A-F 102 Essential Elements 2

ANGLO-PEDIA Anglo-File 102: Essential Elements 2 Part 1: The Alphabet 1. Repeat the alphabet in sound groups. (Track 1) Group Group Group Group Group Group

1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6:

sound sound sound sound sound sound

/ei/ /i:/ /e/ /ai/ /u:/ /∂u/

Group 7: sound /a:/

A, H, J, K B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V F, L, M, N, S, X, Z I, Y Q, U, W O

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2. Listen and write down the spelling of these names. (Track 2) 1. Hastings

…H-A-S-T-I-N-G-S…………………………

2. Jersey

………..……………………………………

3. Kirkham

………..……………………………………

4. Canterbury

………..……………………………………

5. Geoffrey

………..……………………………………

6. Breed

………..……………………………………

7. Worthing

………..……………………………………

8. Jameson

………..……………………………………

9. Gibbet

………..……………………………………

10. Hughes

………..……………………………………

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Part 2: Numbers 1. Repeat these numbers. (Track 3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 (one hundred)

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2. Listen and write down these numbers. (Track 4) 103 113 133 158 169 215 327 1,000 (one thousand) 3,619 12,450 36,918 96,016 100,000 (one hundred thousand) 320,000 569,000 1,000,000 (one million) 1,000,000,000 (one billion)

439

548

653

766

879

994

Now return to the beginning of Track 4. Listen again and repeat.

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Part 3: Dates 1. Listen and Repeat: a) The days of the week (Track 5) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday b) The Months of the year (Track 6) January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December c) The Seasons (Track 7) Spring, summer, winter, autumn d) The Ordinal numbers (Track 8) First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twentysixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth thirtieth, thirty-first …, fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth, one hundredth

2. Listen and write down the following dates (Track 9). 1st January 1945 3rd March 1880 5th May 1570 11th November 1844 13th April 2003 2nd February 1656 10th October 2001 12th December 1716 14th June 1935 20th August 1864 21st September 2005 23rd November 1669 25th January 1942 15th March 1099 17th May 2000 19th July 1007 22nd October 2029 24th December 1136 16th February 1963 30th June 1589

Now return to the beginning of Track 9. Listen again and repeat.

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Part 4: The time 1. Listen and Repeat. (Track 10) What time is it? It’s …. 8:00 8:05 8:09 8:10 8:15 8:20 8:25 8:30 8:35 8:40 8:42 8:45 8:50 8:55

eight a.m. / 8 p.m. eight, O, five eight, O, nine eight, ten eight, fifteen eight, twenty eight, twenty-five eight, thirty eight, thirty-five eight, forty eight, forty-two eight, forty-five eight, fifty eight, fifty-five

eight o’clock in the morning / in the evening five past eight almost ten past eight ten past eight (a) quarter past eight twenty past eight twenty-five past eight half past eight twenty-five to nine twenty to nine almost quarter to nine (a) quarter to nine ten to nine five to nine

2. Listen and write down the following times (Track 11). 1. twelve, thirty 2. half past nine 3. twenty-five to six 4. twenty to eleven 5. eight, forty-five 6. a quarter to four 7. six, fifteen 8. five to five 9. quarter past three 10. six, twenty-five 11. ten to eight 12. eleven, thirteen 13. half past twelve

(12:30) (9:30) (5:35) (10:40) (8:45) (3:45) (6:15) (4:55) (3:15) (6:25) (7:50) (11:13) (12:30)

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Part 5: PAST TENSE OF COMMON REGULAR VERBS To change a ‘regular’ verb into its Past Tense, add ‘ed’ to the end of the infinitive verb. Dance >> danced

play >> played

start >> started

Depending on the final sound of the verb, the ‘ed’ can be pronounced as a /t/ sound, a /d/ sound or an /id/ sound.

Group 1) Verbs ending in sound /t/ When the infinitive verb ends in a soft sound such as s, sh, ch, k, p, gh (=f), ‘ed’ sounds like a /t/.

Listen and repeat. (Tracks 13-27) announced asked attached attacked balanced booked brushed checked coughed crashed crossed danced developed disapproved disliked dressed dropped embarrassed escaped faced faxed fixed forced guessed helped hoped impressed increased

mixed noticed packed parked passed picked placed possessed practised pressed produced promised punished pushed reached reduced relaxed released replaced risked rushed sacked searched shocked shopped skipped stopped switched

influenced joked jumped kissed knocked laughed launched liked locked looked matched missed

talked thanked touched typed unlocked unpacked walked watched wished worked washed

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Group 2) Verbs ending in sound /d/ When the infinitive ends in a vowel sound or a hard consonant such as z, g, b, v, l, m, n, ‘ed’ sounds like a /d/.

Listen and repeat. (Tracks 28-49) advised agreed allowed analysed answered apologised appeared approved argued arranged arrived banned begged belonged bombed bored borrowed breathed burned buried called carried caused challenged changed charged claimed cleaned

earned employed encouraged enjoyed entered examined excused failed feared filed filled followed formed frightened fried guaranteed handled happened harmed hurried identified ignored imagined improved informed injured interfered jogged

planned played pleased preferred prepared questioned queued rained raised realised received recognised refused relied remained remembered removed repaired replied retired returned satisfied saved signed spelled stored strengthened served

cleared closed compared complained confused considered continued copied covered cried cycled damaged dared delayed delivered described destroyed disagreed disappeared discovered doubled dreamed dried

joined judged killed learned lied listened lived loved managed married measured moved multiplied named observed obtained occurred offered opened ordered owed owned performed

shared smiled snowed stayed suffered supplied telephoned trained travelled tried turned used warned weighed welcomed worried wondered

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Group 3) Verbs ending in sound /id/ When the infinitive ends in the consonants /t/ and /d/, ‘ed’ sounds like a /id/. Listen and repeat. (Tracks 50-63) accepted added admitted appreciated attended attracted avoided calculated collected communicated competed completed concentrated connected consisted contacted contained corrected counted decided decorated delighted depended detected divided doubted educated ended

invited landed lasted listed loaded needed noted offended objected painted parted permitted planted pointed posted presented pretended recommended recorded reflected regretted rejected reminded repeated reported requested separated sounded

excited existed expanded expected fitted founded guided hated heated hunted included instructed intended interested interrupted invented

started subtracted succeeded suggested suited supported suspected tasted tested traded transported trusted visited waited wanted wasted

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Part 6: COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS Listen and repeat (Tracks 64 –75). Infinitive

Past Simple

Past Participle

B be become begin break bring build buy

was/were became began broke brought built bought

been become begun broken brought built bought

C catch choose come cost cut

caught chose came cost cut

caught chosen come cost cut

D do draw drink drive

did drew drank drove

done drawn drunk driven

E-F eat fall feel find fly forget

ate fell felt found flew forgot

eaten fallen felt found flown forgotten

G-H get give go grow have hear hold

got gave went grew had heard held

got given gone grown had heard held

K-L keep know leave lend let lose

kept knew left lent let lost

kept known left lent let lost

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Infinitive

Past Simple

Past P’ple

M-P make mean meet pay put

made meant met paid put

made meant met paid put

R read ride ring rise run

read rode rang rose ran

read ridden rung risen run

S say see sell send show

said saw sold sent showed

said seen sold sent shown

shut sing sit sleep speak spend stand steal swim

shut sang sat slept spoke spent stood stole swam

shut sung sat slept spoken spent stood stolen swum

T take teach tell think

took taught told thought

taken taught told thought

U-W understand wake wear win write

understood woke wore won wrote

understood woken worn won written