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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “showed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 2.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “tasted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
- 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “cleaned”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
- 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “looked”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 5.How does the -ed ending of “ended” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 6.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “walked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “loved”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
- 8.How does the -ed ending of “cooked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 9.How does the -ed ending of “stopped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 10.How does the -ed ending of “painted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 11.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “waited” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 12.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “showed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 13.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “wanted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
- 14.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “started” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 15.How does the -ed ending of “washed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “moved”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
- 17.How does the -ed ending of “landed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “filled”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 19.How does the -ed ending of “jumped” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 20.How does the -ed ending of “loved” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
- 21.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “picked”? (a) planted (b) dropped (c) turned
- 22.How does the -ed ending of “kicked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 23.How does the -ed ending of “shouted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 24.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “started”? (a) opened (b) visited (c) loved
- 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “laughed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 26.How does the -ed ending of “cleaned” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 27.How does the -ed ending of “planted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
- 28.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “picked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 29.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “pushed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
- 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “painted”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 31.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “washed”? (a) tasted (b) planted (c) dropped
- 32.How does the -ed ending of “printed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 33.How does the -ed ending of “laughed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
- 34.How does the -ed ending of “tasted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
- 35.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “turned” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
- 36.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “counted”? (a) looked (b) pushed (c) mended
- 37.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “dropped”? (a) decided (b) tasted (c) washed
- 38.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “rained”? (a) helped (b) added (c) cried
- 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “missed”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
- 40.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “played”? (a) rained (b) kissed (c) shouted
Answer key
- 1
- “id” (an extra beat)
- 1
- 1
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- 1
- “t” sound
- “t” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “d” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- 1
- “id” (an extra beat)
- 1
- “t” sound
- “d” sound
- dropped
- “t” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- visited
- 1
- “d” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- “t” sound
- 2
- dropped
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “t” sound
- “id” (an extra beat)
- “d” sound
- mended
- washed
- cried
- 1
- rained
Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation