Cover of the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.2 - Time twins for the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the life stories again and circle the past form of these regular verbs: study, finish, live, work, start, walk, move, hate, love, play, want. Then complete the rule.
  2. Listen to the pronunciation of the regular verbs and write them in the correct place in the table.
  3. Write the past form of the irregular verbs below. Use the life stories to help.
  4. Read the sentences and complete the rules.

Answer

a)

  • -d
  • -ed
  • -i
  • -ed

b)

  • /t/ → finished, worked
  • /d/ → lived, played
  • /ɪd/ → started, wanted

c)

  1. went
  2. had
  3. made
  4. knew
  5. bought
  6. took
  7. became
  8. thought

d)

  • didn't / did not
  • did