Class 18 · Summer 2026

Silent Letters and Noisy Neighbors

Household chores · Simple past · the three sounds of -ed · or questions

Say what happened: the verb takes -ed, and the e is silent in two of its three sounds. Household chores in the past, or questions answered with a choice, and the neighbors upstairs.

Grammar in this class:Simple past Or questions

Words

Sheet Chores Sixteen chores, each said in the past. Eight people with a number and a name. Who mopped the floor? What did Sofia do last night?

Game Chore Sprint A chore appears. Type what the person did last night, the whole sentence: She mopped the floor. Then two pictures: ask the or question.

Grammar

Sheet Simple Past Tense The verb takes -ed. Mopped sounds like t, cleaned sounds like d, dusted sounds like ed. Clap it, spell it, ask with did and or, sort nine chores by sound.

Game Sound Sprint Hear a chore in the past. Type t, d or ed, fast. Then a whole sentence: type the verb you hear.

Read

Reading Saturday at 4B Four roommates clean the apartment. Then the neighbors upstairs start a party. Every verb ends in -ed. Answer the or questions, then write your own Saturday.

Listen

Listening Calling 311 Ana is calling 311 about the noise upstairs. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.