PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS- PRONUNCIATION

1. Watch this video. It explains the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds and the rules to pronounce -ed in regular past simple verbs.



2. Listen to the verbs and choose the correct pronunciation.

3. Dictation: listen and write the sentences.

4. Listen to a BBC programme in which they speak about the pronunciation of -ed and give examples. You can also download the grammar explanation.

5. Quiz: listen to the text and choose the correct pronunciation of the verbs.

PAST SIMPLE- FORM

1. Watch this video and learn to form affirmative sentences in the past.



2. Watch the video and learn how to make negative sentences in the past.

3. Click here and see a presentation on how to make yes/no questions in the past.

Daily Routine

A day at school
Listen to a conversation between a man and a boy. Choose the best answer for each question. You can read the script and do some exercises.

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DVD Movie Rentals

Listen to the conversation and choose the right answer. You can also read the transcript (click on "quiz script") and do some exercises.

St. Patrick's Day

A. Vocabulary: do some of the activities to learn and practise the vocabulary.

B. Quiz (noodle: brain-cerebro). Do you remember the right answers?

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1. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers.
2. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers. Now read the conversation and answer the questions.
3. Listen to the conversation and choose the answers. Then read the conversation.

You're Beautiful by James Blunt

James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974), is an English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and new single releases, especially You're Beautiful brought him to fame in 2005. His repertoire is a mix of acoustic-tinged pop rock. Blunt won two BRIT Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, and was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2006. He released his second album All The Lost Souls, in 2007.
Blunt was an officer in the Life Guards, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. While posted to Kosovo, Blunt was introduced to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Since then, Blunt has supported MSF by holding meet-and-greet auctions at many of his concerts.
Blunt's primary residence is now on the Spanish island of Ibiza.

Watch a video of his famous song "You're Beautiful".