Universidad Abierta Para Adultos

Sustentante:
Alan Guzmán

Matricula:
16-1449

Tema:
Task 4

Asignatura:
Gramática inglesa I

Facilitador/@:
Conrado Sanchez Reyes
 Exercises for Task 4 (English Grammar)
Complete the exercise that are below. Include a presentation to your report.

A. Use the simple past tense of the verbs given in parenthesis.

1. You__ __ _arrived_________ (arrive) to New York last month.

2. My sister_ __studies’___________ (study) Economy at Princeton
university.
3. I___ _phoned__________ (phone) you yesterday, but you weren't home.
4. Last night, we__ __planed__________ (plan) a surprise party for Elizabeth.
5. Tom, John and I____ __invited________ (invite) Alicia to a baseball
game.
6. The children_ ___carried__________ (carry) the books to the
classroom.
7. We____ _finished_________ (finish) the exam at 3:30.
8. I___ _talked___________ (talk) to Joshua about the new project.
9. I _learned___________________ (learn) how to make couscous yesterday.
10. Jorge __drank__________________ (drink) too much beer last night.
11. Last year, my family ___traveled_________________ (travel) to Argentina.
12. We _____went_______________ (go) to Nova Scotia in 2008.
13. I _______helped_____________ (help) my brother with his homework
yesterday.
14. I don't want pizza for dinner. I ________ate____________ (eat) pizza last
night.
15. We _____arrived_______________ (arrive) in Moscow at 9:00 yesterday
morning.
16. Mary called. She _______wanted_____________ (want) to tell you about her
vacation.
B. Write a composition about the following topics given below.
1. What did you do last weekend?

Last weekend I went to university early in the morning, then I went to work until 6 in the
afternoon, then I went to my house and went out with my family to eat and watched a
movie, then we stayed at home drinking a beer pole that gave us desire to sleep.
Sunday morning when we wake up, we take a bath and go to the supermarket to do the
shopping since it is the day, we can go out to do the house shopping.

2. Write a short fairytale

Once upon a time, on a good summer day in a field, Grasshopper was jumping in a
musical environment. An ant spent carrying a corncob along with a great job that was
lost to the nest. Grasshopper in musical tone the grasshopper invited the ant to sit and
talk with him. But the ant refused saying that "I am storing food for the winter." "Why
don't you do the same?" The ant grasshopper. ant "Pooh! Why worry about winter?"
said the grasshopper; We have enough food at this time. "But the ant continued on its
way and continued its work. Finally, when winter came, Grasshopper found himself
starving, while ants distributed corn and grains from his storage. Then the Grasshopper
understood that ... It is better to prepare for the days of need.
3. Describe a major historical event.
1966 - Joaquin Balaguer, a Trujillo protege and former leader of the Reformist Party
(later to become the centre-right Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC), is elected
president.
1978 - Silvestre Antonio Guzman (PRD) is elected president and proceeds to release
some 200 political prisoners, ease media censorship and purge the armed forces of
Balaguer supporters.

4. Write what you did the last time you were on vacation.
Well, the last time I am on vacation I went alone without my wife, since the girl could
not travel at that time. I went to Boston, where I only lasted 5 days, it was a very short
but very good holiday, I rested a lot and I was able to visit a boy who didn't see you in a
long time.
 C. Put the correct sound to each verb
/t/ /d/ /Id/
Listened Listened
Waited Waited
Wanted Wanted
Needed Needed
Decided Decided
Answered Answered
Watched Watched
Supported Supported
Washed Washed
Worked Worked

D. Explain the rules of the sounds in the simple past for the verbs that are regular.

There are three different ways to pronounce the 'ed' ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense: / Id / ,
/ t / or / d /.

The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end of the infinitve of the main verb and whether it
is voiced or not.

Group A: Voiceless Last Sound of the Infinitive

If the infinitive of the verb has a voiceless sound at the end of it, such as p, k, s, ch, sh, f, x, or h, you
pronounce the "ed" ending as a "T." (Note the pronunciation in parentheses. It's the sound that determines
the group that a word belongs to, not always the written letter. For example, even though dance ends with
a -ce, its sound is that of an s, so it's in this voiceless group.)
Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)
"-ed" as “T”
asked
baked
brushed
cooked
cracked
crashed
danced (da:ns) + t
dressed
dropped
escaped
finished
fixed
guessed
helped
hiked
hoped
joked
jumped
kissed
knocked
laughed (læf) + t
locked
looked
missed
mixed
packed
passed
picked
pressed
pronounced
pushed
relaxed
shopped
slipped
smoked
stopped
talked
typed
walked
washed
watched
worked
Group B: Voiced Last Sound of the Infinitive
If the last sound in the verb is a voiced one, such as in l, v, n, m, r, b, v, g, w, y, z, and vowel sounds, or
diphthongs, then pronounce the "-ed" ending as "D." (Note the pronunciation in parentheses. The sound
determines the group that a word belongs to, not always the written letter. For example, even
though advise ends with an -se, its sound is that of the voiced z sound, keeping that word in this "voiced
sound" group.)
Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D)
"-ed" as “D”
advised (ad’vaiz) + d
agreed
allowed
answered
appeared
arrived
believed
belonged
burned
called
carried
changed
cleaned
closed
covered
cried
damaged
described
died
dried
earned
encouraged
enjoyed
entered
explained
explored
filled
followed
happened
imagined
interviewed
jailed
killed
listened
lived
loved
measured
moved
opened
planned
played
performed
pulled
rained
realized
remembered
repaired
saved
shared
shaved
showed
signed
slammed
stayed
snowed
studied
traveled
tried
turned
used
welcomed
whispered
worried
yawned
Group C: T or D as the Last Sound of the Infinitive
If the last sound in the infinitive verb is a t or d, pronounce the "-ed" ending as “ID.”
Example: Need, needed = need(id)
"-ed" as “ID”
accepted
afforded
arrested
attended
collected
contacted
counted
decided
defended
demanded
divided
ended
expanded
expected
exported
flooded
graduated
hated
hunted
included
invented
invited
landed
needed
painted
planted
presented
pretended
printed
protected
provided
rented
repeated
reported
respected
rested
scolded
shouted
skated
started
treated
visited
waited
wanted
wasted
The past simple form is often confused with the present perfect. Review present perfect versus past
simple to help you test your understanding of when to use the present perfect or past simple tense.