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-ED PRONUNCIATION

TASK

Record yourself reading the following sentences. Remember the rules on how to pronounce the –ed ending well.

Once you have the sentences recorded, upload them here. Don’t be ashamed of your pronunciation, maybe you need more practice but…let your classmates check your progress!

   1.       We talked for hours.

   2.       Picasso painted a lot.

   3.       My sister washed the dishes.

   4.       I asked a question.  

   5.       My brother played computer games.

   6.       They listened to the Beatles.

   7.       I finished doing my homework.

   8.       We laughed with her.

   9.       My friend worked very hard.

   10.   Alan scored a goal.

   11.   She was an actress so she acted.

   12.   We completed our tasks.

   13.   Those crisps smelled a bit strange.

   14.   My grandma visited me yesterday.

   15.   She received my letter last week.

   16.   All I wanted was to buy a red dress.

   17.   She looked pale.

   18.   My cousin decided to travel.

   19.   We needed to rent a car.

   20.   Lesley and Philip moved to Edinburg in 2009.

   21.   My nephew appeared on TV last night.

   22.   My teacher liked tennis.

   23.   Paul celebrated his birthday party in Madrid.

   24.   He returned to entertainment.

   25.   John complained about the food..

Do you miss school already?

Hi!!!!Send me your email addresses to mc.gomez@colegioespiritusanto.org
and I will send you your Xmas present ( well, you know it's homework).

I've created a kind of page similar to Facebook for this class. That's why I need you emails. More details in that site.

Have a nice time!

Past simple

Before doing an activity in which you have to fill in some gaps according to what you hear, let's listen to the song and try to read her lips. Pay attention to the song and don't write anything yet, ok?

Do you know what the lyrics say?
Adele seems to be a bit sad, why is that?
Imagine where she's going and how she 's feeling.






The second song we'll listen to in class is...

-ed pronunciation practice

After knowing the rules of how to pronounce a regular verb in the past, we can do the next activity. It's Mr Bean, you know he doesn't talk at all (well, sometimes he does say something). We'll watch the video and you'll read the sentences aloud.

PHONETICS

Pronouncing correctly in English is essential. We, Spaniards, tend to be always talking in the present. We usually lack the rules about how to pronounce a verb ending in -ed.

 Phonetics in English is a bit tricky, not every different spelling has a single rule, for example.

If we take the letter pattern "gh" we can find different ways of pronouncing  words with that spelling but actually, there isn't a rule for that. Example: ( sorry but I can't write the real phonetic symbol here)

F: rough / raf/, enough /inaf/, laugh /laf/
No pronunciation at all: though  /dou , through /zru/


Well, I hope that with this activity you learn a bit more about your second language. You must practice enough to get it right!

I once heard somebody saying..." My level of English is so bad that every time I ask for a beer , I'm not sure if I'll get a "bird", a ·beard", a "bear" or an actual "beer" ·

I don't want you to be the kind of person who said that but it's important to practice and to check the correct pronunciation in a dictionary ( or a website).



Ready?




ED ENDING by Chiqui Lennon

With the following exercise you'll learn to discriminate sounds ( use howjsay.com if you want to do it at home one more time).

 Remember to have a look at your phonetic alphabet to understand the phonetic transcription better.

PET from chiquilennon

Revision ( unit 1)

Hi! Let's do a bit of revision, shall we?

  PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

 A Complete with the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. At present, we___________(read) about British culture at school.
2. Young children_________(learn) foreign languages fast.
 3. What time____________(you/get up) every morning?
4. You can go in- he ____________(not talk) on the phone at the moment.
5. He ____________(not travel) abroad every year.
6. Who_______________(you/wait) for?
7. I have a very good memory, so I never _______________(take) notes.
 8. We_________________(study) European history at school this term.
9. Ann ___________(understand) the problem.
 10. Patricia and Jeff usually _______________(decide) on their plans at the last minute.
11. They ____________(have) a party this Saturday night.
12. What´s your opinion? I __________________(think) it´s a great idea.
13. We ______________(have) lunch right now.
14. Kevin ___________(know) a lot of people.
 15. _____________(you/believe) that incredible story?
16. This cake____________ (taste) delicious.
17. Sue______________(see) her boyfriend tonight.
18. You seem upset. What ___________(you/think) about?
19. Governments frequently____________(create) new laws.

 REMEMBER...

  PRESENT SIMPLE------habits, routines, truths, stative verbs.

  PRESENT CONTINUOUS------ actions happening at the moment of speaking, tenporal actions and near future.

 B Complete the sentences using the present simple. Don't forget to write them in negative as well.

 AFFIRMATIVE                                                    NEGATIVE

 She ______(do) her homework in the morning
 Noel ________(be) a good friend of mine
 My mum  ____________(have got) a brown cat
 Louise and Ted _______________(drink) red wine.

 C let's do the same but using the present continuous instead. 

 AFFIRMATIVE                                                   NEGATIVE

 My little cousin ____________(have) a party next Saturday.
My English teacher ______________(write) on the board now.
Our neighbours ______________( make) a lot of noise at the moment.
My parents _________________(do) the laundry right now.

1st lesson...

Self introduction from chiquilennon

Tongue Twisters

Who doesn't like a good tongue twister??

1) DOUBLE BUBBLE GUM BUBBLES DOUBLE.

2) A TINY TIGER THINKS TOUGH THOUGHTS.

3) A TINY TIGER TIED HER TIE TIGHTER TO TIDY  HER TINY TAIL.

4) I WISH YOU WERE A FISH IN MY DISH.

5) IF TWO WITCHES WERE WATCHING TWO WATCHES, WHICH WITCH WOULD WATCH WHICH WATCH?

6) STUPID SUPERSTITION.

7) HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?

8) SHE SAID SHE SHOULD SIT.

9) THE BIG BLACK BUG BIT THE BIG BLACK BEAR, BUT THE BIG BLACK BEAR BIT THE BIG BLACK BUG BACK.