-ed pronunciation

Dear all,

To get extra practice of the pronunciation of regular past verbs listen to this podcast from the latest Speak Up magazine issue (# 331).

Pronouncing well

Let's go over these exercises on sounds seen in class:

• Pronunciation of letter g in initial position
• Pronunciation of <th> voiceless or voiced
• Pronunciation of the plural 
• Short or long <u>

Exercise 1

Tick the words that contain the /dʒ/ sound.

1.  gin         5.  yam       9.  jet        13.  damage   

2.  large      6.  soldier  10.  gear    14.  mayor

3.  goat       7.  guilty    11.  just     15.  collage 

4. injury      8.  gum      12. get      16.  college   

 

Exercise 2 

Underline the word that the transcription represents.

1.  /bɔːn/  burn  born
2.  /θɪŋ/  thing  thin
3.  /fɪːlɪŋz/  fillings feelings
4.  /vɑɪn/  vine  wine
5.  /meɪdʒə/  major  mayor
6.  /ræm/  rum  ram
7.  /wɜːd/  word  worried
8.  /fəget/  forget  forged
9.  /ɑɪs/   eyes  ice
10. /huːz/  whose  house

Vocabulary pronunciation

Why don't you practice how to pronounce these words?

Character pronunciation
Vegetables pronunciation

Basic Pronunciation practice

You can practice pronunciation in the exercises below:

1. Family phonetic transcription
2. Numbers phonetic transcription
3. Colours phonetic transcription
4. Clothes phonetic transcription
5. Body phonetic transcription
6. Phonics exercise
7. Pronunciation of <o>
8. Pronunciation of <a>
9. Pronunciation of <s>
10. Pronunciation of long and short <u>
11. Pronunciation of <th>
12. Animals transcription

How to express likes

Learn how to say what you really like. Maybe it's Chinese food?!

105 regular verbs

Let's keep reviewing: 105 Regular English Verbs with ED in the Past Pronunciation Practice

 

-ed sound

This video will teach you the 3 different pronunciations of the past tense -ed. If you leave off this little ending, many of your native English speakers will seriously be lost!

Entonation

Let's practice some entonation today. For part 2, click here.

 

Pronunciation tips

Hi,

I'd like you to start working with vowel sounds on these BBC Learning English links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/unit5/start.shtml

 

Unit 1 - Key and Pin

Unit 2 - Book and Do

Unit 3 - Door and Coat

Unit 4 - Egg, Cat and Cup

Unit 5 - Sock and coat

-ed endings

Hi again,

I thought it would be interesting to practice -ed pronunciation at this bbc World Service link.

Exercise on this link from englishmaven.

Pronounciation exercises

Hi:

Don't forget to practice and go over these sites from the BBC.

Similar sounds exercises:

• Unit 1 - Key and Pin
• Unit 2 - Book and Do
• Unit 3 - Door and Coat
• Unit 4 - Egg, Cat and Cup
• Unit 5 - Sock and coat

From New English File:

•  Dyphthongs. 

When preparing a speech or working at home if you have a doubt how to pronounce a word, check Cambridge Dictionary.

Vowels and consonants

Hi:
 
You can find examples of words containing different sounds studied in class in this link.

Source: New English File, Upper Intermediate, OUP

Cultural Misunderstandings

I just wanted to add a bit of humour while getting ready for the exam today! Can you see how important pronunciation is?

 

Transcription Exercises

Hi!

This is a web page that M.ª José from NI1 recommended. You can practice the transcription of words into the phonemic alphabet. Why don't you try? It's fun!
Thanks!

Exercises

-ed pronunciation

Hi!

This is an old post but I thought it would be useful to do these exercises now that we've reviewed how to pronounce regular verbs in the past:

• Interactive Exercise 1
• Interactive Exercise 2
• Interactive Exercise 3

Pronunciation Quizzes

Hi!

Now that we've finished going over all the sounds in English, I encourage you all to work on these pronunciation activities from BBC Learning English. They are fun and you can also learn at the same time :-)

• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2
• Quiz 3
• Quiz 4
• Quiz 5