A short presentation for an English lesson about phonetics, more specifically, about the rule of assimilation in the pronunciation of the past form of regular verbs.

1. Let’s pronounce these…Let’s pronounce these…
in the past form!in the past form!
PLAY – HOPE – CREATE – ADD –PLAY – HOPE – CREATE – ADD –
CONVINCE – CARRY – CANCELCONVINCE – CARRY – CANCEL

2. A young woman talking about how she fell in love
on the subway…
How are regular verbs pronounced in the past
form? Write down as many examples as you can
recognise.

3. followed
sensed
annoyed
looked
focused
helped
headed
looked

4. • /t/ (alveolare sorda) quando il verbo alla forma
“base” termina con un suono sordo (after
voiceless):
missed / m st/, laughed / l ft/, finished / f n t/.ˈ ɪ ˈ ɑː ˈ ɪ ɪʃ
• /d/ (alveolare sonora) quando il verbo alla forma
“base” termina con un suono sonoro (after
voiced):
planned / plænd/, rubbed / r bd/, carried /ˈ ˈ ʌ
kær d/.ˈ ɪ
• / d/ quando il verbo alla forma “base” termina giàɪ
in consonante alveolare /t/ o /d /:
waited / we t d/, graded / re d d/, painted /ˈ ɪ ɪ ˈɡ ɪ ɪ ˈ
pe nt d/.ɪ ɪ

5. followed
sensed
annoyed
looked
focused
helped
headed
looked

6. START (school/holidays/doing stg…)
FINISH (school/holidays/doing stg…)
USE TO (When I was a child…)
WALK (Yesterday…for 1 hour..)
NOTICE (When I got home last night…)
HELP (my brother/sister/parents…doing stg…)
WANT (when I was a child…)
PLAY, EXERCISE (when I played…I exercised…)
CALL (last time I called XYZ…)
…………and so on……………

7. START (school/holidays/doing stg…)
FINISH (school/holidays/doing stg…)
USE TO (When I was a child…)
WALK (Yesterday…for 1 hour..)
NOTICE (When I got home last night…)
HELP (my brother/sister/parents…doing stg…)
WANT (when I was a child…)
PLAY, EXERCISE (when I played…I exercised…)
CALL (last time I called XYZ…)
…………and so on……………