tailieunhanh - English pronunciation made simple part 38

When you are satisfied with your pronunciation ot tne" target sound in the exercises, you are ready to apply what you have learned to content and situations similar to those you might encounter in real life."More Practice provides controlled practice with this. | More Practice EXERCISE A 33 Read the dialogue aloud with a partner. Be sure to pronounce all the past tense endings correctly. x id Mr. West Why are you interested in working for Westfield stores d Ed The company has earned the admiration of the retail industry. t Mr. West Are you experienced id t id Ed I am well educated and have worked for respected retail shops in Europe. d d Mr. West I see you ve traveled extensively. Have you studied other languages d id Ed I lived in Japan for six months and attended an intensive program d where I learned Japanese. id d Mr. West Our company is service oriented and has maintained high standards. t Ed I m impressed by your management style. id Mr. West Your interest in our company is appreciated. I m sure you will be d offered a position with Westfield. Ed Thanks Dad EXERCISE B H Think of a response to the question What happened to you today Be sure your response contains many past tense verbs. When you complete your response work with a partner and ask him or her the same question. Use a chart like the one below to categorize the verbs according to the sound of their -ed endings. example A What happened to you today Claude B I pulled into my driveway lifted the garage door backed in knocked over the bicycle parked the car opened the door and was shocked to see my house had been robbed -ed t -ed d -ed id backed knocked parked shocked pulled opened robbed lifted Lesson 53 247 Lesson Pronouncing Plurals Third-Person Verbs Possessives and Contractions When you are writing English the letter s at the end of words serves many different purposes. The letter s is used to form plural nouns hats dogs third-person present tense regular verbs he likes she eats possessive nouns my friend s house the dog s collar and contractions it s late he s here . As you can see s is a very versatile letter in English. It is important to learn its many different sounds When you are speaking English the -5 ending can have three different pronunciations.