Regular Verbs Pronunciation

Regular Verbs

Pronunciation

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consonantsvowels

Voiced & voiceless English sounds

In English Pronunciation there are voiced and voiceless English sounds. Make sure you are aware of these sounds so you don't say one sound when you mean to say another.

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Voiced consonants??? Voiceless consonants??? Vibration of the vocal cords??? No vibration of the vocal cords???

All English sounds are either voiced or voiceless

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Voiced consonants (symbols)

/b/ /d/ /g/ /dʒ/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /r/ /ʒ/ /ð/ /v/ /w/ /j/ /z/

Voiceless consonants (symbols)

/tʃ/ /f/ /k/ /p/ /s/ /ʃ/ /t/ /θ/

We have 3 rules to pronounce regular verbs in past

/t/ after an unvoiced consonant For example: brushed laughed pushed watched danced walked

/ɪd/ after the sound /t/ or /d/ For example: waited painted shouted wanted landed departed

/d/ after a vowel sound or voiced consonantFor example: played cleaned snowed closed filled stayed

ExercisePronounce the verbs below keeping in mind the pronunciation rules.

CARRIED

FINISHED

FORMED

NEEDED

ESCAPED

tRAVELED

ASKED

VISITED

STARTED

Stefanne

Jonathan

Lizeth

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