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Pronunciation lesson 8: -ed endings: t, d or id · Set 508 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “missed”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How does the -ed ending of “landed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  3. 3.How does the -ed ending of “visited” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  4. 4.How does the -ed ending of “filled” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “looked”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “opened” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  7. 7.How does the -ed ending of “decided” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  8. 8.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “cleaned” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  9. 9.How does the -ed ending of “rested” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “waited”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “kicked”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “smiled” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “needed”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “walked”? (a) picked (b) decided (c) painted
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “shouted”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.How does the -ed ending of “jumped” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “helped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.How does the -ed ending of “helped” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  19. 19.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “planted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  20. 20.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “painted”? (a) walked (b) ended (c) cried
  21. 21.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “cooked”? (a) wanted (b) dropped (c) needed
  22. 22.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “added” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “lived”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “walked”? (a) tasted (b) loved (c) stopped
  25. 25.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “landed”? (a) rained (b) lived (c) planted
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “loved”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “picked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.How does the -ed ending of “painted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  29. 29.How does the -ed ending of “kicked” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  30. 30.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “showed”? (a) visited (b) kicked (c) filled
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “stopped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “finished”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “laughed”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “stopped”? (a) tasted (b) ended (c) kicked
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “mended”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “smiled”? (a) counted (b) washed (c) loved
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “closed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How does the -ed ending of “watched” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  39. 39.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “watched”? (a) cleaned (b) jumped (c) lived
  40. 40.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “opened”? (a) pushed (b) finished (c) cried

Answer key

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

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