1.- PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST In regular verbs ending in t or d, the ‘ed’ is pronounced as a separate syllable count - counted wait-waited land-landed When we add ‘ed’ to regular verbs of one syllable not ending in t or d, they are pronounced as one syllable live-lived close-closed cross-crossed Pronounce the following past tense forms Then write the number or to show whether the word is pronounced as a word of one syllable or as a word of two syllables 1.- end 2.- watch 3.- count 4.- stay 5.- need 6.- call 7.- seem 8.- plan 9.- wait 10.- wash 11.- want 12.- walk 13.- push 14.- spell 15.- plant 16.- clean 17.- ask 18.- point 19.- move 20.- shop 21.- rush 22.- part 23.- cook 24.- rent 25.- live 26.- share 27.- last 28.- close 29.- help 30.- land 31.- use 32.- hope 33.- hand 34.- cross 35.- sign 36.- earn 37.- paint 38.- drop 39.- burn 40.- laugh 2.- PRONUNCIATION OF “S” The letter ‘s’ in English is sometimes pronounced like ‘s’ and sometimes like /s/ class bus cost miss /z/ does busy his goes Practice listening to and pronouncing the different ‘s’ sounds Write ‘s’ or ‘z’ to show how the letter is pronounced 1.- also 2.- busy 3.- this 4.- these 5.- those 6.- was 7.- class 8.- his 9.- goes 10.- some 11.- first 12.- cousin 13.- tries 14.- cats 15.- movies 16.- case 17.- kiss 18.- plays 19.- dogs 20.- puts 21.- likes 22.- brings 23.- has 24.- closed 25.- dress 26.- easy 27.- pens 28.- eyes 29.- books 30.- nose 31.- knows 32.- tennis 33.- noise 34.- bus 35.- news 36.- house 37.- raise 38.- peas 39.- works 40.- days 41.- does 42.- comes 43.- eats 44.- rose 3.- PRONUNCIATION OF “ED” IN REGULAR VERBS The final ‘ed’ in the past tense of regular verbs takes two different pronunciations: a.- When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in an unvoiced consonant (p, t, f, k, s, etc.) , the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘t’ b.- When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in a voiced consonant (b, d, v, g, z, l, etc.) or in a vowel sound, the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘d’ Write ‘t’ or ‘d’ to show the pronunciation of the ‘ed’ in each word 1.- lived 2.- picked 3.- jumped 4.- placed 5.- hurried 6.- rushed 7.- smoked 8.- killed 9.- looked 10.- dropped 11.- turned 12.- crossed 13.- entered 14.- stopped 15.- earned 16.- knocked 17.- saved 18.- played 19.- wished 20.- showed 21.- closed 22.- boiled 23.- finished 24.- burned 25.- filled 26.- passed 27.- excused 28.- mailed 29.- slipped 30.- liked 31.- used 32.- changed 33.- worked 34.- studied 35.- talked 36.- spelled 37.- thanked 38.- washed 39.- poured 40.- walked 41.- pulled 42.- tried 4.- SILENT LETTERS For each of the words below, write the consonant that is written but not pronounced 1.- knife 2.- answer _ 26.- write _ 27.- fasten _ _ 3.- handsome 4.- Christmas 5.- island 6.- doubt 7.- knee 8.- wrestle 9.- honest 10.- often 11.- knew 12.- sign 13.- dumb 14.- match 15.- walk 16.- could 17.- talk 18.- knock 19.- know 20.- Wednesday 21.- pneumonia 22.- climb 23.- should 24.- aisle 25.- whole _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28.- castle 29.- hymn 30.- scissors 31.- lamb 32.- gnaw 33.- limb 34.- wrong 35.- wrist 36.- listen 37.- sword 38.- comb 39.- knot 40.- kneel 41.- czar 42.- half 43.- ghost 44.- whistle 45.- scent 46.- calf 47.- ledge 48.- hour 49.- scene 50.- thumb PRONUNCIATION OF “-S/-ES” The -s/ -es ending has three • -es is /iz/ after the sounds: watches finishes Alice’s /-tchiz/ /-shiz/ /-siz/ Liz’s /-ziz/ fridges /-dchiz/ garages /-chiz/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • -es is /z/ after ‘voiced’ sounds (except /-z/, /-dch/, /-ch/ jobs Jim’s lives /-bz/ /-mz/ /-vz/ opens /-nz/ shows/-ouz/ stays /-eiz/ ***With a voiced sound there is • -es is /s/ after ‘unvoiced’ sounds (except /-tchiz/, /-chiz/, /s/ cups months laughs /-ps/ /-ths/ /-fs/ starts Frank’s /-ts/ /-ks/