9113 pronunciation of ed endings

Pronunciation Practice Exercises for final ‘ed’
All voiceless sounds take /t/
Voiceless sounds are made
by pushing air through your
mouth; no sound comes
from your throat.
Examples of voiceless
sounds : “K”, “P”, “S”, “Ch”,
“Sh”, “F”
EXAMPLES:
looked → look/t/
clapped → clap/t/

Voiced sounds take /d/
Voiced sounds come from
your throat. If you touch
your neck when you make a
voiced sound, you can feel
your voice box vibrate
Examples of voiced sounds:
“L”, “V”, “N”, “B” and all
vowel sounds.
EXAMPLES:
smell → smell/d/
saved → save/d/

“T”, and “D” sounds take
/ed/
The sound /ed/ adds a whole
syllable to a word
Example: Looked →look/t/ = one

syllable
Needed →need/ed/ = two syllables

EXAMPLES:
decided → decide/ed/
needed → need/ed/

Say the following words out loud and the put them in the correct columns according to the sound of the adjective or
regular past 'ed':
amazed
asked
boasted
covered

danced
delighted
drained
laughed

/t/

listened
looked
naked
opened

packed
placed
played
pleased

pointed
reiterated
screamed
shouted

/d/

stopped
tripped
wanted
wasted

/Id/

Final 'ed (Answer Key)
All voiceless sounds take
/t/
Voiceless sounds are made
by pushing air through
your mouth; no sound
comes from your throat.
Examples of voiceless sounds :
“K”, “P”, “S”, “Ch”, “Sh”, “F”

Voiced sounds take /d/
Voiced sounds come from
your throat. If you touch
your neck when you make
a voiced sound, you can

feel your voice box vibrate
Examples of voiced sounds:
“L”, “V”, “N”, “B” and all vowel
sounds.

EXAMPLES:
looked → look/t/
clapped → clap/t/

EXAMPLES:
smell → smell/d/
saved → save/d/

“T”, and “D” sounds take
/ed/
The sound /ed/ adds a
whole syllable to a word
Example: Looked →look/t/ =
one syllable
Needed →need/ed/ = two
syllables

EXAMPLES:
decided → decide/ed/
needed → need/ed/


Put the following words in the correct columns according to the sound of the adjective or regular past 'ed':
amazed
asked

boasted
covered

danced
delighted
drained
laughed

listened
looked
naked
opened

packed
placed
played
pleased

pointed
reiterated
screamed
shouted

stopped
tripped
wanted
wasted

/t/

/d/

/Id/

asked
danced
laughed
looked
packed
placed
stopped
tripped

amazed
covered
drained
listened
opened
played
pleased
screamed

boasted
delighted
naked
pointed
pointed
reiterated
wanted
wasted

Game/Flash Cards
The words below can be cut out and put on cards or folded and used for a game.
1. Divide students into teams.
2. Put the following on the board:

/t/

/d/

/Id/

3. Have a student from each team choose a card and read it out loud.
4. Then have the student write the word on the board in the appropriate column.

amazed

danced

listened

packed

asked

delighted

looked

placed

boasted

drained

naked

played

covered

laughed

opened

pleased


pointed reiterated screamed shouted
stopped

tripped

wanted

wasted