ate pizza yesterday.
GO- (Went): Andrew went to the movies
with his friends.
BUY- (Bought): Jeremy bought a present
for his mother last week.
For a negative sentence:
☺+ DID NOT+ the base form of the verb
(DIDN’T)
 I didn’t eat pizza yesterday.
Andrew didn’t go to the movies with his
friends.
My mother didn’t wash my clothes.
To make a YES/NO question:
DID+☺+ THE BASE FORM OF THE ?
VERB
Did you eat anything?
Did you play soccer on Saturday?
PRACTICE. FILL IN THE CHART.
SENTENCE
1.He graduated from college
last year.
2. They worked for two hours.
3. You had the chocolates.
4. She drank soda.
5. A company wanted to buy
your product.
6. We slept until 10:00 A.M.
7. Yoshio came to U.S. 5
years ago.
8. I stayed at a hotel.
BASE
VERB
REGULAR IRREGULAR
VERB
VERB
T/ ID/ D
PRACTICE TWO.
Change the previous sentences to the
negative and interrogative form.