You will study the different pronunciation of the simple past in regular (ED) and irregular verbs.
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Instructions: Read about ED pronunciation.
ED can have three diferent pronunciations:
/d/ /t/ and /ed/
Look at the following video about – ED pronunciation:
ElementalEnglish (April,22nd,2013), [t], [d] or [Id]? "-ed" Past tense English Pronunciation. Available in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=j32SurxnE4s
Instructions: Read the information to know about Case 1 /d/
When – ed is preceded by a voiced sound (l, v, m n, r, b, w, y or z) or by a vowel sound, it is pronounced /d/.
Instructions: Click on each icon to listen and repeat the verbs.
| Verb | Simple past | Verb | Simple past |
|---|---|---|---|
| live | lived headset | carry | carried headset |
| study | studied headset | carve | carved headset |
| stay | stayed headset | change | changed headset |
| answer | answered headset | close | closed headset |
| allow | allowed headset | describe | described headset |
| call | called headset | die | died headset |
| capture | captured headset | listen | listened headset |
Instructions: Read about case 2: /t/
When – ed is preceded by a voiceless sound like p, k, sh, ch, x, or f it is pronounced /t/
When – ed is preceded by the voiceless sound t or the voiced sound d, it is pronounced /ed/
Instructions: Click on each icon to listen and repeat the verbs.
| Verbs | Simple past |
|---|---|
| need | needed headset |
| add | added headset |
| direct | directed headset |
| invent | invented headset |
| migrate | migrated headset |
| rest | rested headset |
| start | started headset |
| want | wanted headset |
Instructions: Click on each icon to listen and repeat the verbs.
| Group | Verb | Simple Past |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP 1: No change | put headset cut headset cost headset shut headset | put headset cut headset cost headset shut headset |
| GROUP 2: Final d changes to t | Send headset build headset lend headset | Sent headset built headset lent headset |
| GROUP 3: Vowel changes to a | swim headset sing headset begin headset ring headset run headset | swam headset sang headset began headset rang headset ran headset |
| GROUP 4: Vowel changes to longo o | write headset wake headset steal headset wear headset speak headset | wrote headset woke headset stole headset wore headset spoke headset |
| GROUP 5: Simple past ends on -ought or -aught | fight headset catch headset teach headset buy headset | fought headset caught headset taught headset bought headset |
| GROUP 6: Long to short vowel change, with d or t ending | lose headset keep headset leave headset feel headset mean headset | lost headset kept headset left headset felt headset meant headset |
What´s the correct pronunciation of these verbs?
Instructions: Click on the icons to listen to the verbs in simple past, then drag them to the correct box, according to their pronunciation.
/ d /
1.
/ t /
2.
/ ed /
3.