1. I still haven't found what I'm looking for
AV - Actividad de Espacios en Blanco
Listen to the song by U2 and complete the gaps with the past participle of these regular and irregular verbs: feel, climb, scale, run, hold, find, speak, crawl, kiss. They can appear more than once.
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I have
highest mountain
I have
through the fields
Only to be
with you
Only to be with you
I have
I have
I
have
these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't
what I'm looking for
But I still haven't
what I'm looking for
I have
honey lips
the healing
in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have
with the tongue of angels
I have
the hand of a devil
It was
warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't
what I'm looking for
But I still haven't
what I'm looking for
I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into
one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running
You broke the
bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of
my shame
You know I believed it
But I still haven't
what I'm
looking for
But I still haven't
what I'm looking for
But I still
haven't
what I'm looking for
But I still haven't
what I'm
looking for...
Solved Exercise
In this song there are many verbs, both regular and irregular. Find the regular verbs in the Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple and think of the Infinitive form.
| REGULAR VERBS | INFINITIVE FORM |
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climbed crawled scaled kissed burned carried believed |
Further knowledge
Did you know there are some verbs which admit both a regular and an irregular form? Look!
| BASE FORM | PAST SIMPLE |
P. PARTICIPLE |
| burn | burned-burnt | burned-burnt |
| dream | dreamed-dreamt | dreamed-dreamt |
| learn | learned-learnt | learned-learnt |
| sew | sewed | sewed-sewn |
| sow | sowed | sowed-sown |
| spill | spilled-spilt | spilled-spilt |
| spoil | spoiled-spoilt | spoiled-spoilt |
Solved exercise: Pronunciation
Listen to the following verbs ending in -ed. You will hear three different ways of pronouncing it. Would you be able to place them in these different columns?
listened, looked, started, employed, investigated, stopped, decided, carried, finished
| /t/ |
/d/ |
/Id/ |
Speaking Activity
As you have seen, there are three different ways of pronouncing the -ed ending. The difference depends on the final sound we pronounce in the infinitive form, if it is voiced (when the vocal cords vibrate) or voiceless (when there is no vibration). You can try this by putting your fingers in your throat when pronouncing a word!
When the final sound is voiced, the -ed ending sounds /d/.
When the final sound is voiceless, the -ed ending sounds /t/.
When the final sound is either /t/ or /d/, then it sounds /Id/.
Decide the -ed pronunciation of these verbs: cooked, played, walked, started, sailed, wanted, accept, worked, cleaned, asked, added, trained, passed, returned, alerted.
| /t/ |
/d/ |
/Id/ |
After you have decided the pronunciation, practice the words
aloud(remember to use the robot to check).
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