04, December, 2024
Episode 222: The case of the missing earrings
In this podcast, you’ll hear how the past tense is used in the context of a detective story. You’ll hear questions, negatives and affirmative statements.
Podcast: The case of the missing earrings
Welcome back to English-Podcasts In this episode we dive into grammar and in particular the past tense. Listen out as “the detective” asks Sue questions about the missing earrings. Prick up your ears for the negatives and the affirmatives phrases.
Notes
Some learners find the Past Tense quite tricky to learn but in reality  it’s just a question of practice, and learning in context is the best way. So just sit back, relax and enjoy our detective story where the detective asks Sue some uncomfortable questions.
Listen out for the pronunciation of the regular verbs ending in “ed”. These appear easy on paper but can be challenging in spoken English because the verb ending is not always clearly heard.
What are the best ways to become comfortable with the past tense ? Well, reading stories, or preferably listening to stories, is a great way. You could also practice writing a daily journal which would naturally use the past tense.
If you don’t like reading, try a quiz…… we have many, many quizzes on our site which talk about history…. and the past tense.
Try the quiz below. Enjoy !
Recap & Takeaways
https://english-podcasts.com/paris-olympic-games-then-and-now/
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