Lesson Six.Here we are at the WEFL studio in Stamford.
[00:19.84]Listen to the conversation.
[00:23.87]Well,I watched the tape.I didn't see a man smoking.
[00:31.97]Can we watch it together?   Sure.
[00:37.84]See?The woman walked into the restaurant.She talked to the waiter...
[00:50.94]She asked for the nonsmoking section...
[00:56.45]Then she followed the waiter to a table...
[01:02.32]Then she sat down and looked at the menu.
[01:07.82]Now some pronunciation practice.Listen and repeat.
[01:14.12]I watched    I watched the tape.
[01:21.32]the woman walked
[01:25.82]The woman walked into the restaurant.
[01:31.04]She talked    She talked to the waiter.
[01:39.14]she asked   for the non-smoking section
[01:46.63]She asked for the non-smoking section.
[01:51.67]then she looked     Then she looked at the menu.
[01:58.98]Note,Sam,that in the past tense all these verbe-
[02:06.00]look,walk,talk,and watch-are pronounced with a T sound at the end,
[02:14.42]/t/,as in walked.
[02:19.03]We watch a lot of TV every day.
[02:24.25]We watched a lot of TV yesterday.
[02:29.54]Look in the past tense is looked.
[02:35.45]I look at the newspaper every night.
[02:40.96]I looked at the newspaper last night.
[02:46.75]The same for walk and talk.
[02:51.97]You talk a lot.You talked a lot last night.
[02:59.28]In fact,when a regular verb ends with CH( )
[03:05.47]as in watch or with the Ksound as in walk,
[03:12.10]talk,and look,you add a T sound at the end to make the past tense.
[03:20.92]Listen and repoeat.
[03:24.70]We watch a lot of TV.We watched a lot of TV.
[03:33.80]I look at the newspaper.I looked at the newspaper.
[03:41.69]Now,Sam,let's practice.I say,"We watch a lotof TV every day."And you say...
[03:53.17]We watched a lot of TV yesterday.
[03:58.21]I say,"I look at the newspaper every night."And you say...
[04:06.20]I looked at the newspaper last night.
[04:11.21]Ready?Let's go.We watch a lot of TV every day.
[04:19.74]We watched a lot of TV yesterday.
[04:26.33]I look at the newspaper every night. I looked at the newspaper last night.
[04:35.65]She walks to the supermarket every day.She walked to the supermarket every day.
[04:45.55]You ask a lot of questions every night.
[04:50.84]You asked a lot of questions last night.
[04:56.46]It looks OK today.  It looked OK yesterday.
[05:05.17]Good,Sam!This rule about the T sound
[05:11.58]is also true for regular verbs ending with the S sound as in miss and kiss.
[05:20.80]I miss him.I missed him yesterday.
[05:27.31]For regular verbs ending with the P sound as in stop....
[05:34.73]We usually stop in Washington.But last week we stopped in New York.
[05:43.22]And for regular verbs ending with the F sound as in laugh....
[05:50.42]He always laughs at everything.Last night he laughed at nothing.
[05:59.03]So,to make the past tense,
[06:04.43]we add the T sound to regular verbs ending with CH( )as in....
[06:12.53]Watch: Ending with the K sound as in...
[06:25.34]Miss and kiss; Ending with the S sound as in....
[06:32.83]Stop;And ending with the F sound as in...   Laugh.
[06:41.54]Remember,Sam,this rule works for regular verbs,not irregular verbs.
[06:49.03]Now let's do an exercise.I say,He laughs a lot."And you say....
[06:59.26]He laughed a lot.
[07:03.54]OK,I really want to hear that T sound.Ready?Let's beging.He laughs a lot.
[07:15.13]He laughed a lot.  They kiss everybody.
[07:22.44]They kissed everybody.
[07:27.55]We watch a lot of movies. We watched a lot of movies.
[07:35.98]She stops at the produce section.  She asked about the bananas.
[07:52.57]They look a little too ripe. They looked a little too ripe.
[08:01.10]She laughs at the price.  She laughed at the porice.
[08:09.60]Good,Sam.That wasn't difficult,was it?Now listen to the conversation.
[08:18.92]Then a man started to smoke.
