Speaking

Intonation Scaffolding Activities – Practise Pronouncing -ed

Listen again to the audio track of the video summary. Categorize each past tense verb by its -ed pronunciation. The first and second verbs from each pattern are done as examples.

Voiced -ed sounds like /d/ Voiceless -ed sounds like /t/ Final “d” or “t” + -ed sounds like /Id/
surprised noticed started
leaned looked sounded

When you are finished, listen to the answers below to check them.


Answer:

Voiced -ed sounds like /d/ Voiceless -ed sounds like /t/ Final “d” or “t” + -ed sounds like /Id/
surprised noticed started
leaned looked sounded
raised walked admitted
wondered clicked rated
opened snapped voted
entered asked posted
paused announced recommended
showed coughed hesitated
signalled expressed pointed
worried voiced suggested
reassured helped
filtered crossed
changed
compared
unfiltered
tried
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