(from my e-book, "Speak and Write Like a Native: 110 Things You Need to Know About English")
7) Pronunciation of “-ed” endings: The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed. ESL students very often pronounce this ending as a separate syllable, but in many cases this –ed ending is not pronounced as a separate syllable.
The rule here is:
Verbs ending in “t” or “d” ( “want”, “treat”, “sound”, “end”, “add”, etc.) gain a syllable when put into the past tense:
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I am afraid of calling her for a walk, while its rain
Because she knows,that we will dance more than talk
While its rain, or while its windy
We always be in a positive mood
We always be in a positive mood
We don’t like Jack ,Kim and Cindy
We like our mom and dad
We understands their love towards us
We would like to love, as they do
Today there are more lonely people than ever before. It is perhaps ironic considering the problems of ............., but it is no less true. On top of all the usual causes of lonliness - shyness ,low self -esteem ,and so on - you now have to include the high rate of divorce, which creates thousands of new lonely people each year................ people move around more now than ever before.And every time people move house , they risk lonliness because they may not know anyone at the
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We have several house sparrows twittering and chirping in the window, picking grains we drop in the pots of plants. We were so thrilled to see them build a nest in a nearby pipe hole, so we decided to put up a pretty bird house for them. After soemtime we put up the bird houes high up on the wall outside the glass sliding window on the bars, but on the inside of the window bars.
Few days later we were happy to see a pair take a look at the bird house, but did not dare to get in. It remained vac
Ham Nhon is one of commune of Ham Thuan Bac District in Binh Thuan province located in the east of Southern Vietnam, far away from Ho Chi Minh City about 200kms from the East North.
I was born, left there when I was 3 and came back every summer holidays and the Tet holidays when I was a child
By the vision of a child, that is the place where the fields were lengthened infinitely. It was blue and transparent. The ground was covered by green. The green was mixed from rice-fields, sugar-cane fields,
Ever experienced an exhilarating delight and extreme thrill at the same time? Try being in the midst of a mixed flock of birds in a highland forest of Uttrakhand, with snow covered roads looking no less than paradise but yet risky for vehicles and making adventurous journey vulnerable.
Thanks to Amit, for enlightening the thirst to feel the Higher Himalayas by all our senses. He called me to watch those snow peaks from top roof of the Cautley Bhawan which aroused a relentless curiosity to feel th
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After those little bit exhausting trips we decided to spend the time on the beach and to have fun there with the friends we made and who stayed in the same hotel. We met there two couples from our country and started going together on the beach or we visited the center of Rhodes City - the capital city of the Rhodes Island. In fact, it took us only about 20 minutes on foot to get there.
Once we decided to have some fun in the local WATER PARK in FALIRAKI situated only few kilometers f
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Lately I read here on MY EC interesting nice blogs about places some members like Noaspls or Tree have visited and I have to admit that it inspired me to write a blog about one of the islands I fell in love with.
Let me interduce you one of the GREEK ISLANDS called R H O D E S, which is situated very close to Turkish seacoast – just around 18 km far away.
I visited this island with my husband some years ago but all my experiences are still locked inside of me and I would like to share
Moravian Slovak - The Land of My Birth (Writing Challenge)
I was born in little sweaty town Hodonín, sometimes called “Goding”. Hodonín “city” is spread in hearth of Moravian Slovak region, at southeast of Moravian territory (N 48°51'12" E 17° 04' 31"). Hodonínsko is micro region with a flat terrain, wind sand and pines/oak forests. It is famous for wine yards and wine cellars all around there. Most of opportunities for grooving plants (because very good weather condition there) making this one
Even after stringent opposition from higher Judiciary, the JAC bill is all set to be passed by the parliament. It has already been passed from Lok Sabha and will get the required 2/3 votes in Rajya Sabha as well. It clearly shows that, parties may not be united for FDI in insurance (which only need ½ votes) and which is already much debated but they are united on JAC bill.
Judiciary has its own reservations and concerns, which can’t be ignored completely. But as always, truth has many facets an
"What's the time now? Oh, it seems, the wall clock remains at 3.30am for ever. How long it would be taken to see the morning Sun-beam again or is it going to be the last night !" Tintin began to count every tick... "Aha, isn't ours rooster who is flapping his feather and about to break the silence of the dark...Tintin exhaled sharply.
After 3 years, Tintin was doing her graduation and staying in a girl's hostel. There she stayed in the top most floor of a 4 stored oblong building. It was surrou
Remember! There will be a day when you will get rid of everything, freed up enough time to catch me up again, to keep up the lost relationship, but I will be long
AT THE END, IN THE END, IN TIME and ON TIME cause a lot of problems. At http://www.engames.eu/?p=1288 we try to help students understand the grammar better. There is an interactive video, a mind map and two games to learn this.
Understanding parts of speech is important for speaking English fluently! Quickly review some information via this infographic, but be sure to check out my blog for more detailed information and examples on www.jenesl760.com
direct link for Parts of Speech post here: http://bit.ly/wc_pos
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A Fate to Fear
I was my mum’s pet as most people used to think. She took me along with her when she went shopping or to see her friends. I even was a frequent visitor to her work. But no, mum didn’t choose me as her companion because she preferred me to my siblings. The fact is that I was the quietest of her kids. She knew that I wouldn’t bother her with my childish babble or any requests. I would just be there beside her, and speak only when addressed or when there wasn’t anybody near.
So, the
This is the second entry of my Northern Adventures. Writing this blog in a sense is a therapy for me. It allows me to look back at my holiday after being melancholy for a little bit.
Day Two
On day two, our day started very early. After having our breakfast, we went to Tanjung Malai to board our boat for the islands hopping adventure. I was a bit apprehensive at first to eat anything, just in case I would feel queasy on the boat. But since food and I cannot be separated, I ended up enjoying
