Nicky_TP_#2

11/5/14 TP

Today with Saja we worked on past tense verbs. I had forgotten how many irregular verbs there were and felt sorry that I could not help her with a pattern more so than saying it’s simply irregular. We started off with an activity provided by Leslie that included two sets of flash cards. The first set held types of time such as: yesterday, last week, and last year. The other set of cards held a verb in the present tense. We were supposed to combine these two phrases and make a complete sentence in the past.

Yesterday I worked until 3:00 pm.

After this activity Leslie went into the pronunciation of certain past tense verbs when it comes to ending in an –ed. Sometimes it sounds like –d, -ed, and –t. When the verb ends in a -t or -d it makes the complete -ed sound at the end. What I did not know is that a way to test what sound they are paired with is by placing ones hand to ones throat to tell if the ending of the word makes a voice vs. a voiceless sound. For instance, “called” has a voice sound so it sound like it ends in a –d. “Looked” on the other hand does not have a voice sound therefore it is voiceless and sounds like it ends in a –t. This is a very interesting way to go about the proper pronunciation and have never heard it put this way.