ESL 030, Week 4: WA State, Simple Past Pronunciation

Simple Past Tense Pronunciation

t d id
For verbs ending in a For Verbs Ending in For verbs ending in [t]
voiceless sound: a Voiced Sound: or [d]

[p, k, th (like thin), f, s, sh, [b, g, th (like the), v, z, j, [visit, wait, need]
ch] m, n, ng, r, l, or a vowel]

Pronounce the ed ending Pronounce the ed Pronounce the ed

like a [t] ending like a [d] ending as a new syllable

O Wash O Stop O Need

O Washed O Stopped O Needed
O Miss O Play O Wait
O Missed O Played O Waited
ESL 030, Week 4: WA State, Simple Past Pronunciation
Part I:
Pronounce and Listen. With your partner, select which verbs have which ed ending. Write an X
under the correct voiced or voiceless sound.
t d id

Hope

Listen

Walk

Laugh

Call

Ask

Travel

Visit

Clean

Watch

Part II:

Write. Write a complete sentence using five of the -ed ending words.

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________