Now read these fragments from the timeline on page 101 and focus on the verbs in bold to do exercises 4 and 5 in your notebook.

1920: "Many women gained the right to vote in the United States []"

1941-45 "WW created a new workforce of women while men were at war."

1963 "The Equal Pay Act passed in America and stipulated that men and women should be paid equally for equal work"

4-Choose the correct item that completes the statement below.

The fragments on the previous page refer to events that happened at

b . an unspecified time in the past

a. a specified time in the past

5 what do the verbs gained created, passed and stipulated have in common Complete the statement below

They are examples of regular verbs in the simple past. Try all and in ?.

6 There are three different ways to pronounce the -ed ending of regular verbs in the simple past /t, /d/ or /Id/ Listen to the recording and repeat the verbs below.

a. /t/: passed, worked, watched, helped deviloped

b. /d/: gained, used. called, followed received

c. /Id/: created, stipulated, completed, needed, conducted


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