Pronunciation Of Past Tenses

Pronunciation of Past Tenses Read the following sentences: 1. Last night Bert stopped at the supermarket on his way home. 2. Yesterday afternoon Fred called a restaurant to book a table for two. 3. Yesterday evening Sid invited Amanda to dinner. 4. He arranged a meeting with his daughter there. 5. He cooked a big supper for his wife and children. 6. He decided to cook her favourite meal. 7. He smoked a couple of cigarettes after getting the food ready. 8. He washed up after supper. 9. They ordered a lot of the most expensive things on the menu. 10. He started cooking at four o’clock 11. He waited for her all evening. 12. They watched a good film on TV after the meal. 13. They enjoyed it a lot. 14. The food was wasted because she didn’t come. 15. They arrived home after midnight. 16. She jumped over the wall 17. The plane crashed in the jungle. 18. Columbus discovered America 19. The bomb destroyed a house 20. They travelled across Europe by train. 21. He introduced Amanda to his friends. Regular verbs: Listen to nine sentences with past these regular verbs. Write the sentences and the verb in the chart. /d/

/t/

/ d/

Irregular verbs: Add two more verbs to each column according to the pronunciation. Ate

Built

Chosen Caught

Done

Dreamt Heard

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