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 -ED Pronunciation in Regular Verbs


Description of the problem:


A recurrent mistake that Spanish-speaking EFLs make is the pronunciation of past and participle forms of regular verbs. For example, in the word ”entertained” the correct pronunciation of “ed” is /d/; however, many people add an extra syllable and pronounce it like /id/. We believe the root of this problem is mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the rules in pronunciation of past regular forms and the concept of voiced and voiceless sounds. 


The -ED pronunciation in past and participle forms of regular verbs is pronounced in three ways: /d/, /t/, and /id/.

  • The /d/ pronunciation is made when the verb ends in voiced sounds (/b/, /g/, /j/, /v/, /z/, /ð/,/n/, /m/, /w/, and vowels). For example: Played, lived, earned, allowed, begged, rubbed. 

  • The /t/ pronunciation is made when the verb ends in voiceless sounds (/p/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /ʧ/, /k/, and /θ/). For example: Washed, watched, stopped, cracked, blessed, laughed.

  • The /id/ pronunciation is made when the verb ends with “t” or “d”. For example: Wanted, decided, committed, ended. 


A tip for you to know if a verb ends with a voiced or voiceless sound is that you place your fingers in your throat and pronounce the verb, if you feel the vibration, it means that it is a voiced sound, if you don’t feel a vibration that means it’s a voiceless sound. 


Exersices

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Kahoot quizzes

Kahoot is an online game-based learning platform. It allows teachers, organizations, and parents to set up fun web-based learning for others. To play kahoot you need a device, it can be a cellphone, tablet, or computer. The teacher will give you a pin or password to enter the game, you put it in the app of kahoot, then you write your name, and you are ready to play. Kahoot is a quiz game where you need to answer some question and each one will give you points depending how fast and right you answer. At the end the person with more points is the winner.  The questions can be multiple selection, true or false, etc. In this Kahoot we created, we have added questions related to the -ED pronunciation. The first part is about the theory of the rules, then in the second section, you will have some regular verbs in the past tense and will identify what is their correct pronunciation. This game is fun to play with kids. They get excited and try their best to be the winners. It’s an excellent review app and from experience, we can assure you the kids always ask you to play this game.



Here a link for you to try our kahoot: Kahoot Quiz


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Fill the chart!

Say the following words out loud and put them in the correct columns according to the sound of ‘ed’:


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