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