Ed endings

-Ed ENDINGS

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Voiced vs Voiceless

Importance

Extra material

Our new friends

Activity #1

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Let's start with an activity

Did you notice the different pronunciations that verbs that end with ed have?

Regular verbs will always end with "ed" however, there are three different ways to pronounce these two letters. In this lesson, we are going to meet three new friends that will help us remember this information.

But, why is it important to know the difference between the pronunciations of -ed?

It is necessary to pronounce the “ed” sound in a conversation. Without it, many verbs would not be understood to be in the past tense or to be a past participle.

If you are not able to identify the -ed sounds in a conversation it might be because the speaker’s pronunciation is not good enough to enable you to hear the sound.

EFL learners have a strong tendency to add an extra vowel between all the final consonant clusters created by adding –ed, giving words an extra syllable they should not have (as in looked, watched).

Before meeting our friends we need to know the difference between voiced and voiceless sounds

Voiceless

Voiced

Voiced sounds are those that make our vocal chords vibrate when they are produced.

Voiceless sounds are produced from air passing through the mouth at different points.

Now let's meet our friends...

Bud /D/

astrid /ID/

Pat /T/

Finally, remember Astrid when the final sound of the verb is /d/ or /t/.

We need to remember Pat after voiceless final sounds like: f,k,p,s,ch,sh.

Remember Bud after voiced final sounds and vowels: b,g,j,l,m,n,r,v,z.

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let's put into practice what we've learned playing this classic game

Now, classify the verbs depending on their final sound

Here you have some extra material for you to practice :)

Practice #2

Practice #1