Pronouncing “ed” Endings
•“ed” endings may be pronounced in one
of the following three ways:
• 1) t
• 2) id
• 3) d
8.
1) “ed” endingsare pronounced “t” if the end of the word sounds like:
K, S, Ch, Sh, F, P, Th
•
Example: I helped my mom make cookies yesterday.
• In this example, the end of the word “help” sounds like
P. So, the “ed” ending is pronounced “t”.
Other verbs are: bark, blush, skip, stop, etc
9.
2) “ed” endingsare pronounced “id” if the end of the word sounds like:
T or D
•
Example: I wanted to go to the beach last weekend.
• In this example, the end of the word “want” sounds like
T. So, the “ed” ending is
pronounced “id”.
Other verbs are: shoot, float, load, eat, bend, etc
10.
3) “ed” endingsare pronounced “d” for all
other ending sounds:
A, B, E, G, H, I , J, L, M, N, O, Q, R, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
• Example: I played soccer this afternoon.
• In this example, the end of the word “play” sounds like Y.
So, the “ed” ending is pronounced “d”.
• Other Verbs are: stay, love, beg, roar, loan, withdraw, etc
Irregular Verbs
• Irregularverbs don’t have specific
pronunciation rules so one must
know them individually.
• be -was / were
break -broke
choose -chose
do -did
eat –ate
• fall -fell
fly -flew
give- gave
• go -went
know- knew
see -saw
speak- spoke
steal- stole
take- took
wear -wore
19.
Speaking
Assuming everybody dreams.In pairs, share one of
your best/worst or simple vivid dream you
remember. The most interesting dream between the
two has to be shared to the whole class by the
listener, not the person who dreamed.
Brainstorm past tenseverbs (get a lot).
The idea is that the first team starts with the word "First", the
second team "Next", the third team "Then" . Return to the first
for "After that" and the second for "Finally" and continue with
each team making past tense sentences. Every time you come
round to "First" the story can start in a new situation.
The teams that lose three lives die and become ghosts. The last
team alive is the winner.
