Exercise 2
(éksersais tu)

Write the past tense of these verbs.
(ráit da past tens ov diis verbs.)
/raɪt/ /ðə/ /pæst/ /tɛns/ /ɑv/ /ðiz/ /vɜrbz/.
Escribe el tiempo pasado de estos verbos.

a. Worry	Worried
b. Boil
c. Jump
d. Attempt
e. Rain
f. Deposit
g. Plan
h. Heat
i. Reject
j. Smile

Improving your skills
(imprúvin llor skíls)

Part A (part éi)

Read the text below and choose the correct alternative for each blank. 
(rid da tekst bilóu an chus da corrét uórd for ich blank.)
/rid/ /ðə/ /tɛkst/ /bɪˈloʊ/ /ænd/ /ʧuz/ /ðə/ /kəˈrɛkt/ /ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv/ /fɔr/ /iʧ/ /blæŋk/.
Lee el texto de abajo y escoge la alternativa correcta para cada espacio en blanco.

Early methods for communication

When people started to write, an alphabet wasn’t ready. Instead, they pictured the walls to
1)  the objects they were writing.
(uén pípol started tu ráit, an álfabet uásent rédi. instéd, déi píkchurd da uóls tu
1) _______________ di obllécts déi uér ráitin.)

This was slow to give the message.
(dis uás slóu tu guiv da mésich.)

The Ancient Egyptians practiced a 2)  of picture writing that was 3) hieroglyphics.
(di énshient ellípshians práctist a 2) _______________ ov píkchur ráitin dat uás 3) _____________ jairouglífiks.)

In 1799, some scientists 4)  a stone near Alexandria with some ancient Egyptian texts at the top.
(in seventín náinti náin, sam sáientistis 4) _______________ a stón níar alexandría uíz som éinshent ellípshan teksts at da top.)

Finally, the researchers were able to understand all these pictures.
(fáinali, da risérchers uér éibol tu anderstán ol diis píkchurs.)

The Phoenicians 5)  about 3,000 years ago and 6)  the modern alphabet.
(da foníshians 5) _______________ abáut zri záusand llíars agóu an 6) _______________ da módern álfabet.)

It was quite difficult, but now it is used 7)  the world.
(it uás cuáit díficult, bat náu it is iúsd 7) _______________ da oúrld.)

1. a) show 2. a) plan 3. a) described 4. a) discovered 5. a) played 6. a) tried 7. a) throughout

b) mark b) system b) referred b) invented b) lived b) marked b) though

c) notice c) manner c) called c) delivered c) cleaned c) developed c) dough

Haz clic en la imagen del profesor virtual que está a la izquierda para continuar.

Part B (part bi)

Tell what you did using these expressions. (tel uát llu did iúsin diis ekspréshons.)
/tɛl/ /wʌt/ /ju/ /dɪd/ /ˈjuzɪŋ/ /ðiz/ /ɪkˈsprɛʃənz/. Cuenta lo que hiciste usando estas expresiones.

1. A year ago:
2. Last night:
3. A month ago:
4. Yesterday morning:
5. Three days ago: