Pronunciation tips

October 7 

Here you will find out some tips for you to improve your pronunciation, so that you don't have the same experiences an Italian man had when he was in Malta. Let's see and listen what happened to him:




Let's study how to pronounce vowels sounds in English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_1.shtml

Regular verbs pronunciation in past

In this video you can find out how to pronounce regular verbs in past, take notes in your notebook and write what you learned in comments






For more explanation:

https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm 

Activities to do:

1. Go to:  http://evaeaston.com/t-d-Id-pattern.html go to pattern page, read the explanation about voiced and voiceless and click on the word you want to listen to

2. Go to the practice link and do the exercises
3.  Finally, do the quiz

Write down in comments what you learned in this lesson and the score you got in the quiz!

15 comentarios:

  1. Hello people!

    As the teacher asked me, I leave link for "how to pronounce ed verb endings"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j32SurxnE4s

    It is a little complicated to understand some phonetic aspects, but is very good tool.

    I wish you enjoyed this.

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    1. I learned more about the phonetics rules and how to pronounce correctly the regular verbs in past. Sometimes it was funny because I get confused in some words but it is not impossible. Also, with the video that I posted above, I understood a lot about how to feel the sound in my throat and how to accommodate my lips in order to improve my pronunciation.

      I recommend you practice the phonetic aspects. It's important for establish a good conversation with people.

      In the quiz I achieved a grade of 86%.

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    2. I learned how to pronounce correctly regular verbs in past, but nevertheless, this is something I have to continue practicing hard to improve every day. I learned that when the verbs end with a "t" sound and those verbs are followed by another word that starts with a vowel, the "t" becomes in a "d" sound.
      I achieved a grade of 92% in the quiz.

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  2. In this lesson, I learned how to pronounce the regular verbs in past. When the sound of the word end in t or d, you should pronounce with "Id" sound; when the sound of the verb end in ch, sh, k, s, p, or f, you should pronounce with "t" sound; and with the other regular verbs you should pronounce with "d" sound. Some verb are more complicated, I need more practice, for example the regular verb in the past: watched, you should pronounce it with "t" sound, but is complicated for me because in the word before "ch" sound there is other "t" sound; I hope improve this with the practice. My score was 100 % in the quiz.

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  3. Mateo Cardona Castaño6 de octubre de 2015 a las 20:01

    I watched the video and i did the exercices. It was very dificult to me to know thepronunciation of regular verbs in past, i did not know the differences in the pronunciation. Now i know what are the rules to conjugate the verbs and how is the pronunciation. I did the quiz and I had 93%. I will continue working in these pronunciation tips

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  4. I never imagined that this rule existed, and is very gratifying to know it. I learnt a lot with the video and the page. I have a question teacher why if decide and complete end in a vowel, the pronunciation is /Id/, are these exceptions?
    My grade was 96%

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    1. Good question Juan David! the final sounds of the verbs decide and complete are /d/ and /t/ remember that we speak about sounds not letters!

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  5. In this lesson, through the carrying out of different exercises proposed and through some basic concepts as it should be the pronunciation of regular verbs in the past. Although there is no rule that says I ohn that form should pronounce esxiten 3 general ways to do this and within these you can find some general patterns of pronunciation as verbs ending in "t" and "d" to add termination are pronounced with "id". I need to practice a lot because it is complicated pronunciation of this class of verbs.

    My grade was 92%

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  6. I'm surprised that the mispronunciation use.
    In the quiz I got 100%, but I have to take the time to look the word and the sound of termination.

    The most interesting video is not to have the ending "ed" this must be added the pronunciation as a syllable, only in cases where the verb ends in the sound "t, d". All verbs whose pronunciation ends with the sound of "ch, sh, k, s, p, f" "ed" is pronounced like a "t" very subtle; verbs ending in another type of sound the "ed" is pronounced as a simple "d".

    It must be very careful when the verb form of the past, is saying the "ed" added the pronunciation ending in "t" but the word that follows begins with a vowel as the "ed" will now declare as a "d" attached to the vowel of the word following.

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  7. In this activity I have practiced the pronunciation of the some regular verbs in past. The tutora's pronunciation was very clear and I have practiced with her. However some verbs were not clear, for example: confused and hired.
    I got 90% in the quiz, I should more practice but I think that this activity have help me and I have learned and practiced the rules of the pronunciatios; when the verbs ending in " k, p, sh,s, .." the ending pronunciation is like a "t", when ending in "r, n, m, b, l, g,..." is like a "d" and when ending in " t or d" is like a " id".

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  8. Alejandro Martínez Hernández10 de octubre de 2015 a las 13:19

    In this lesson I remember how to pronounce the regular verbs, but I need more practice, especialy when "ed" must be pronounced as /d/. I am also not accustomed, so let's practice.
    My grade was 92%

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  9. Valentina Gaviria Molina12 de octubre de 2015 a las 11:38

    In this lesson, i learned how to pronounce regular verbs. I think that is difficult to differentiate when a regualr verb is in present or in past, and with only one lesson is impossible to learn immediately, so i have to practice a lot. But with this explanation i understand the rule and i'm going to start to practice this.
    My grade in the quiz was 98%

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  10. My score is 86%

    I learned how to pronounce correctly regular verbs in past.

    The first video is fun and shows how to pronounce well, to communicate better.

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  11. DANIELA ORTIZ BEDOYA
    I have learned how to pronounce some regular verbs in past, it is difficult because the three ways to pronouce are very similar its sound, so its complicated to me identify what is the sound.
    my score was 95%

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  12. santiago cadavid gutierrez20 de octubre de 2015 a las 19:32

    my grade was 90%.
    i watched the video and i learned a little about the pronunciation of regular verbs in past. i need improve my pronunciation with the good use of regular verbs

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