| I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
| work ed a lot last night.
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The -ed ending has three pronunciations:
| [id]
| [t]
| [d]
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| after the sounds [t] and [d]
attracted [ə ' træktɪd]
adopted [ə ' dɒptɪd]
added [ ' ædɪd]
needed [ ' nɪ:dɪd]
| after the unvoiced sounds (except [t])
looked [lʋkt]
addressed [ə ' drest]
touched [tʌtʃt]
washed [wɒʃt]
| after voiced sounds (except [d])
played [pleɪd]
opened [ ' əʋpənd]
raised [reɪzd]
lived [lɪvd]
filled [fɪld]
showed [ʃəʋd]
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Exercise 36. Put these words into three groups according to the pronunciation of the -ed endings.
| passed, washed, watched, decided, remembered, failed,
stopped, studied, asked, loved, used, listened, wanted
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Exercise 37. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past.
| invite, stay, like, want, watch, happen
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Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of questions in class yesterday.
- Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 pm.
- I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.
- Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.
- In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___ TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.
- After a hard day’s work Tom ___ to relax by going for a swim. But yesterday all he ___ to do was lie down and get some sleep.
