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acupofenglish's Podcast Aletheia Between the Lions . Folk Tales and Fables Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! The final ed sound of the simple past tense of regular English verbs There are three ways to pronounce the final –ed of regular verbs in the simple past. This pronunciation is determined by the final sound of the verb in the base form : Is it a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant, or a vowel sound? Learn more about vowel sounds and voiced and unvoiced sounds in the lesson on English phonetics . Before you continue, review the lesson on the simple past . Note that in all the examples below the first column represents the IPA ( International Phonetic Alphabet ) symbol for the final sound of the verb in its base form. After unvoiced sounds such as p, f, s, k, , and the final –ed is pronounced like t as in the word cat. After voiced sounds such as b, g, v, z, , m, n, ŋ, l, , and r the final –ed sound is pronounced like d as in good. The final –ed is also pronounced like the d in good after all vowel sounds. For verbs ending in d and t the final –ed is pronounced Id as in the final two letters of the word did. Related lessons:

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Aspects of Connected Speech Index Aspects of Connected Speech Here is a list of the most important aspects of connected speech, i.e. how words change when caught up in the great rush of everyday conversation. If you are not a phonetics/phonology student then skip over the technical bits and just listen to the examples. Weak Forms Assimilation of Place of Articulation Yod Coalescence Gap filling exercise on Yod Coalescence Elision Assimilation of Voicing R-linking The Glottal Stop Exercises on Aspects of Connected Speech Visit the pages above before you attempt to do these exercises. Exercise #1 Exercise #2 Practical Examples Here are some practical examples of how some common 'chunks' are usually realized: Telling the difference between Can and Can't Realizations of Have Realizations of Would Realizations of Do you...? Realizations of Could you....? Realizations of Did you....? Dictation exercises Here you will find a series of gap-filling exercises dealing with all the aspects of connected speech outlined above. Dictation exercises #1

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