English Central Videos

So, to start with, ops, para começar, quero indicar à todos os estudantes deste idioma maravilhoso, o site English Central. Há milhares de videos, em que é possível praticar audio (listening), speaking, pronunciation, e vocabulário. É um site bastante dinâmico, basta apenas ter um bom headphone com microfone.

No English Central há videos para 3 níveis: fácil, média dificuldade e alta dificuldade. É uma excelente ferramenta, tanto para os que estão aprendendo até mesmo para professores, nós que falamos o idioma, mas vivemos no Brasil, e a prática e treino devem ser constantes.

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!