ED Pronunciation Worksheet
How to say it (Only t and d get an extra beat): After t or d: say id, with an extra beat — wanted, needed. After a quiet sound (p, k, f, s, sh, ch): say t — jumped, walked, washed. After a voiced sound: say d — played, called, cleaned. jumped has 1 beat, not 2.
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- 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “landed”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
- 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “walked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
- 3.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “planted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “needed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 5.How does the -ed ending of “walked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 6.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “loved” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 7.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “looked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 8.How does the -ed ending of “decided” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
- 9.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “missed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “laughed”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
- 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “counted”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
- 12.How does the -ed ending of “counted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 13.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “printed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
- 14.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “turned” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “lived”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 16.How does the -ed ending of “ended” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “decided”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
- 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “cried”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
- 19.How does the -ed ending of “lived” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 20.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “called”? (a) cried (b) dropped (c) stopped
- 21.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “closed”? (a) stopped (b) watched (c) rained
- 22.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “enjoyed”? (a) decided (b) turned (c) ended
- 23.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “moved”? (a) cooked (b) showed (c) laughed
- 24.How does the -ed ending of “cried” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 25.How does the -ed ending of “watched” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 26.How does the -ed ending of “dropped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 27.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “decided” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 28.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “walked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 29.How does the -ed ending of “rained” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 30.How does the -ed ending of “stopped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 31.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “cooked” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 32.How does the -ed ending of “looked” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
- 33.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “washed”? (a) missed (b) cried (c) cleaned
- 34.How does the -ed ending of “landed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 35.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “helped”? (a) called (b) closed (c) washed
- 36.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “cried”? (a) rested (b) played (c) pushed
- 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “painted”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
- 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “missed”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 39.How does the -ed ending of “called” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 40.How does the -ed ending of “waited” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
Answer key
- 2
- 1
- “id” (an extra beat)
- 2
- “t” sound
- “d” sound
- “t” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- 1
- 2
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “d” sound
- 1
- “id” (an extra beat)
- 3
- 1
- “d” sound
- cried
- rained
- turned
- showed
- “d” sound
- “t” sound
- “t” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- “d” sound
- “t” sound
- “t” sound
- “t” sound
- missed
- “id” (an extra beat)
- washed
- played
- 2
- 1
- “d” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
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