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