Sydney, Australia or Sydney, Canada?

Week 11^th -13^th

In the last episode…

…Emma and Raoul’s plane landed at a small airport. They walked to the information desk and showed their tickets to the woman.

- “When does the next plane leave?” asked Raoul.

- “The next plane?” asked the woman. “This is the end of your journey. “Where      

   did you want to go?”

Were they in Sydney? Yes, they were.

Were they in Australia? No, they weren’t. They were in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada!

Be careful if you buy tickets on the net! Don’t make a mistake!

Look at this chart and compare:

	PRESENT	PAST
Affirmative	The plane lands at 5	The plane landed at 5.
Negative	The plane doesn’t land at 6.	The plane didn’t land at 6.
Question form	Does the plane land at 6?	Did the plane land at 6?
Short answers	Yes, it does. No, it doesn’t.	Yes, it did. No, it didn’t.

We make the past simple of regular verbs by adding  “- ed”. We only use the verb ended in “-ed” in affirmative sentences. In negative sentences and questions we use “didn’t” or “did”. So, the verb doesn’t change. It’s always in infinitive.

We tried to find people who…

travelled by plane last year.

Did you travel by plane last year? Yes, I did.

Where did you travel? I travelled to Berlin.

Who did you travel with? I travelled with my family.

When did you travel? I travelled in August.

…cooked a meal yesterday.

Did you cook a meal yesterday? Yes, I did.

What meal did you cook? I cooked lunch.

What did you cook for lunch? I cooked “cocido” for lunch.

When did you cook it? I cooked it in the morning.

And we learnt how to pronounce the past of regular verbs, that is the group “-ed”

DON’T PRONOUNCE “e”, ONLY AFTER “t” OR “d”

Want   wanted                land     landed                wait    waited

                   /ɪd/                                   /ɪd/                                    /ɪd/

When the verb does not end in “t” or “d”, “e” is never pronounced. Sometimes it sounds like “d”; sometimes it sounds like “t”. Don’t be lazy and try to read it in Spanish because native people won’t understand you and it sounds awful (terrible!)

If you want to practise pronunciation, follow this link.

Pronunciation of Regular Verbs