-ED pronunciation - /t/ /d/ or /id/? (pronounce PERFECTLY every time!) (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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Please remember at the time teaching RP,

received pronunciation,

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And that's what I have for you today.

I am going to teach you how to pronounce words like these.

Words that end in ed, because it's not so straightforward.

We have wanted, danced and saved.

Wanted, danced, saved.

So there are three different ways that we pronounce

ed at the end of a word.

And there are so many words that end with ed.

We have the regular past simple verbs.

We have the regular past perfect verbs,

and we have many adjectives.

So it's a bit frustrating that we have three different ways

of pronouncing ed at the end of words.

But I have a very simple trick that you can use

to instantly know whether you end the word with id,

whether you end it with t or whether you end it with d.

Id, t, d, before we get started,

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So let's get started with the lesson.

I'm going to go through the method with lots of examples.

And then I have got an activity,

which is a story which will allow you to put into practise

what you've learned, it's a bit of a challenge.

So let's see how you do.

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Let's take a look at some root words.

We have part, end, test and need,

all of these end in t or d.

So you're going to notice with this method.

It all depends on how the root word ends with which phoneme

or sound does it end?

In this case t and d, which are nearly always represented

by the letter t or the letter d.

If a root word ends in t or, d the ed is pronounced as id.

This means that it adds on an extra syllable,

part, parted, end, ended, test, tested, need, needed.

That is the easy part,

but what if a root word does not end with t or d?

Well does it attend with a vowel,

a voiced consonant or an unvoiced consonant?

If the root word ends with a vowel sound

or with a voiced consonant sound,

then the root word ends with voice.

Meaning that when you produce that last phoneme,

you can feel the vibrations in your throat.

If it ends with an unvoiced consonant,

you cannot feel the vibrations in your throat.

Look at these four root words.

We have dine, love, comply,

remember dine, I can feel the vibration,

love, I can feel the vibration,

comply that ends with a vowel sound.

And remember still with voice.

Remember that in received pronunciation,

if a word ends with r, the r is not pronounced.

In American English, you might say,

remember r, but in received pronunciation remember.

All of these root words and with voice.

And the great thing is that we match voice with voice.

If a word ends with voice apart from d,

then we match it with voice.

So we add d onto the end, loved,

dined, complied, remembered.

It would actually be more difficult to use t at the end

because you're moving from voice to unvoiced.

Dined, okay so moving on to the root words

that end with an unvoiced consonant,

take a look at these four.

We have clap, cake, dance and wash.

P, k, s, sh, none of the endings have voice in them,

just like we matched voiced with voiced before,

we match unvoiced with unvoiced.

So in this case, ed is pronounced as t.

Clapped, kicked, danced, washed

try ending these words with the d sound.

In my opinion, it's a lot more difficult.

So that's the theory behind it all.

Looking at the last sound in the root word,

and then working out what the next sound should be

with root words that end in any sound

other than, t and d, there is no extra syllable.

Love is not loved or loved, it's loved.

Kicked isn't kicked or kicked,

it's kicked, no extra syllable,

but decide is decided, extra syllable,

test is tested, extra syllable.

Some students prefer to learn words through studying them

in lists and other students prefer to hear them spoken

and to practise, to learn them in practise.

We're going to go through both ways of learning them.

First let's look at the list version,

and then I will tell you a story using the words,

and you have to guess what the pronunciation is.

Here are the sounds that come before id as ed

t, wanted, d, decided.

And here we have the sounds that come before d as ed.

We have b as in robbed, v as in lived,

z as in amazed, g as in rigged,

n as in find, m as in climbed,

n as in winged, dz as in judged,

th as in soothed, l as in called,

and then I've included r, just so you know

for American English pronunciation,

that it would be followed by d.

For RP, it isn't pronounced remembered,

remembered it's pronounced with a d because it ends

with a schwa vowel sound, which is voiced,

but in American English, the r is pronounced

at the end of words, and it would sound something like

remembered, remembered.

Then we have the sounds that come before t as ed.

The unvoiced sounds.

We have p as in helped, f as in sniffed or laughed.

S as in missed or danced, k as in asked,

I know some of my students struggle with that sound.

The combination of s, k, t, asked.

Asked we have t as in matched, s as in washed,

th as in unearthed.

There aren't many ed words with the th

at the end of the root word.

And we have z, as in camouflaged again, another rare one.

Now this rule also applies to adjectives,

but there are many more exceptions.

So some adjectives ending in t or d.

We have insulted or beaded,

adjectives ending in a voiced consonant or a vowel.

We have soothed or moved,

and unvoiced consonants distressed, astonished.

There are lots of irregular adjectives

that don't follow this rule, and they favour id at the end.

Naked wicked, jagged, rugged.

There is normally a g or k sound at the end

of the root word, but there are exceptions

to the exceptions, for example, beloved.

Okay, now it is time for the activity.

I am going to read a story to you.

It's filled with words that end in ed.

And each time I reach a word that ends in ed,

I'm going to stop for a couple of seconds to give you

the chance to say how you think it might be pronounced,

what ending you think it might have.

Count your scores and see how many you get right.

Share your results in the comment section.

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