Past Tense
American Holidays
Past sounds
(/d/, /t/, /id/, or irregular)
Carol Lines
Christmas Food
100

My family/visit/my house/last Christmas

My family visited my house last Christmas.

100

25th of December 

Christmas

100

Want

/id/

100

I wanna wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart

Feliz Navidad/Merry Christmas

100

The main part of Christmas dinner in America. We also eat it for Thanksgiving.

Turkey

200

We/is/good/last year

We were good last year.

200

The 4th Thursday of November

Thanksgiving
200

Play

/d/

200

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Jingle Bells

200

A drink made with cocoa and marshmallows on top.

Hot Chocolate

300

Santa/eat/all the cookies/last year

Santa ate all of the cookies last year.

300

The first day of the year

New Year's Day

300

Go

Irregular (went)
300

They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

300

A spiced cookie usually shaped like a person.

Gingerbread man

400

They/want/lots of presents/but/receive/three

They wanted lots of presents but received three.

400

4th of July 

American Independence Day

400

Ask

/t/

400

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

400

This is a candy in the shape of a J with red and white stripes.

Candy Cane

500

We/sing/carols/neighbors/ and/they/give/sweets

We sang carols to the neighbors and they gave us sweets.

500

17th of March 

St. Patrick's Day

500

Teach

Irregular (taught)

500

All is calm, all is bright

Silent Night

500

This is made from eggs and cream and is very thick.

Eggnog