Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Phonetic Sounds and the end of the verbs in the past tense

Some students has a kind fo difficult with some sounds in English. Since I was looking for something to help you with, I've come across a wonderful phonetic sounds chart. Click on here to practice the sounds of this phonetic sound. Just one thing: it's in the beautiful British accent. I'm sure you all gonna love it!

Another tip that I have for you is about the end of the verbs in the past. Here you are (extracted from esl about):
Group A

Voiceless sound: p, k, s, ch, sh, f, x, h - pronounce ED as "T". Example: ask - asked (t)

asked, baked, brushed, cooked, cracked, crashed, danced, dressed, dropped, escaped, finished, fixed, guessed, helped, hoped, joked, jumped, knocked, kissed, laughed, locked, looked, missed, packed, panicked, picked, pressed, pushed, pronounced, relaxed, relaxed, slipped, smoked, stopped, shopped, talked, typed, walked, washed, worked.

Group B

Voiced Sound: l, v, m, n, r, b, v, g, w, y, z and vowel sounds (diphthongs) - pronounce ED as "D". Example: allow - allowed (d)

advised, agreed, answered, appeared, arrived, believed, belonged, bored, burned, called, carried, changed, cleaned, closed, covered, cried, damaged, described, died, dried, earned, encouraged, enjoyed, entered, explained, explored, filled, followed, happened, interviewed,  imagined, jailed, killed, listened, lived, loved, measured, moved, opened, planned, played, performed, pulled, realized, remembered, rained, repaired, saved, shared, shaved, showed, snowed, studied, tried, traveled, turned, used, welcomed, whispered, worried, yawned.

Group C

T or D pronounced as "ED" or "ID". Example: need - needed (id)

accepted, afforded, arrested, collected, contacted, counted, decided, defended, demanded, divided, ended, expanded, expected, exported, flooded, graduated, hated, hunted, included, invited, invented, landed, painted, planted, printed, presented, protected, provided, rented, repeated, reported, respected, rested, scolded, skated, started, shouted, treated, visited, waited, wanted, wasted.

Practice, practice, practice, and your pronunciation will get better, no doubt about it! See you!