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Past tense: the different sounds of ed and the rules (ed is pronounced as /ɪd/ with an extra syllable after /t/ or /d/; ed is pronounced /d/ after voiced sounds; ed is pronounced /t/ after unvoiced sounds).
Listen to and repeat these words. Put your hand over your throat and feel the vibration for voiced sounds and no vibration for unvoiced sounds:
/ɪd/ (words end in t or d)
Needed
Wanted
Suggested
Added
Depended
Visited
/d/ (words end in a voiced sound)
Grabbed
Arrived
Breathed
Bored
Ruined
Showed
/t/ (words end in a voiceless sound)
Searched
Watched
Passed
Danced
Washed
Matched
Listen to and repeat the present and past tense forms of these words. The syllable total is written after each word.
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ed with the /t/ sound
dance (1) / danced (1)
search (1) / searched (1)
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ed with the /d/ sound
play (1) / played (1)
learn (1) / learned (1)
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ed with the /ɪd/ sound
Need (1) / needed (2)
Suggest (2) / suggested (3)
Listen to and repeat the following words. Is it /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?
- commented (ɪd)
- turned (d)
- hated (ɪd)
- kicked (t)
- pushed (t)
- used (d)
- answered (d)
- talked (t)