ALERT.....

ALERT :) - ED PRONUNCIATION - REGULAR VERBS When speaking, most of the times we have some problems with -ed pronunciation. Instead of saying I liked my holiday (likt), we say I liked (laiked)... something not so good to our ears! These tips are going to help you a lot. 1) [t] final sound Verbs ending in voiceless sounds [p, k, , f, s, , t] cause the -ed ending to be pronounced as the voiceless [t] (with no vocal chord vibration). [p] He popped a balloon. [papt] [k] They talked a lot [takt] [] th: She frothed a cup of milk [frawt] [f] I laughed at the movie. [lft] [s] She kissed a frog. [kIst] [] sh: We brushed it off. [brut] [t] ch: I reached around for it. [riytt]

2) [d] final sound Verbs ending in the voiced sounds [b, g, , v, z, , d, m, n, , r, l] cause the -ed ending to be pronounced as a voiced [d]. [b] It bobbed up and down. [babd] [g] He begged her to stay. [bgd] [] She breathed loudly. [briyd] [v] They loved it. [luvd] [z] We raised her expectations. [reyzd] [d] They bridged the gap. [brIdd] [m] I claimed it was mine. [kleymd] [n] They banned new members. [bnd] [] She banged into the chair. [bd] [r] He cleared it up. [kliyrd] [l] I rolled up the paper. [rowld]

3) [d] or [d] final sound. Verbs ending in the sounds [t] or [d] will cause the -ed ending of a verb to be pronounced as the syllable [d] or [d]. [t] I visited the Empire State Building. [vztd] [t] She edited the research paper. [dtd] [d] We ended the game early. [ndd] [d] He breaded the chicken. [brdd]

HOPE TO PUT IN PRACTICE, ACM.~