Simple Past Verbs
What are the 3 spelling rules for REGULAR simple past verbs?
1. D: verb ends with an E.
2. IED: verbs ends with consonant + y
3. ED: not one or two
State one thing you did yesterday.
Answers will vary:
EX:
I took a nap.
Clarify what tenses the tenses below change to when you report them:
- simple present
- past perfect continuous
- should
- simple present --> simple past
- past perfect continuous --> X
- should --> should've + PPV
What are the aspects of building a setting?
1. Environment
2. Population
3. History
4. Culture
5. Power
What are all the aspects of formal speaking?
1. TS
2. SD
3. E
4. CS
What are the 3 pronunciation rules for REGULAR simple past verbs?
1. /d/ - voiced endings {/b, g, j, l, m, n, r, v, z, zh, and vowels/}
2. /t/ - voiceless endings {/s, f, k, p, x, sh, and ch/}
3. /did/ - {/t/ or /d/}
**50 extra points for each verb you can pronounce correctly in the simple past form**
- fix
- bathe
- succeed
Answer this question FULLY:
Were you studying when you fell asleep?
Answers will vary:
EX:
No, I wasn't.**100 extra points if you can identify the tense and the rule of the tense**
List 5 report verbs EACH for questions and statements.
Questions: Statements
- ask - say
- question - tell
- query - claim
- probe - state
- inquire - advise
What are the aspects of character building?
Make a character as an example.
1. Goals/Motive: wants to be healthy
2. Conflict: sick
3. Backstory: He was born to a rich unmarried woman, but he was born premature.
4. Personality: he is very hopeful, never negative, and tries to help when he can.
5. Physical picture: very pale, blonde hair, very skinny (bony)
---Jason
What are the jobs of each aspect of speaking?
TS: intro main idea
SD: provide reason
E: explain reason
CS: summarize speaking
Correctly spell these verbs in their simple past form:
- program
- hurry
- scribble
- iron
- weigh
- programmed
- hurried
- scribbled
- ironed
- weighed
**50 extra points for each verb you can pronounce correctly**
- program
- hurry
- scribble
- iron
- weigh
Answer this question FULLY:
Why did you move to the United States?
Answers will vary:
EX:
I moved to the US because I wanted to learn English.
Report these direct quotes:
Einstein said, "I have no special talent."
Walt Disney claimed, "If you can dream it, you can do it."
Stan Lee stated, "I'm not a self-made man as I've had a lot of help."
Einstein said that he had no special talent.
Walt Disney claimed that if you could dream it, you could do it.
Stan Lee stated that he was not a self-made man as he'd had a lot of help.
What are all the parts of the Freytag Pyramid?
1. Exposition
2. Provocation
3. Rising Action [complications]
4. Climax
5. Falling Action [reversals]
6. Resolution
7. Denouement
What are the elements or how to's of each aspect of speaking?
TS: topic + focus
SD: rephrase TS + reason
E: provide related but new information or imagine talking to an idiot
CS: TA, rephrase TS
Spell and pronounce these verbs into their past form:
- alert - happen
- pick - whisper
- rain - pause
- serve - radiate
- alert: alerted /did/ - happen: happened /d/
- pick: picked /t/ - whisper: whispered /d/
- rain: rained /d/ - pause: paused /d/
- serve: served /d/ - radiate: radiated /did/
Correctly punctuation these sentences:
When class was ending I was talking to my friend my friend was very pretty and I knew she liked me until that time a different student at the school had asked me to be her boyfriend I had told that person that I needed some time to think
When class was ending, I was talking to my friend. My friend was very pretty, and I knew she liked me. Until that time, a different student at the school had asked me to be her boyfriend. I had told that person that I needed some time to think.
**50 extra points for each correctly identified tense**
Modify these indirect reports into direct reports:
- George Lucas said you needed to be persistent and never give up hope.
- The man asked who had framed Roger Rabbit.
- The Ghost Busters inquired if I were a god.
- George Lucas said, "You need to be persistent and never give up hope.
- The man asked, "Who framed Roger Rabbit?"
- The Ghost Busters inquired, "Are you a god?"
What are the six rules of dialogue?
1. Quotes go before and after spoken words
2. New paragraph for different speakers
3. Dialogue tag: start = comma after; end = comma before in quotes
4. Context = no dialogue tag
5. In quote words follow standard punctuation rules
6. Gerund/Simultaneous action uses comma to separate dialogue tag
**100 extra points for how to punctuation a "?" in dialogue**
What are the amounts and locations of each aspect of speaking?
TS: one; first sentence
SD: 3; after TS and before its E
E: 3; after its SD
CS: one; last sentence
Conjugate and pronounce the simple past form of these verbs:
- beat - choose
- slide - ring
- tear - keep
- grow - fall
- feel - break
- beat: beat - choose: chose
- slide: slid - ring: rang
- tear: tore - keep: kept
- grow: grew - fall: fell
- feel: felt - break: broke
**100 extra points if you can categorize each verb into its rule**
Tell about a problem you have had in the past.
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EX:
In the month of October, I was planning to go trick-or-treating with my nephew. However, I live in Salt Lake, and he lives in Riverton. This usually wasn't an issue, but since it was a holiday, traffic was awful. I had left my house at 4:00pm, and I didn't arrive in Riverton until 5:40pm--the drive usually only takes 20 or 30 minutes. It was insane.
Have your group mates make statements or questions, and have one person report all of them.
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Correctly punctuate this dialogue:
Maria was running to the beach Jose, I need to talk to you! Jose turned around and asked is everything okay? Panting Maria said I thought you had left. I would never leave you without telling you first Jose responded chuckling. I was so worried claimed Maria.
Maria was running to the beach, "Jose, I need to talk to you!"
Jose turned around and asked, "Is everything okay?"
Panting, Maria said, "I thought you had left."
"I would never leave you without telling you first," Jose responded, chuckling.
"I was so worried," claimed Maria.
**500 extra points if you can indirectly report all the dialogue correctly**
Answer this question:
If you could visit any of the 50 states, which would you visit?
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**500 extra points if you can name all 50 US states**