| Verbs ending with voiceless sounds + /t/ | The pronunciacion of regular verbs is not complicated all you have to do is check the last sound in the simple form of the verb to know the correct pronunciation. For example, if you say the letter S, you hear /ES/. If you remove the vowel from the letter, you'll hear /s/ like the sound a snake makes when it hisses. For verbs that end in a voiceless sound (with the exception of /t/) we add the /t/ sound. In other words: washed = wash/t/ when it is pronounced. In English you don't change the original pronunciation you just add a sound to the end. Notice that you don't add a syllable to the end of the word. The verb should have the same number of syllables as it did in simple form. Wash has one syllable so washed does too.
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| Verbs ending with voiced sounds + /d/ | Verbs ending with voiced sounds + /d/ The pronunciacion of regular verbs is not complicated all you have to do is check the last sound in the simple form of the verb to know the correct pronunciation. For example, if you say the letter M, you hear /EM/. If you remove the vowel from the letter, you'll hear /M/. For verbs that end in a voiced sound (with the exception of /d/) we add the /d/ sound. In other words: cared = care/d/ when it is pronounced. In English you don't change the original pronunciation you just add a sound to the end. Notice that you don't add a syllable to the end of the word. The verb should have the same number of syllables as it did in simple form. care has one syllable so cared does too.
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| Verbs ending with /t/ or /d/ + /ed/ or /id/ (Exception to the rule) | Verbs ending with /t/ or /d/ + /ed/ or /id/ Verbs ending with /d/ or /t/ sounds The pronunciacion of regular verbs is not complicated all you have to do is check the last sound in the simple form of the verb to know the correct pronunciation. For verbs that end in /d/ or /t/ we add /ed/ or /id/ (it doesn't matter which of the two). In other words: needed = need/ed/ or need/id/ when it is pronounced. In English you don't change the original pronunciation you just add a sound to the end. Notice that you DO add a syllable to the end of the word. The verb should have the same number of syllables as it did in simple form PLUS ONE. Need has one syllable so needed has two. |
| What is a voiceless sound? | Voiceless sounds are sounds that don't have any noticable vibration in the voice box. The voice box is that place in the front of your throat that contains your vocal chords. If you put your hand on your throat in front of your voice box and make a sound you'll feel vibration if it is voiced and you won't feel vibration if it is voiceless. Make the following sounds touching your voicebox: sh, ch , f, s, and p. Do not say the letter, make the sound of the consonant without the vowel that is part of the letter. |
| What is a voiced sound? | Voiced sounds are sounds that noticably vibrate in the voice box. The voice box is that place in the front of your throat that contains your vocal chords. If you put your hand on your throat in front of your voice box and make a sound you'll feel vibration if it is voiced and you won't feel vibration if it is voiceless. Make the following sounds touching your voicebox: m,n,l,o,e,a,g. Do not say the letter, make the sound of the consonant without the vowel that is part of the letter or if it is a vowel, only that sound. |
