PRONUNCIATION OF /ed/ FORM OF VERBS

1.- Pronounce the following pairs of words:

live lived
serve served

Notice that we add /d/ because the final sound of the simple form is voiced.
Pronounce the /ed/ form of the following words:

stay clean borrow play telephone

serve live return call smile
answer arrive own listen describe
comb prefer prepare order believe
mention climb change learn remember

2.- Pronounce the following pairs of words:

miss missed
like liked

Notice that we add /t/ because the final sound of the simple form is voiceless.
Pronounce the /ed/ form of the following words:

talk discuss pass walk practice

use express excuse work wash
stop notice close advice lock

3.- Pronounce the following pairs of words:

repeat repeated
add added

Notice that we add a separate syllable /id/ when the simple form of the verb ends in the
sounds /d) or (t/.

Pronounce the /ed/ form of the following words:

need add succeed molest attend
want wait end accept taste
visit repeat indicate emit precede
insist count select waste intend
 PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES

a.- Past Tense pronounced /d/:

He arrived very late.
Mother served lunch at one.
We stayed home all day long.
I answered all the questions.
He cleaned his shoes.
Peter lived in the United States.

b.- Past Tense pronounced /t/:

They talked in class.

We discussed the problem.
She passed the exam.
I practiced the exercises.
We walked to the office.
He pronounced the words correctly.

c.- Past Tense pronounced /id/:

We needed help.
I wanted to go home.
She visited her friends.
John studied his lesson.
The class waited for the teacher.
We repeated the exercises

Read the following sentences:

a.- We listened to him carefully.

b.- They arrived late for class.
c.- He wanted to finish his work soon.
d.- They ordered an expensive dinner.
e.- We learned all the new words.
f.- She left and closed the door behind her.
g.- When he entered, the girl smiled at him.
h.- The exercises seemed easy.
i.- They walked and talked for an hour.
j.- John noticed the man standing at the door.
k.- He advised me to go to the dentist.
l.- He asked for her telephone number.
m.- After leaving the airport, they stopped at the hotel.
n.- I didn’t know that you needed money.
o.- He visited all his friends last week.