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pronunciation
Now please take a look at the following words. Do you know how
to pronounce them?
With regular simple past tense verbs, the pronunciation of -ed endings changes depending on
the final sound of the verb (before the -ed). If it ends in d or t then the ed is pronounced /ɪd/, as
Practice landed fainted If it ends in a voiced
in hunted, winded or wanted. Other examples:painted
sound then the -ed is pronounced /d/, as in hugged, fried or robbed. Other examples: dragged
played mobbedIf it ends in a voiceless sound then the -ed is pronounced /t/, as in talked,
Read the following words to your English native speaker partner
tapped or missed. Other examples:walked looped fished
and get them to write down in their notebook the words they
hear. Now compare your list. How many did they get right?