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ANGĻU VALODĀ 9. KLASEI
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SPELLING "V2"
| !!! | Irregular verbs | learn by heart here! | write - wrote |
| 1. | If the verb ends in -e (silent) | we leave out e | like - liked |
| 2. | If the last letters are CVC consonant - stressed vowel - consonant | we double the last consonant | stop - stopped regret - regretted |
| 2! | If the last letters are CVC consonant - unstressed vowel - consonant | we don't double the last consonant | listen - listened happen - happened |
| 2! | If the last letters are CVC consonant - stressed vowel - w / y / z | we don't double the last consonant | snow - snowed play - played relax - relaxed |
| 2! | If the last letters are CVC
consonant - vowel - l | we double the last consonant (BrE) | travel - travelled (BrE) |
| 3. | If the verb ends in consonant + y | we change y to ie | tidy - tidied |
| 4. | If the verb ends in vowel + y | we don't change y | play - played |
| 5. | In other cases | we just add ed | work - worked |
*NOTE! In American English (AmE) the letter "l" is not doubled: travel - traveled.
PRONUNCIATION “ed”
[ɪd] | [t] | [d] |
| after [t], [d] | after voiceless consonants [k], [s], [p], [f], [ʃ], [tʃ] | after other sounds (voiced consonants and vowels) |
| wanted ['wɔntɪd] decided [dɪ'saɪdɪd] | worked [wɜːkt] dressed [drest] skipped [skɪpt] washed [wɔʃt] watched [wɔʧt] laughed [lɑːft] | smiled [smaɪld] cleaned [kliːnd] offered ['ɔfəd] showed [ʃəʊd] |
V — Verb (the infinitive of the verb without "to"/ Present Simple verb (for I, we, you, they). E.g. write, go, listen, etc.
V2 —Verb in the 2nd form (Past Simple) E.g. wrote, went, listened, etc.
S — Subject of the sentence
QW — Question word
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, … z (all the other letters)