Langue anglaise · Ancient Civilizations
Describing people/things with well + past participle
Describing ancient sites, and saying the -ed ending right
5 minutes
Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.
Ce que le programme attend de toi
- well + past participle as a compound descriptive adjective (well-preserved, well-known)
- Pronunciation of final '-ed' (/t/, /d/, /ɪd/) and of 'ch'
La méthode
- Sort past participles by their final sound before pronouncing '-ed'
Les erreurs fréquentes
- Treating 'well-preserved' as an adverb+verb instead of a compound adjective
Extrait du cours
Archaeologists open a sealed tomb in the desert. Inside, the wall paintings still glow with color, the wooden furniture still stands upright, nothing has crumbled to dust.
Le vocabulaire
- well-preserved (محفوظ جيدا)
- well-known (معروف جيدا)