Until I became an ESL teacher I had no idea there were rules for pronouncing the simple past of regular verbs! I guess that is probably the case for most native English speakers! But for our students it can be a confusing undertaking to correctly pronounce the ed endings of the simple past. What follows here in this post are: 1) the pronunciation rules for simple past, and 2) exercises and practice activities, 3) two youtube.com videos.
Exercises and Activities for Pronunciation Practice of Simple Past: http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Pronouncing%20ED%20endings.pdf http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.edpron.pdf http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/download/spectrum/pdfs/book2/sp2_pronpuzz.pdf http://www.esl-lounge.com/pronunciation/pronpastendings.php http://www.english-zone.com/teach/pdf-files/wksht-final-ed.pdf https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm (includes audio) http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation/regular%20past%20pronunciation%20ending%20sounds.htm (online practice) http://www.pronuncian.com/Lessons/Default.aspx?Lesson=42 (includes audio) Speaking Games: Gone in Thirty Seconds. Although this isnt geared specifically toward pronunciation practice of -ed endings, its wonderful for that very purpose. The directions are written on the game, its easy, and the students seem to like it. And, playing the game helps to build relationships in the classroom! http://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/gone-in-30-seconds.pdf Memories Game.http://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/my-memories.pdf Traditional ESL Lesson: Rap Lesson: |
