REGULAR VERBS IN SIMPLE PAST: PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING
You very probably know that regular verbs form their simple past form by adding a simple -ed at the end of the infinitive form. However, their pronunciation is not that easy. Watch the video to understand how you can pronounce the same -ed ending with different verbs:
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As you understood, you can pronounce the -ed ending in three different ways:
1) As a /t/ after a 'voiceless', also known as 'unvoiced' sound;
2) As a /d/ after a 'voiced' sound;
3) As an /id/ after a verb ending in a /d/ or /t/ sound.
N.B. The video also mentions the sound /w/, but since it is a 'double iu', it counts as a vowel (so it is followed with the second type of pronunciation: /d/).
Group 3 is easy, but do you remember which sounds were voiceless/unvoiced and which were voiced?
16 points
voiceless
voiced
/b/ like in 'rob'
/ch/ like in 'reach'
/f/ like in 'laugh'
/g/ like in 'hug'
/j/ like in 'enjoy'
/k/ like in 'talk'
/l/ like in 'fill'
/m/ like in 'zoom'
/n/ like in 'own'
/p/ like in 'help'
/r/ like in 'star'
/s/ like in 'miss'
/sh/ like in 'push'
/v/ like in 'carve'
/x/ like in 'mix'
/z/ like in 'buzz'
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