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ANGLO-PEDIA Anglo-File 102: Essential Elements 2

Part 1: The Alphabet 1. Repeat the alphabet in sound groups. (Track 1) Group 1: sound /ei/ A, H, J, K Group 2: sound /i:/ B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V Group 3: sound /e/ F, L, M, N, S, X, Z Group 4: sound /ai/ I, Y Group 5: sound /u:/ Q, U, W Group 6: sound /u/ O Group 7: sound /a:/ R 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 29 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 (one hundred) 2. Listen and write down these numbers. (Track 4) 103 113 133 158 169 215 327 439 548 653 766 879 994 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) 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, twenty-sixth, 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? Its . 8:00 eight a.m. / 8 p.m. eight oclock in the morning / in the evening 8:05 eight, O, five five past eight 8:09 eight, O, nine almost ten past eight 8:10 eight, ten ten past eight 8:15 eight, fifteen (a) quarter past eight 8:20 eight, twenty twenty past eight 8:25 eight, twenty-five twenty-five past eight 8:30 eight, thirty half past eight 8:35 eight, thirty-five twenty-five to nine 8:40 eight, forty twenty to nine 8:42 eight, forty-two almost quarter to nine 8:45 eight, forty-five (a) quarter to nine 8:50 eight, fifty ten to nine 8:55 eight, fifty-five five to nine 2. Listen and write down the following times (Track 11). 1. twelve, thirty (12:30) 2. half past nine (9:30) 3. twenty-five to six (5:35) 4. twenty to eleven (10:40) 5. eight, forty-five (8:45) 6. a quarter to four (3:45) 7. six, fifteen (6:15) 8. five to five (4:55) 9. quarter past three (3:15) 10. six, twenty-five (6:25) 11. ten to eight (7:50) 12. eleven, thirteen (11:13) 13. half past twelve (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 mixed asked noticed attached packed attacked parked balanced passed booked picked brushed placed checked possessed coughed practised crashed pressed crossed produced danced promised developed punished disapproved pushed disliked reached dressed reduced dropped relaxed embarrassed released escaped replaced faced risked faxed rushed fixed sacked forced searched guessed shocked helped shopped hoped skipped impressed stopped increased switched influenced talked joked thanked jumped touched kissed typed knocked unlocked laughed unpacked launched walked liked watched locked wished looked worked matched washed missed

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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 earned planned agreed employed played allowed encouraged pleased analysed enjoyed preferred answered entered prepared apologised examined questioned appeared excused queued approved failed rained argued feared raised arranged filed realised arrived filled received banned followed recognised begged formed refused belonged frightened relied bombed fried remained bored guaranteed remembered borrowed handled removed breathed happened repaired burned harmed replied buried hurried retired called identified returned carried ignored satisfied caused imagined saved challenged improved signed changed informed spelled charged injured stored claimed interfered strengthened cleaned jogged served cleared joined shared closed judged smiled compared killed snowed complained learned stayed confused lied suffered considered listened supplied continued lived telephoned copied loved trained covered managed travelled cried married tried cycled measured turned damaged moved used dared multiplied warned delayed named weighed delivered observed welcomed described obtained worried destroyed occurred wondered disagreed offered disappeared opened discovered ordered doubled owed dreamed owned dried performed

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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 invited added landed admitted lasted appreciated listed attended loaded attracted needed avoided noted calculated offended collected objected communicated painted competed parted completed permitted concentrated planted connected pointed consisted posted contacted presented contained pretended corrected recommended counted recorded decided reflected decorated regretted delighted rejected depended reminded detected repeated divided reported doubted requested educated separated ended sounded excited started existed subtracted expanded succeeded expected suggested fitted suited founded supported guided suspected hated tasted heated tested hunted traded included transported instructed trusted intended visited interested waited interrupted wanted invented wasted

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Part 6: COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS Listen and repeat (Tracks 64 75). Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Infinitive Past Simple Past Pple B M-P be was/were been make made made become became become mean meant meant begin began begun meet met met break broke broken pay paid paid bring brought brought put put put build built built buy bought bought C R catch caught caught read read read choose chose chosen ride rode ridden come came come ring rang rung cost cost cost rise rose risen cut cut cut run ran run D S do did done say said said draw drew drawn see saw seen drink drank drunk sell sold sold drive drove driven send sent sent show showed shown E-F shut shut shut eat ate eaten sing sang sung fall fell fallen sit sat sat feel felt felt sleep slept slept find found found speak spoke spoken fly flew flown spend spent spent forget forgot forgotten stand stood stood steal stole stolen swim swam swum G-H T get got got take took taken give gave given teach taught taught go went gone tell told told grow grew grown think thought thought have had had hear heard heard hold held held K-L U-W keep kept kept understand understood understood know knew known wake woke woken leave left left wear wore worn lend lent lent win won won let let let write wrote written lose lost lost 2008, Anglo-Link Language Community

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