Past simple pronunciation practice

Past simple pronunciation practice

Be ready to answer some questions

Multiple Select

In which verbs is "a" pronounced as /ei/?

Choose all the ones that apply.

• ate

• became

• paid

• said

• ran

Multiple Select

In which verbs is "a" pronounced / æ / ?

Choose all the ones that apply.

• made

• drank

• sang

• had

• gave

Multiple Choice

How do you pronounce the "o" in these verbs: got - forgot- shot ?

• / o /

• / u /

• / a /

Open Ended

What do these verbs have in common? fit - hit - split

Multiple Choice

In which of these verbs the vowel sounds different?

• said

• met

• felt

• sleep

Multiple Choice

In which of these verbs the vowel sounds different?

• keep

• leave

• send

• mean

Open Ended

What's the past form of these verbs:

Blow

Grow

Know

Throw

Draw

Fly

Multiple Choice

What word sounds different (vowel sound)?

• chose

• choose

• broke

• broken

Multiple Select

In which verbs is "o" pronounced the same way?

Choose all the ones that apply.

• told

• spoke

• shot

• woke

Multiple Select

In which verbs is "o" pronounced the same way?

Choose all the ones that apply.

• lost

• bought

• stole

• thought

Open Ended

What do these words have in common: caught - brought - taught ?

Do you remember the rules?

Work on the Flippity

Urban Legends

Are they true?

Make predictions about Story 1

Who was the man?

Where was he?

What was he doing?

What happened in the end?

Make predictions about Story 2

Who was the man?

What did he do?

Did he get into trouble?

What happened in the end?

Make predictions about Story 3

Who was the woman?

What was she trying to do?

Did anyone get hurt?

What happened in the end?

Now listen to each story

Were you right? Take notes

Story 1

Who was the man?

Where was he?

What was he doing?

What happened in the end?

Story 2

Who was the man?

What did he do?

Did he get into trouble?

What happened in the end?

Story 3

Who was the woman?

What was she trying to do?

Did anyone get hurt?

What happened in the end?

Listen and Read

to improve your comprehension

The dead kangaroo story 

In 1987 the world's best sailors were competing in the America's Cup yacht race off the coast of Fremantle, in Western Australia. One day, one of the sailors went for a drive in the outback and accidentally ran over a kangaroo. The sailor got out and leaned the dead kangaroo against the side of the car. Then he decided to put his America's Cup team jacket on the animal and take a few pictures to show his friends. However, it turned out that the accident hadn't killed the animal, it had only knocked it out. While the sailor was taking some photos, the kangaroo came round. Realising that something was wrong, the animal immediately ran away - taking the sailor's jacket, his passport, three credit cards and $1,000 in cash with it. 

The cigar story

A man from North Carolina had been searching for a special make of cigar and eventually he bought a box of 24. He insured them against theft, fire and water damage. Within a month the man had smoked all of them. He then made an insurance claim saying he had lost the cigars in a series of small fires. The insurance company refused to pay - knowing the man had obviously smoked the cigars. The man sued the insurance company and won. The judge ruled that because the insurers had not specified what kind of fire would be unacceptable, the man's claim was valid. The insurance company paid the man $15,000. But the man didn't get away with it. After he cashed his cheque the insurance company told the police what had happened and the man was arrested on 24 counts of arson. He was fined $24,000 and faced a 24-month prison sentence. 

The exploding house story

A woman from California had been trying to get rid of all the bugs in her home for years, but without success. Then, in December 2001, she bought nineteen 'bug bombs', which are designed to spread insecticide over a wide area. She put all the bug bombs in her house, but unfortunately she hadn't read the instructions, which warned that no more than one bomb should be used at any one time, and they should never be used indoors. All nineteen bug bombs went off at the same time, completely destroying the building and causing over $150,000 worth of damage.

A number of bugs were also hurt. 

Fluency challenge

Retell the stories using the ideas on the next slide

In your own words...

What of the three stories was true?