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Pronounciation: ‘ed’ ending. The simple past

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There are three different ways to pronounce the ‘ed’ ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense: / Id / , / t / or / d /. You can listen it here

The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end of the infinitve of the main verb and whether it is voiced or not.

/Id /
infinitives that end in the sounds
/t/ or /d/		 / d /
infinitives that end in a voiced sound		 / t /
infinitves that end in an unvoiced sound
needed
hated
dated
seated		 lived
chilled
enjoyed
tried		 shopped
picked
wished
crunched

More Past Simple exercises

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Past simple exercises

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Hello everybody! My name is Past Simple Boy because I am very nostalgic and I always talk about the past.This is an old picture of me. I was eighteen in this picture. It was thirteen years ago.

I studied at University at that time. I lived with my friends Paco and Javi in a big and old flat. We didn’t study much and we enjoyed our life. Every weekend we went to the disco and met new girls. I remember I had a girlfriend called Margarita.

I finished my studies in 1995. A year later I started to work as a Language teacher  in a Secondary school. Life is not too bad, but those days were fantastic!

Do you know about your parents’ life when they were young?

 Comprehension Quiz

Si quieres aprender cómo se forma y cuándo se usa el Past Simple haz click en los siguientes apartados

 Past Simple Form
 Past Simple Use

Practica lo aprendido con los siguientes ejercicios:
“Let’s practise”

Form Use Contrast
 Exercise 1 
 Exercise 2
 Exercise 3
  Exercise 1
  Exercise 1
 Exercise 2 
 Exercise 3

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