ANY LEVEL

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST TENSE

PREPARED BY F.C.O.
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After a voiceless ending: After a voiced ending After final [t] or [d] sound
[t] [d] [ ɪd ]
work lock
smile kill collect start
cook look
call fill count rest
walk talk
pull spill paint visit
pick ask
travel sail taste shout
remark risk
mail reveal want plant
like bake
iron listen accept expect
knock blink
clean burn wait grant
brush push
explain happen transmit omit
flash finish
open rain faint contract
wash crash
imagine turn permit appoint
admonish fish
maintain inform compliment invite
watch touch
mention assume eject create
race miss
scream climb paste react
dance place
describe answer incorporate digest
guess express
cover remember concentrate imitate
access pass
enter appear integrate insist
confess profess
declare answer debate locate
discuss force
fear inquire report admit
notice promise
close emphasize indicate originate
announce fix
abuse advise state circulate
mix help
propose excuse suggest repeat
stop jump
change charge attend decide
hope drop
urge belong need land
shop shape
follow enjoy include expand
escape rake
play die add fold
cough notify reply afford pretend
laugh carry deny succeed flood
borrow believe extend descend
perceive observe intend demand
love move remind avoid
save serve command defend
relieve receive mend mind
agree argue expect imitate
 turn own neglect select
 order prove complete instruct
 require plan detest attempt
 challenge allow appreciate export
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 Continuation of the workshop on regular past tense pronunciation

EXERCISES

SAY EACH 3-WORD SERIES AND CIRCLE THE ODD ELEMENT:

1. stopped [t] started [Id] stated [Id] stopped is the odd element
2. finished followed phoned
3. loved looked liked
4. tasted traded taped
5. cooked cleaned baked
6. packed pasted passed
7. ironed sewed mended
8. whispered shouted screamed
9. skipped pulled raised

PLAY ROLES READING THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE:

Jenny: Linda, have you started your diet? I hope you haven’t gained any weight.
Linda: I boiled eggs and sliced celery for lunch.
Jenny: Have you exercised at all?
Linda: I walked five miles and jogged in the park.
Jenny: Have you cleaned the house? Calories can be worked off!
Linda: I washed and waxed the floors. I even painted the bathroom.
Jenny: Who baked this apple pie? Who cooked this ham?
Linda: When I finished cleaning, I was starved. I prepared this food for dinner.
Jenny: Oh, no! I’ll take this food home so you won’t be tempted. I really enjoyed being
with you. Your diet is great!
Linda: What happened? Somehow, I missed out on all the fun.

READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH ALOUD:

When the woman opened the door, she guessed at once that the man was an escaped
convict. There was mud on his face and on his torn clothes. He wanted to know if he could
use the telephone. He told her that a “friend” had asked him to make a call. She
immediately asked what the friend’s name was, but he replied that he had forgotten. This
made the woman even more suspicious. She knew that there had been a prison break at
Huntsville the night before. Deciding not to take the risk, she closed the door in the man’s
face. For days she wondered whether she had done the right thing -until she related the
incident to a neighbor. Her neighbor exclaimed, “Oh, that explains what happened the
other night! Henry’s car broke down not far from your place. The driver of another car
offered to help, so Henry sent him to your house to call me in Huntsville.