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Pronunciation lesson 8: -ed endings: t, d or id · Set 786 · 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 does the -ed ending of “closed” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  2. 2.How does the -ed ending of “pushed” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “d” sound
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “added”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “walked”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “lived”? (a) mended (b) rained (c) finished
  6. 6.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “jumped”? (a) planted (b) turned (c) finished
  7. 7.How does the -ed ending of “rested” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  8. 8.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “lived”? (a) painted (b) cried (c) picked
  9. 9.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “watched”? (a) cooked (b) landed (c) cleaned
  10. 10.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “lived” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “loved”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “painted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  13. 13.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “mended” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “landed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “painted”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  16. 16.How does the -ed ending of “played” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “printed”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “dropped”? (a) painted (b) missed (c) played
  19. 19.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “smiled” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “d” sound (c) “t” sound
  20. 20.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “needed”? (a) called (b) filled (c) wanted
  21. 21.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “dropped”? (a) looked (b) lived (c) cried
  22. 22.How does the -ed ending of “wanted” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “t” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  23. 23.How does the -ed ending of “turned” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  24. 24.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “ended”? (a) watched (b) planted (c) jumped
  25. 25.How does the -ed ending of “printed” sound? (a) “d” sound (b) “id” (an extra beat) (c) “t” sound
  26. 26.How does the -ed ending of “visited” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  27. 27.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “laughed”? (a) showed (b) loved (c) jumped
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “counted”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “smiled”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “missed”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  32. 32.How does the -ed ending of “showed” sound? (a) “id” (an extra beat) (b) “t” sound (c) “d” sound
  33. 33.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “looked”? (a) laughed (b) printed (c) cleaned
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “laughed”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “lived”? (a) filled (b) laughed (c) pushed
  36. 36.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “mended”? (a) rained (b) started (c) turned
  37. 37.Listen: how does the -ed ending of “wanted” sound? (a) “t” sound (b) “d” sound (c) “id” (an extra beat)
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “stopped”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  39. 39.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “tasted”? (a) loved (b) missed (c) mended
  40. 40.Which word ends with the same -ed sound as “jumped”? (a) watched (b) printed (c) called

Answer key

  1. “d” sound
  2. “t” sound
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. rained
  6. finished
  7. “id” (an extra beat)
  8. cried
  9. cooked
  10. “d” sound
  11. 1
  12. “id” (an extra beat)
  13. “id” (an extra beat)
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. “d” sound
  17. 2
  18. missed
  19. “d” sound
  20. wanted
  21. looked
  22. “id” (an extra beat)
  23. “d” sound
  24. planted
  25. “id” (an extra beat)
  26. “id” (an extra beat)
  27. jumped
  28. 2
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. “d” sound
  33. laughed
  34. 1
  35. filled
  36. started
  37. “id” (an extra beat)
  38. 1
  39. mended
  40. watched

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