1,2 and 3
lity to see and h
Seger
in the verb to be
This timeline shows important events in the life of Helen Keller. Complete it with
died graduated published signed-started-worked
the regular verbs in the box as in the example.
June 27, 1880
February 1882
Timeline
Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Lost her ability to see and hear after illness
April 5, 1887
Helen
signed
1889
1903
her first word, water
attending Perkins
Institution for the Blind in Massachusetts
her first book, the
autobiography The Story of My Life
from Radcliffe, the
1904
women's college at Harvard
LE
with the American
1924
Foundation for the Blind
June 1, 1968
in Easton, Connecticut
From: MELTZER, Brad. I am Helen Keller. New York: Penguin Group, 2015.
5 Complete this table and learn the spelling rules for regular verbs in the past simple.
RULES
en
Most verbs:+ed
destroy-destroyed
EXAMPLES
sign→Signal
Verbs ending in e: +d
die
→died
graduate-Gro
Verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant
(in a stressed syllable): double last consonant + ed
ban-banned
plan->
Verbs ending in consonant + y:-y+i+ ed
marry married
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