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Showing posts with label PRONUNCIATION. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

-ED -PRONUNCIATION LISTENING PRACTICE

Click on the following link if you want to do some listening practice on -ed- pronunciation.
http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/uploads/ressources/pronunciation/02_-ed_endings/02_ed.htm

ED PRONUNCIATION


Do you know how to pronounce -ed- ? Here you are the rules and some exercises to practice.
1. Use /t/ after unvoiced final sounds 
    f,  k,  p, s,  tß (ch), ß (sh),  † (th) Examples:look - looked (t)    push - pushed (t) 
   ask  - asked (t)    watch - watched (t) 
   help - helped(t)   dress  - dressed (t)
2. Use /d/ after voiced final sounds 
   b, g, Ω(j), l, m, n, ˜, r, ∂(th), v,  z, + vowels Examples: sob - sobbed (d) roam - roamed (d) 
   believe - believed (d)  judge - judged (d) 
   fill - filled (d) enjoy - enjoyed (d)
3. Use / \d/ after   
    final /d/ and /t/ .  Examples:**/\d/ adds an extra syllable
   need - needed (\d)      
   wait – waited (\d)

Final -ed. Choose the correct sound for each underlined -ed below.
① [ t ] marked /markt/           ②  [ d ] hugged /h\gd/           ③ [ \d ] painted /peynt\d/
① ● ③  Ex.1.  love  / loved                                               21. play / played ① ② ③ 
① ② ●   Ex. 2. repeat / repeated                                       22. watch / watched ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   1. dish / dished                                                  23. page / paged ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   2. like / liked                                                     24. walk / walked ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   3. add / added                                                  25. depend / depended ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   4. laugh / laughed                                              26. fax / faxed ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   5. stop / stopped                                              27. bug / bugged ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   6. rub / rubbed                                                 28. kiss / kissed ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   7. end / ended                                                  29. believe / believed ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   8. mix / mixed                                                  30. dance / danced ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   9. box / boxed                                                 31. ask / asked ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   10. call / called                                                32. part / parted ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   11. study / studied                                           33. date / dated ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   12. point / pointed                                           34. decide / decided ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   13. stay / stayed                                              35. enjoy / enjoyed ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   14. present / presented                          36. investigate / investigated ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   15. marry / married                                          37. romance / romanced ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   16. work / worked                                          38. dream / dreamed ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   17. dress / dressed                                          39. pat / patted ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   18. create / created                                         40. wage / waged ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   19. talk / talked                                               41. finish / finished ① ② ③ 
① ② ③   20. continue / continued                                   42. wait / waited ① ② ③