Unit 5: Celebrations
Summary: Mother’s Day
Key points
- On Mother’s Day, children thank their mum with a card, flowers or a present.
- Presents: perfume, a handbag, a necklace, flowers, a cake.
- We use the simple past for actions that finished: yesterday, last Sunday.
- Regular verbs take -ed in the past, with all subjects.
- We say -ed in three ways: /t/ (helped), /d/ (played), /ɪd/ (wanted).
Rules to remember
Regular verbs
verb + -ed: play ➡️ played, clean ➡️ cleaned.
Spelling
love ➡️ loved; tidy ➡️ tidied; hug ➡️ hugged; wrap ➡️ wrapped.
Pronunciation
/ɪd/ after t or d (wanted, needed); /t/ after p, k, s, sh, ch (helped, cooked, washed); /d/ after other sounds (played, loved).
How to do it
- Look for a past time word: yesterday, last…
- Add -ed to the verb.
- Check the spelling (-d, -ied, double letter).
- Say the ending /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/.
Example
Yesterday, we cleaned the house and Mum hugged us.
Common mistakes
- *Yesterday, I help my mum.* ➡️ Yesterday, I helped my mum.
- *huged* ➡️ hugged
- *tidyed* ➡️ tidied
Key words
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