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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Simple Past Tense

You will recognize and pronounce frequently used words in the past tense. In the simple past tense, we talk about events in the past (yesterday, last month, etc.) Regular past tense verbs end with -ed.

Review these four videos daily for one week.

Pronunciation of the Final 'ed' of Past Tense Verbs
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4426

How to Pronounce 'ed' Endings
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4365


How to Say -ed endings in English


[t], [d], or [Id] ? Pronunciation of Past Tense




Quiz: Simple Past Review
http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz39met.htm

Be sure to find other lessons on Many Things.org and Activities for ESL.


Look at this cartoon: Road Runner Grammar. Copy & paste the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3PrjDh89sQ&feature=related


Now take this quiz. It reviews present, past and future tenses.
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/verbs/quiz236.html


Both of these songs have many verbs in the past tense.

Yesterday, Once More by the Carpenters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1v3MZcHDw

Yesterday, by the Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G6IxcmgblA&list=UUQGYtNKeLTbUFcYLT1MaTEw&index=1