4. Paco decided to sit on the armchair and listen to some music
Listening activity
Paco came back to the hotel. He was tired after the visit to Brighton and he decided to sit on the armchair and listen to some music.
He found this video in the Internet.
Watch this interesting video about Brighton and listen to the song One Thing by Finger Eleven and say if there are any past endings in /id/ sound throughout the text. If so, try to find them.
One Thing by Finger Eleven
Restless tonight
Cause I wasted the
light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
It’s nothing I
planned
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that
line
[Chorus:]
If I traded it all
If I gave it all away for
one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about
this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something
I promise I might
Not
walk on by
Maybe next time
But not this time
Even though I
know
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it
sounds
[Chorus x2]
Even though I know
I don’t want to
know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds
Even though I
know
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it
sounds
[Chorus x3]
Solved exercise
1)watched 2) opened 3) counted 4) played 5) arrived
6) rained 7) moved 8) frightened 9) decided 10) washed
The following words end in -ed. How do you pronounce this ending correctly?
Choose the correct answer depending if the ending is /t/, /d/ or /id/.
watched: is sound 1[t]
opened: is sound 2[d]
counted: is sound 3[id]
played: is sound 2[d]
arrived: is sound 2[d]
rained: is sound 2[d]
moved: is sound 2[d]
frightened: is sound 2[d]
decided: is sound 3[id]
watched: is sound 1[t]
Important
The /id/ ending pronunciation is the only ending that is
pronounced with an additional syllable.
There is a rule: if the last sound of a verb is /t/ or /d/, you add an additional syllable /id/.
"want" (one syllable) becomes "wanted" and is pronounced "want/id/" (two syllables)
"need" (one syllable) becomes "needed" and is pronounced "need/id/" (two syllables)
"decide" (two syllables) becomes "decided" and is pronounced "decide/id/" (three
syllables)
"dedicate" (three syllables) becomes "dedicated" and is pronounced "dedicate/id/" (four
syllables)
Self-assessment exercise
Which past ending sounds correspond to the verbs in bold letter?
1) She worked on the weekend because she realized
that she needed more money.
/d/, /t/ and /id/
/t/, /d/ and /id/
Wrong. Remember that if the verb ends in a voiceless sound, <ed> is pronounced /t/.
Right.
2) I enjoyed a lot when she kissed me.
/d/ and /t/
/d/ and /id/
Right.
Wrong. Only if the verb ends in t or d, <ed> is pronounced /Id /.
3) He decided that Andrés helped Alex and Francisco called his mother.
/id/, /d/ and /t/
/id/, /t/ and /d/
Wrong. Remember that if the verb ends in a voiceless sound, <ed> is pronounced /t/.
Right.
Further knowledge
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Listening activity
Solved exercise
Important
Self-assessment exercise
Further knowledge