1.

SILENT LETTERS
ISLAND / AISLE PLUMBER SWORD WRINKLE / WRIST SOLEMN RESIGN WALK DESIGN HALF WRONG LIGHTNING BISCUIT LISTEN CALM / PALM HALF HOUR / HEIR HANDKERCHIEF KNEE / KNOW PSYCHOLOGY SHOULD/COULD CASTLE DEBT / DOUBT LAMB / LIMB DUMB / CLIMB TALK COLUMN CHALK AUTUMN GLISTEN KNIFE

After walking for half an hour we arrived to an old temple in the middle of the island. My knees hurt a lot but I was very happy because the view was magnificent. The solemn Greek temple still had four of its twelve original columns and our guide, who was a local plumber very talkative and friendly, told us all about the story of the monument. We listened carefully while eating butter biscuits. It was a fine autumn evening, the sun was shining and the birds were singing cheerfully. 2. FINAL ED SOUND REGULAR VERBS
1. Se pronuncia -ID en los verbos que terminan con las consonantes t y d 2. Se pronuncia -T despus de las consonantes mudas f, k, p, s, sh, ch, o th [suave]: 3. Se pronuncia -D despus de las consonantes sonoras b, g, j, l, m, n, z, v, ng y th [fuerte]. Asimismo, despus de todos los sonidos vocales y diptongos:

4. Ten presente que lo importante en este aspecto de la gramtica es el SONIDO CON EL

CUAL FINALIZA EL VERBO, no la letra o su pronunciacin. Por ejemplo, el verbo fax finaliza con la letra x pero con el sonido /s/; por su parte, el verbo like termina con la letra e pero con el sonido /k/.

calculate calculated (calcular) laugh laughed (reir/se) arrest arrested (arrestar)

/ID/

mob mobbed (acosar) watch watched (ver) look looked (ver)

pat patted (dar una palmada)

beg begged (rogar) wash washed (lavar)

roast roasted (asar)

/T/

love loved (amar) hum hummed (canturrear)

match matched (emparejar) succeed succeeded (tener xito) fish fished (pescar) talk talked (hablar)

judge judged (juzgar)

mind minded (importarle a uno)

/D/

quiz quizzed (concursar)

mess messed (desordenar) pick picked (levantar)

fill (llenar)
laugh laughed (rer)

fry fried (freir)

sip sipped (sorber, saborear)

Example: We wrapped the Christmas presents last night. 1) I laughed at the joke. 2) Our work is finished. 3) The snake killed the mouse. 4) The teacher helped the student. 5) When I was younger, I wanted to walk on the moon. 6) We hiked to the top of the mountain. 7) James rented his apartment. 8) We cant go swimming because the pool is covered. 9) That old house is haunted. 10) We hunted for her keys, but could not find them. Read the text: The bear jumped ( ) out of its cage and into the crowd. She must have realized ( ) that this was her best chance to escape. The bears trainer looked ( ) as though he were about to faint from the terror of it all; it seemed ( ) like his worst nightmare come true. He scrambled ( ) to his feet and started ( ) waving his hands and shouting to get the bears attention. She stopped ( ) her wild rampage only for a moment at the sound of her trainers pleas. She quickly turned ( ) back to the crowd and resumed ( ) knocking people to the floor. The trainer suddenly had an idea. He reached ( ) into his pocket and pulled ( ) from it a large chocolate covered ( ) treat a known favorite of the bear. He shouted ( ) the bears name once more and she turned ( ) to face him. She saw the treat and ran in full gallop towards him. He threw the treat into the cage and the bear followed ( ). He locked ( ) the door behind her and fell to the floor in relief. Apparently, the bear valued ( ) food more than freedom.

3. FINAL S/-ES PRONUNCIATION

Voiceless sounds take /s/
Imagine the sound a snake might make...ssssssssss

Voiced sounds take /z/

These sounds take /iz/

Imagine the sound a bee Similar to the word 'is' might make...zzzzzzzz

These sounds are voiceless: /f/ /h/ /k/ /p/ /t/ // EXAMPLES: laughs /laefs/ talks /toks/ Beds Cabs Sounds Sings Mats Books Watches Flashes Roofs Cans Clothes Badges Buses Sleeps Boys Faxes Horses Comes Goes Musicians Symptoms Arrives Waves Casinos Sayings Reservations Bridges Roses Foxes Statistics

These sounds are voiced: /b/ /d/ /g/ /j/ /l/ /s/ /ss/ /sh/ /ch/ /ks/ /z/ /m/ /ge/ /dge/ /n/ /ng/ /r/ /v/ /w/ + all vowel sounds EXAMPLES: rubs / rubz/ sings /singz/ /S/ EXAMPLES: kisses /kisiz/ boxes /boksiz/

/Z/

/IZ/