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Does learning English help your career? Meet someone who thinks it does and hear how she talks about her life in past simple tense. Then, learn how to pronounce past simple verbs correctly.

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More pronunciation practice

We've seen Finn explaining how to say the ed ending words, now listen to Finn saying these words again, and practise saying them with him.

 

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Hello Finn here – with some more pronunciation practice…

The /id/ sound is the simple past ending for verbs that end in /t/ or /d/ sounds:

decided

waited

wanted

competed

started

restarted

 

The /t/ sound is the simple past ending for verbs that end in /p/, /k/, /sh/ or /ch/ sounds:

stopped

finished

asked

liked

walked

eavesdropped

 

The /d/ sound is the simple past ending for most other verbs, such as:

lived

called

loved

trained

scored

stayed

retired

climbed

achieved

Now you try practising them.

Bye. 

 

End of Session 3

That’s all for this session. We hope you enjoyed it, and we hope you’re feeling more confident about using the past simple tense in conversation. For more information about the past simple tense, go to the Grammar Reference area.

In the next session we'll hear about heroes from our childhood - and meet another great achiever.

 

Session Vocabulary

  • /Id/ For verbs that end in /t/ or /d/ sounds

    decided

    waited

    wanted

    competed

    started

    restarted

    /t/ For verbs that end in /p/, /k/, /sh/ or /ch/ sounds

    stopped

    finished

    asked

    finished

    looked

    liked

    walked

    eavesdropped

    /d/ For most other verbs

    lived

    called

    loved

    trained

    scored

    stayed

    retired

    climbed

    achieved