Word | Strong form | Weak form | Examples of weak forms in sentences |
a, an | /ае/. /аеп/ | /э/. /эп/ | Did you bring an umbrella? |
at | /art/ | /at/ | Let's meet at six o'clock. |
and | /aend/ | /эп/ | I'd like a burger and fries. |
are | /a:/ | /э/, or /эг/ before vowels | What are your phone numbers? |
been | /bi:n/ | /bin/ | I've been to San Francisco. |
can | /каеп/ | /кап/ | She can sing very well. |
has | /haez/ | /эг/ | Where has she been? |
have | /haev/ | M | What have you got? |
than | /баеп/ | /бэп/ | She's taller than Juan. |
them | /бет/ | /бэт/ | Let's take them to the cinema. |
to | /tu:/ | /ta/ (before consonants) | 1 want to go home now. |
was | /WDZ/ | /wэг/ | He was an architect. |
Irregular verbs
Verb | Past Simple | Past Participle |
leave | left | left |
let | let | let |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
read/ri:d/ | read/red/ | read/red/ |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shine | shone | shone |
show | showed | shown |
sing | sang | sung |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spend | spent | spent |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
understand | understood | understood |
wear | wore | worn |
win | won | won |
write | wrote | written |
Verb |
Past Simple was/were became began broke brought built bought could caught chose came cost dug did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt found flew forgot got gave went grew had heard held hurt kept knew learned/learnt |
Past Participle been become begun broken brought built bought been able caught chosen come cost dug done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt found flown forgotten got given gone/been grown had heard held hurt kept known learned/learnt |
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oh/zero, one, two. three, four. five. six. seven, eight, nine, ten
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eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two. thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, a hundred
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i Look at page... 2 Listen. 3 Ask and answer. 4 Read. 5 Write. 6 Complete. 7 Match. 8 Repeat. 9 Correct. 10 Check your answers.
Unit 1. Your Life
Recording Woman: Hi I'm Jana. What's your name? Man: Hi Jana. My name's Dominik. Man: What's your name, please? Woman: It's Patricia Pérez. Man: Hello. My name *s David Cooper. Woman: Hello. I'm Lisa Smith. Nice to meet you.
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