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EXERCISE 11-ORAL
(BOOKS CLOSED): Practice pronouncing -ed.
Example: walk to the front of the room
STUDENT A: (Student A walks to the front of the room.)
TEACHER: What did ( . ..) do?
STUDENT B: She/He walked to the front of the room,
TEACHER: What did you do?
STUDENT A: I walked to the front of the room.
1. smile
2. laugh
3. cough
4. sneeze
5. shave (pantomime)
6. erase the board
7. sign your name
8. open the door
9. dose the door
10. ask a question
1 1. wash your hands (pantomime)
12. touch the floor
13. point at the door
14. fold a piece of paper
15. count your fmgers
16. push (something in the mom)
17. pull (something in the room)
18. yawn
19. pick up your pen
20. add two and two on the board
END OFVhRB
+ -EDFORM
END OF VERB: A CONSONANT + -e + ADD -d
smile smiled
erase erased
Rule 2:
ON6 VOWEL + ONE CONSONANT* +
DOUBLE THE CONSONANT, ADD -ed
stop st@f=d
rub rubbed
Rule 3:
Rule 4:
TWO VO'WELS + ONE CONSONANT
rain
need
TWO CONSONANTS
count
help
+ ADD -ed; DO NOT DOUBLE THE CONSONANT
rained
needed
+ ADD -ed; DO NOT DOUBLE THE CONSONANT
counted
helped
Rule 5:
CONSONANT + -y + CHANGE -y TO -i, ADD -ed
studied
C W carried
Rule 6:
VOWEL + -y + ADD -ed; DO NOT CHANGE -y TO -i
play
enjoy
played
enjoyed
*wcEmoNs: Do not double x (fix + -od =fixed). Do not double w (snow + -sd = smed).
NOTE: For two-syllable verbs that end in a vowel and a consonant (e.g., visit, open), see Chart 5-8.
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