Pronunciation Practice Exercises for final ‘ed’ All voiceless sounds take /t/ Voiceless sounds are made by pushing air through your mouth; no sound comes from your throat Examples of voiceless sounds : “K”, “P”, “S”, “Ch”, “Sh”, “F” EXAMPLES: looked → look/t/ clapped → clap/t/ Voiced sounds take /d/ Voiced sounds come from your throat If you touch your neck when you make a voiced sound, you can feel your voice box vibrate Examples of voiced sounds: “L”, “V”, “N”, “B” and all vowel sounds EXAMPLES: smell → smell/d/ saved → save/d/ “T”, and “D” sounds take /ed/ The sound /ed/ adds a whole syllable to a word Example: Looked →look/t/ = one syllable Needed →need/ed/ = two syllables EXAMPLES: decided → decide/ed/ needed → need/ed/ Say the following words out loud and the put them in the correct columns according to the sound of the adjective or regular past 'ed': amazed asked boasted covered danced delighted drained laughed /t/ listened looked naked opened packed placed played pleased pointed reiterated screamed shouted /d/ stopped tripped wanted wasted /Id/ Final 'ed (Answer Key) All voiceless sounds take /t/ Voiceless sounds are made by pushing air through your mouth; no sound comes from your throat Examples of voiceless sounds : “K”, “P”, “S”, “Ch”, “Sh”, “F” Voiced sounds take /d/ Voiced sounds come from your throat If you touch your neck when you make a voiced sound, you can feel your voice box vibrate Examples of voiced sounds: “L”, “V”, “N”, “B” and all vowel sounds EXAMPLES: looked → look/t/ clapped → clap/t/ EXAMPLES: smell → smell/d/ saved → save/d/ “T”, and “D” sounds take /ed/ The sound /ed/ adds a whole syllable to a word Example: Looked →look/t/ = one syllable Needed →need/ed/ = two syllables EXAMPLES: decided → decide/ed/ needed → need/ed/ Put the following words in the correct columns according to the sound of the adjective or regular past 'ed': amazed asked boasted covered danced delighted drained laughed listened looked naked opened packed placed played pleased pointed reiterated screamed shouted stopped tripped wanted wasted /t/ /d/ /Id/ asked danced laughed looked packed placed stopped tripped amazed covered drained listened opened played pleased screamed boasted delighted naked pointed pointed reiterated wanted wasted Game/Flash Cards The words below can be cut out and put on cards or folded and used for a game Divide students into teams Put the following on the board: /t/ /d/ /Id/ Have a student from each team choose a card and read it out loud Then have the student write the word on the board in the appropriate column amazed danced listened packed asked delighted looked placed boasted drained naked played covered laughed opened pleased pointed reiterated screamed shouted stopped tripped wanted wasted