[08:23.53]The woman pointed to teh non-smoking sign and asked him to put out the cigarette.
[08:31.52]No,she didn't.

[08:35.92]Can you play the tape again,please?
[08:40.63]Now some pronunciation practice.Listen and repeat.
[08:48.95]started     then a man started
[08:55.43]Then a man stared to smoke.
[09:00.32]Pointed   the woman pointed
[09:06.84]The woman pointed to the non-smoking sign.
[09:12.74]Note,Sam,that the past tense of start is started.
[09:19.94]You add an extra syllable:start,started.
[09:26.86]A man started to smoke.
[09:31.46]And that the past tense of point is pointed.
[09:37.55]You add an extra syllable:point,pointed.
[09:44.35]The woman pointed to the non-somking sign.
[09:49.93]Regular verbs ending with a T sound like point
[09:56.23]and start in the past tense are pointed and started.
[10:02.64]The same is true for regular verbs ending with a D sound like add and end.
[10:11.68]These verbs are pronounced with an ID( )sound at the end as in added and ended.
[10:20.39]Listen to the conversation.
[10:24.17]Did you talk to Mike?
[10:28.60]No.I don't know where he is.Now,what can I do?
[10:36.08]Don't worry.I talked to him and I fixed the tape.
[10:41.99]I added the part with the man smoking.
[10:46.88]The verb add in the past tense is added.
[10:53.51]I added the part with the man smoking.
[10:58.73]Let's practice some of these verbs ending with the T sound or the D sound.
[11:05.93]I say,"The woman points to the sign."And you say....
[11:13.63]The woman pointed to the sign.
[11:18.35]OK?Let's go.The woman points to the sign.
[11:25.08]The woman pointed to the sign.
[11:30.08]I add the part with the man smoking.
[11:35.38]I added the poart with the man smoking.
[11:41.46]The man starts to smoke.  The man started to smoke.
[11:49.56]They expoect him to stop.  They expected him to stop.
[11:57.34]Susan visits us on the weekend. Susan visited us on the weekend.
[12:06.44]We end the lesson with music.  We ended teh lesson with music.
[12:15.23]Very good,Sam.The rest of the regular verbs in the past tense,
[12:22.82]pronounced with a D sound at the end,/d/,as in followed and showed.
[12:35.03]She followed the waiter.I showed a man smoking.
[12:41.87]Now here's a story.We tell the story in the present tense.
[12:49.36]But you,Sam,tell the story in the past tense.
[12:55.37]I say,"Sophia Loren walks into a restaurant."And you say....
[13:04.15]Sophia Loren walked into a restaurant.
[13:09.55]I say,"The waiter shows her to a table."And you say....
[13:17.04]The waiter showed her to a table.
[13:21.65]Ready?Here we go.One day the famous actress Sophia Loren walks into a restaurant.
[13:32.38]One day the famous actress Sophia Loren walked into a restaurant.
[13:41.30]The waiter shows her to a table.
[13:46.52]The waiter shoued her to a table.
[13:51.92]At the next table is Luciano Pavarotti,the famous opera singer.
[14:00.10]At the next table was Luciano Pavarotti,the famous opera singer.
[14:09.42]"What are you having for lunch?" she asks.
[14:16.40]"What are you having for lunch?"she asked.
[14:22.13]"A steak." answers Pavarotti.    "A steak,"answered Pavarotti.
[14:32.32]Then the waiter arrives with pavarotti's steak.
[14:39.23]Then the waiter arrived with Pavarotti's steak.
[14:45.74]It's really too big for one person.
[14:51.76]It was really too big for one person.
[14:58.06]Pavarotti starts to eat.  Pavarotti started to eat.
[15:06.55]Sophia points to the steak and looks at him.
[15:12.89]Sophia pointed to the steak and looked at him.
[15:18.97]"Are you eating that alone?"  she asks.
[15:25.27]"Are you eating that alone?"  she asks.
[15:30.96]"Of course not,"  answers the famous opera singer.
[15:37.76]"Of course not,"answered the famous opera singer.
[15:44.46]"With spaghett!"That's all for today,Sam.This is the end of Lesson Six.