Starfall: Learn to Read with Phonics, Learn Mathematics Talking People - Speaking - Phonetics - Pronunciation of the -ed ending 01 When to say /t/ or /d/ When to pronounce the "-ed" as a /t/ and when to pronounce it as a /d/? If the last SOUND in the infinitive form (the form without the -ed ending) is a vowel or a voiced consonant, the -ed should be pronounced /d/. If the last SOUND in the infinitive form (the form without the -ed ending) is a voiceless consonant, the -ed should be pronounced /t/. IF YOU HAVE NO TIME TO WORK THAT OUT, PLEASE PRONOUNCE A /t/, a strong dental sound, so that it is clear to the listener that you are not using a present or infinitive form! To find out which are the voiced and the voiceless consonants, you need to do the following exercise: Say "Ahhhhhh" Feel your throat with your fingers until you find the exact place where the vibration you can notice comes from. Say different vowels. Is your hand in the correct place? Being careful of not saying any kind of vowel sound, say /k/ Your vocal chords don't vibrate, so /k/ is a voiceless sound. Say /v/. Pronounce this (both): ask - asked.
Between the Lions | PBS KIDS! Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! Improve English Pronunciation with free podcast Saturday April 11th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 31- How to Pronounce Words that End in <ed> : This podcast teaches you how to pronounce words that end in <ed>, the simple past form. Share In this week's podcast, we're going to learn the different ways that the <ed> ending is pronounced. This is the ending that we use in the simple past tense. Learning the proper pronunciation of <ed> is an essential part of speaking English correctly with a standard American accent. The focus of this weeks podcast is: Learning the three possible pronunciations of <ed> and when to use each one Practicing these pronunciations in some key words *I recommend that you listen to podcast # 29 if you haven't already. As you may already know, we use the <ed> ending to indicate the past tense of regular verbs. Exercise: Listen to the following sentence. She worked on the weekend because she realized that she needed more money. This sentence contains three regular verbs in the past tense. rob robbed /rabd/
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