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Pronunciation lesson 8: -ed endings: t, d or id · Set 437 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “loved” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “played”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “mended” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  4. 4.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “walked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  5. 5.How does the -ed ending of “planted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “planted”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “enjoyed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  8. 8.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “planted”? (a) turned (b) visited (c) kicked
  9. 9.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “landed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “smiled”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “mended”? (a) needed (b) cried (c) jumped
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “pushed”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.How does the -ed ending of “pushed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  15. 15.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “cleaned”? (a) laughed (b) cooked (c) played
  16. 16.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “looked”? (a) jumped (b) called (c) turned
  17. 17.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “filled” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  19. 19.How does the -ed ending of “jumped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  20. 20.How does the -ed ending of “dropped” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  21. 21.How does the -ed ending of “cleaned” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  22. 22.How does the -ed ending of “smiled” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  23. 23.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “helped” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  24. 24.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “painted” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  25. 25.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “stopped” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “stopped”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “played”? (a) helped (b) pushed (c) opened
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “rained”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  29. 29.How does the -ed ending of “visited” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  30. 30.How does the -ed ending of “helped” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  31. 31.How does the -ed ending of “washed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  32. 32.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “ended”? (a) picked (b) planted (c) showed
  33. 33.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “cried” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  34. 34.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “rested” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  35. 35.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “lived” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “needed”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  37. 37.How does the -ed ending of “cried” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  38. 38.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “walked”? (a) tasted (b) picked (c) moved
  39. 39.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “decided”? (a) waited (b) cleaned (c) loved
  40. 40.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “dropped”? (a) washed (b) planted (c) wanted

Answer key

  1. “d” sound
  2. 1
  3. “id” (an extra beat)
  4. “t” sound
  5. “id” (an extra beat)
  6. 2
  7. “d” sound
  8. visited
  9. “id” (an extra beat)
  10. 1
  11. needed
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. “t” sound
  15. played
  16. jumped
  17. “d” sound
  18. 1
  19. “t” sound
  20. “t” sound
  21. “d” sound
  22. “d” sound
  23. “t” sound
  24. “id” (an extra beat)
  25. “t” sound
  26. 1
  27. opened
  28. 1
  29. “id” (an extra beat)
  30. “t” sound
  31. “t” sound
  32. planted
  33. “d” sound
  34. “id” (an extra beat)
  35. “d” sound
  36. 2
  37. “d” sound
  38. picked
  39. waited
  40. washed

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