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Hi! If you’re like most people, you want to improve your pronunciation of whatever
language you are studying. Me too! Unfortunately, there are not too many fun
books out there on pronunciation. Most of them are pretty dull. So, I’ve tried
really hard to put together a collection of pronunciation lesson plans that are
interactive and fun!

How to use this book

This book can be used by itself or with Pronunciation Problems, which is my other
book that is a mechanical explanation of the kinds of problems certain speakers
have with English. For example, there are examples of all the problems Koreans
have speaking English, as well as Japanese and Chinese etc. That book is good for
the classroom or for self-study. This book is for the classroom. It is interactive
and fun, but it makes students practice the difficult parts of English
pronunciation. It makes them be exact. There are some games where the words are
filled in for you, and others where there are spaces for you to put in the words
yourself depending on which sound you want to practice. Each game is accompanied
by an instruction/answer sheet. So, enjoy Pro Games. If you have any comments
feel free to email me cbrucelawrence@hotmail.com and we can work on improving it
together.
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Around the World 3

Battleship 6
Bingo 9
Chinese Checkers 12
Dominoes 15
Dream Maze 18
ED Game 20
Ghostbusters 22
Go Fish 24
Hide and Seek 29
Hometowns 32
Ladders 35
Make a Word 39
Memory 44
Roulette 48
S Game 53
Snakes and Ladders 55
Sound Dice 58
Telephone Tag 60
This Maze 65
Tic Tac Toe 67
Two for Two 70
Ups and Downs 72
Notes 75
 -ED [t] after 3
5
-voice 2
4
[d] after
+voice 6
[∂d] after t/d
START!!
RULES!!
-roll the dice
-say the verb
in past tense
9 7
-write it down 11 8
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FINISH!!
 -ED Game

The past tense “-ed” ending in English is spelled the same, but is pronounced
three different ways. If the final (_#) consonant (C) is voiceless [p, k, f, θ, s, š, č],
then the final “-ed” ending is pronounced as a voiceless [t]. If the final consonant
is voiced [b, g, v, ð, z, ž, ĵ, m, n, l, r, w, y], then the final “-ed” ending is pronounced
as a voiced [d]. If the final consonant is [t] or [d], then the “-ed” ending is
pronounced as a non-stressed syllable [∂d].

[t] [d] [∂d]

_# voiceless C _# voiced C _# t/d
[p] slipped [b] clubbed [t] waited
stopped [g] hugged wanted
[k] kicked [v] waved hated
knocked [ð] writhed investigated
walked [z] buzzed greeted
[f] laughed [ž] luged completed
coughed [ĵ] judged rated
[θ] frothed [m] hummed [d] handed
[s] kissed [n] ruined added
missed [ŋ] banged graded
[š] pushed [l] filled loaded
wished [r] answered collided
[č] punched [w] bowed pleaded
watched [y] cried hoarded

Preparation
• have students choose a verb from the list above
• have them draw the action in one of the game squares

Playing the game

• roll the dice
• move your piece to that square
• pronounce the verb in past tense
• write it down