người thầy
Bài mới cập nhật
Loading...
Thứ Tư, 3 tháng 8, 2011

How to Pronounce -ed in English

How to Pronounce -ed in English

The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed. For example:



base verb
(v1)
past simple
(v2)
past participle
(v3)
work
worked
worked
In addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and so end in -ed. For example:
  • I like painted furniture.

The question is: How do we pronounce the -ed?
The answer is: In 3 ways - / Id/ or / t/ or / d/













If the base verb ends in one of thesesounds:
example base verb*:
example
with -ed:
pronounce
the -ed:
extra syllable?
unvoiced
/t/
want
Id/
yes
voiced
/d/
end
ended
unvoiced
/p/
hope
t/
no
/f/
laugh
laughed
/s/
fax
faxed
/S/
wash
washed
/tS/
watch
watched
/k/
like
liked
voiced
all other sounds,
for example...
play
d/
allow
allowed
beg
begged
* note that it is the sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. For example, "fax" ends in the letter "x" but the sound /s/; "like" ends in the letter "e" but the sound /k/.
Exceptions
The following -ed words used as adjectives are pronounced with /Id/:


  • aged

  • blessed

  • crooked

  • dogged

  • learned

  • naked

  • ragged

  • wicked

  • wretched

So we say:
  • an aged man /Id/

  • a blessed nuisance /Id/

  • a dogged persistance /Id/

  • a learned professor - the professor, who was truly learned /Id/

  • a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /Id/

But when used as real verbs (past simple and past participle), the normal rules apply and we say:
  • he aged quickly /d/

  • he blessed me /t/

  • they dogged him /d/

  • he has learned well /d/ or /t/

    0 nhận xét:

    Đăng nhận xét