Pronunciation of past simple
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Pronunciation of Past Simpleregular verbs
likedlovedwaited
lik-tlov-d
wait-ɪd
aspirated and voiced consonants
say: ssssssssssss
put your hand in front of your mouth like this
what do you feel?
say: ssssssssssss
where do you make this sound?
/ s /is an aspirated consonant
/ s /is an aspirated consonant
/ s /is an aspirated consonant
consonante aspirata
aspirated consonantsare made by expelling air
now say: zzzzzzzzzzz
put your hand in on your throat like this
what do you feel?
now say: zzzzzzzzzzz
where do you make this sound?
/ z /is a voiced consonant
/ z /is a voiced consonant
consonante sonora
voiced consonantsare made by
vibration of the vocal cords
/ s / and / z / are a consonant pair
/ s / and / z / are a consonant pair
the mouth is in the same position for both
exercise
find other consonant pairs
aspirated ssoon
voiced zzero
ppen
vvery
θthin
bbed f
fat
ðthis
dday t
tell
tʃchurch
dʒjudge
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ssoon
voiced bbed
zzero
vvery
θthin
ffat
ðthis
dday t
tell
tʃchurch
dʒjudge
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
ssoon
voiced bbed
vvery
zzero
θthin
ðthis
dday t
tell
tʃchurch
dʒjudge
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
θthin
ssoon
voiced bbed
vvery
ðthis
zzero
dday t
tell
tʃchurch
dʒjudge
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
θthin
ttell
ssoon
voiced bbed
vvery
ðthis
dday
zzero
tʃchurch
dʒjudge
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
θthin
ttell
tʃchurch
ssoon
voiced bbed
vvery
ðthis
dday
dʒjudge
zzero
ʃship ʒ
beige
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
θthin
ttell
tʃchurch
ʃship
ssoon
voiced bbed
vvery
ðthis
dday
dʒjudge
ʒbeige
zzero
kcat g
get
aspirated ppen
ffat
θthin
ttell
tʃchurch
ʃship
ssoon
kcat
voiced bbed
vvery
ðthis
dday
dʒjudge
ʒbeige
zzero
gget
not all consonants form pairs - here are the English consonants that don’t have pairs:
aspirated hhot
voiced mmuch
nnice
ŋring
lleg
rrain
jyou
wwin
not all consonants form pairs - here are the English consonants that don’t have pairs:
general principle
it’s difficult to pronouncean aspirated consonant after a
voiced consonanteg. / -gt /
it’s difficult to pronouncean aspirated consonant after a
voiced consonant
or vice versaeg. / -fd /
it’s much easier to pronounce two aspirated consonants:
eg. / -ft /
ortwo voiced consonants:
eg. / -gd /
RULE
/ t /
when an infinitive ends with an aspirated consonant
the Past Simple ending (-ed)is pronounced / t /
/ t /
eg.like / laɪk /
> liked / laɪkt /
/ d /
when an infinitive ends with a voiced consonant
the Past Simple ending (-ed)is pronounced / d /
/ d /
eg.love / lʌv /
> loved / lʌvd /
/ d /
when an infinitive ends with a vowel
the Past Simple ending (-ed)is pronounced / d /
/ d /
eg.study / stʌdi /
> studied / stʌdid /
/ ɪd /
when an infinitive ends in/ t / or / d /
the Past Simple ending (-ed)is pronounced / ɪd /
/ ɪd /
eg.wait / weɪt /
> waited / weɪtɪd /
NB this rule is phonetic,it’s the last soundNOT the last letter
that decides the pronunciation
last sound ofinfinitive
Past Simple pronunciation
aspirated consonant -t
voiced consonant -d
vowel -d
-t or -d -ɪd
exercise
infinitive -t / -d / -ɪd infinitive -t / -d / -ɪd
like -t remember
seem -d explode
study -d analyse
wait -ɪd beg
ask form
try report
need launch
laugh listen
arrive describe
type decide
infinitive -t / -d / -ɪd infinitive -t / -d / -ɪd
like -t remember -d
seem -d explode -ɪd
study -d analyse -d
wait -ɪd beg -d
ask -t form -d
try -d report -ɪd
need -ɪd launch -t
laugh -t listen -d
arrive -d describe -d
type -t decide -ɪd