Pronunciation of verbs ending in -ed

Pronunciation of regular verbs in past simple (ending in -ed) 

To mention in English past actions that finished, we have irregular verbs and regular verbs. The second group is easier to study since they only need to receive "-ed" at the end. Maybe you have noticed that the -ed at the end of verbs doesn't keep the same pronunciation. For instance. The -ed at the end of "worked" is different from the -ed at the end of "lived" or "voted."

Listen to the story in Kung Fu Panda. Even if it's in past, do the verbs ending in -ed have the same pronunciation at the "-ed" final section?

Let's practice. 

Part 1. https://www.grammar.cl/english-games/pronounce-ed-ending.htm

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/4487537/pronunciation-of-ed

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/17051480/pronunciation-of-ed-ending

You can also create some physical games such as bingos, memory cards, etc.

  

Is this pronunciation difficult for you? Do you have issues in words like "talked," "moved" and similar ones when they are in a sentence such as "Fran talked very fast"? Listen to the pronunciation of each word and of the complete sentence.

Don't worry. Native English speakers also have issues with this pronunciation. That's why they have principles to eliminate or reduce the pronunciation of the last -d or -t sounds. 

Watch from 1:30 to 6:20

Watch from 0:20 to 2:21

Let's practice. Part 2. 

Create a little explanation of the 2 situations where you can eliminate the -t or -d at the end of words. Make an infographic or power point presentation to show to your classmates & teacher. This is the original video. Use paint, canva.com, genial.ly or another software to create the graphic (include rules, points that you pay attention to and pictures) and give examples.

This pronunciation principles apply to simple past and past participle forms. It means that this topic is useful in different tenses like simple past and perfect present.

 

 

Final practice. 

Part 1. Read the lyrics of Losing My Religion. Record an audio so you can check if you are pronouncing correcly the final sounds -t, d-, -ed. Send it when you believe you got the correct pronunciation. Please listen to the song so you get an idea of a natural pronunciation.

 

Part 2. Record an audio telling the story of what you did last month. Use simple past. Use also past participle in the story only if we studied that previously. Try to use only regular verbs (minimum 10 ending in -ed) and the correct pronunciation according to today's content. You can use also irregular verbs if your story needs them.