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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

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to write t--wri-e t_ w____ t- w-i-e -------- to write 0
He wrote a letter. H--wr-t- - le-t-r. H_ w____ a l______ H- w-o-e a l-t-e-. ------------------ He wrote a letter. 0
And she wrote a card. An---h- wr--e a-ca-d. A__ s__ w____ a c____ A-d s-e w-o-e a c-r-. --------------------- And she wrote a card. 0
to read t---ead t_ r___ t- r-a- ------- to read 0
He read a magazine. H----a-----a------. H_ r___ a m________ H- r-a- a m-g-z-n-. ------------------- He read a magazine. 0
And she read a book. And --- -e-d-- -oo-. A__ s__ r___ a b____ A-d s-e r-a- a b-o-. -------------------- And she read a book. 0
to take to--ake t_ t___ t- t-k- ------- to take 0
He took a cigarette. H- -o-k-- -i-----t-. H_ t___ a c_________ H- t-o- a c-g-r-t-e- -------------------- He took a cigarette. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. S-- to-- a p--ce-o----ocol-te. S__ t___ a p____ o_ c_________ S-e t-o- a p-e-e o- c-o-o-a-e- ------------------------------ She took a piece of chocolate. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. H- -as -islo---,-bu- she --s loy--. H_ w__ d________ b__ s__ w__ l_____ H- w-s d-s-o-a-, b-t s-e w-s l-y-l- ----------------------------------- He was disloyal, but she was loyal. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. H----s --zy,--ut --------har--w--ki-g. H_ w__ l____ b__ s__ w__ h____________ H- w-s l-z-, b-t s-e w-s h-r---o-k-n-. -------------------------------------- He was lazy, but she was hard-working. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. H- wa- -o-r,-b-- --e-was--ich. H_ w__ p____ b__ s__ w__ r____ H- w-s p-o-, b-t s-e w-s r-c-. ------------------------------ He was poor, but she was rich. 0
He had no money, only debts. He-h-d----m-n--- only-----s. H_ h__ n_ m_____ o___ d_____ H- h-d n- m-n-y- o-l- d-b-s- ---------------------------- He had no money, only debts. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. He-had--- l-c-- o--y--ad-----. H_ h__ n_ l____ o___ b__ l____ H- h-d n- l-c-, o-l- b-d l-c-. ------------------------------ He had no luck, only bad luck. 0
He had no success, only failure. He --d ---su-c-ss- o-----ail---. H_ h__ n_ s_______ o___ f_______ H- h-d n- s-c-e-s- o-l- f-i-u-e- -------------------------------- He had no success, only failure. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. H- -a--not-sa-isfie-- b-t di---ti-f---. H_ w__ n__ s_________ b__ d____________ H- w-s n-t s-t-s-i-d- b-t d-s-a-i-f-e-. --------------------------------------- He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. 0
He was not happy, but sad. H---as--o--h-ppy- bu- --d. H_ w__ n__ h_____ b__ s___ H- w-s n-t h-p-y- b-t s-d- -------------------------- He was not happy, but sad. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. H- ----n--------dly,--ut ---r--ndly. H_ w__ n__ f________ b__ u__________ H- w-s n-t f-i-n-l-, b-t u-f-i-n-l-. ------------------------------------ He was not friendly, but unfriendly. 0

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