← -ed endings: t, d or id lesson New set →

ED Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 8: -ed endings: t, d or id · Set 416 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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. 1.How does the -ed ending of “landed” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “walked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “lived”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.How does the -ed ending of “helped” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “looked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “stopped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  7. 7.How does the -ed ending of “opened” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  8. 8.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “walked” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  9. 9.How does the -ed ending of “waited” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  10. 10.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “cried”? (a) added (b) moved (c) needed
  11. 11.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “kicked” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  12. 12.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “closed”? (a) missed (b) cried (c) rested
  13. 13.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “showed”? (a) kissed (b) waited (c) loved
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “planted”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.How does the -ed ending of “watched” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  16. 16.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “started”? (a) dropped (b) watched (c) ended
  17. 17.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “tasted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  18. 18.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “needed”? (a) washed (b) cooked (c) mended
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “shouted”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  20. 20.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “rained”? (a) dropped (b) filled (c) visited
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “loved”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “filled”? (a) washed (b) showed (c) watched
  23. 23.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “opened” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “visited”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  25. 25.How does the -ed ending of “closed” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “kicked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How does the -ed ending of “rested” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  28. 28.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “cooked” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  29. 29.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “played” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  30. 30.How does the -ed ending of “kicked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “filled”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “called”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “stopped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “opened”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “moved”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.How does the -ed ending of “missed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  37. 37.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “ended” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “pushed”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “started”? (a) dropped (b) tasted (c) picked

Answer key

  1. “id” (an extra beat)
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. “t” sound
  5. 1
  6. “t” sound
  7. “d” sound
  8. “t” sound
  9. “id” (an extra beat)
  10. moved
  11. “t” sound
  12. cried
  13. loved
  14. 2
  15. “t” sound
  16. ended
  17. “id” (an extra beat)
  18. mended
  19. 2
  20. filled
  21. 1
  22. showed
  23. “d” sound
  24. 3
  25. “d” sound
  26. 1
  27. “id” (an extra beat)
  28. “t” sound
  29. “d” sound
  30. “t” sound
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. “t” sound
  37. “id” (an extra beat)
  38. 1
  39. 1
  40. tasted

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation