Pronunciation Sounds

Short Vowel Sounds

Long Vowel Sounds
Pronunciation of -ed
•Voiced and voiceless sounds

English

Prof. Nieves
Short Vowel rule

Short Vowel Rule:

When there is one vowel in a word, either at

the beginning or between two consonants, it

usually has the short vowel sound.

1. Short vowel a words

ant pan wag jam cat bad

ax ran flag and bat dad
wax van cap band hat has
can gas map hand pat mad
fan bag nap sand rat sad
man tag ham lamp sat glass
2. Short vowel e words

egg bed test jet hen fell

leg fed vest met men hell
sled red west net pen sell
step nest web pet ten well
tent rest get wet bell smell
3. Short vowel i words

dig tip hid crib sit fill

pig pin kid fist bit hill
dip tin bib milk hit pill
hip win fib silk pit will
lip did rib swim mitt him
4. Short vowel o words

God hop stop jot fox cob

nod mop cot not ox mob
pod pop dot pot box rob
rod top got rot pox sob
sod drop hot tot mom pond
5. Short vowel u words

cub gun buzz dug tug bus

tub run but hug cuff dump
bud sun cut jug puff hump
mud cup nut mug gum jump
gull pup bug rug yum pump
The Long Vowel Rule

Long Vowel Rule (1):

When a word has two vowel, usually the first vowel
says its name and the second vowel is silent.
1. Long vowel a words

mail gain bake ape paint gray

nail main cake tape day play
pail pain lake ate hay pray
rail rain make hate lay stay
sail train rake late may stray
tail mane take date pay tray
came vane pale gate say fade
game wane sale bait way made
name save whale wait clay grade
2. Long vowel e words

sea seal fear beef wheat sheep

tea beam hear meek seem sleep
reach team near seek seen deer
teach bean bee feel teen feet
beak mean tree heal green meet
weak heap free peel deep beet
heal leap feed hear peep greet
meal ear need meat weep key
real dear weed seat creep three
3. Long vowel i words

hide bike dime vine pie dive

ride like lime wipe tie five
side hike time pipe fire hive
tide file chime ripe hire cry
wide mile dine rise tire dry
bride pile fine wise wire fly
glide tile line size bite fry
pride smile mine prize kite try
slide while pine die white sky
4. Long vowel o words

road coat hole rope stove grow

load goat pole nose bow know
toad hoe stole rose low show
oak toe home close mow slow
soak rode bone chose row snow
foam joke cone hose tow throw
roam poke tone note blow boast
soap spoke stone vote crow roast
boat smoke hope dove flow toast
5. Long vowel u words

suite June true new chew flew

fruit tune use pew drew slew
juice prune fuse crew grew stew
cute blue dew knew screw mew
flute clue few mule threw cube
dune glue hew rule blew tube
 Pronunciation of ED: Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs

Pronunciation for Regular Verbs

In the English language, most regular verbs are turned into
Regular Verbs the past
tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the end of a base form of the verb.
The regular verb is one which Regular verbs examples:
conforms to the normal grammar
rules surrounding the use of verbs.  Wait → Waited Cook → Cooked
In English, there are a huge  Want → Wanted Walk → Walked
amount of regular verbs, and it’s  Ask → Asked Hunt → Hunted
important to know what these are  Wash → Washed Adopt → Adopted
and the rules that they follow. This For past tense pronunciation for regular verbs, the final -ed
ending has
will help you to ensure that your
three different pronunciations: /t/, /d/, and /id/.
sentences are grammatically
correct and easy to understand.
Pronunciation of ED | The /t/ Sound

Past Tense Pronunciation Rules:

 Final -ed is pronounced /t/ after all voiceless sounds.

 Voiceless sounds are made by pushing air through your mouth; no sound comes from your throat.

 Voiceless consonant sounds: p, f, k, s, sh, ch, th

 Pronunciation of ED | The /t/ Sound
announce-announced Cough-coughed Hitchhike- hitchhiked Jump-jumped
Cook- cooked Help-helped Laugh-laughed Promise-promised
Walk-walked Develop-developed Brush- brushed Slip
Talk-talked Knock-knocked Crash-crashed Slipped
Finish-finished Snatch-snatched Work- worked Touch-touched
Type-typed Step-stepped Like-liked Fix-fixed
Dance-danced Punish-punished Attack-attacked Piss (off)- pissed (off)
Watch-watched Hush (up)- hushed (up) Lock-locked Rip-ripped
Look-looked Mix (up) – mixed (up) Stop-stopped Check-checked
Miss-missed Wrap- wrapped Ask-asked Pluck-plucked
Rush-rushed Stalk- stalked Wash-washed Coax-coaxed
Hope-hoped Fish-fished Brake-braked Rehearse-rehearsed
Wish-wished Slap-slapped Escape- escaped Curse-cursed
Dress-dressed Force-forced Kiss-kissed Jinx-jinxed
Pronunciation of ED | The /t/ Sound

Dunk-dunked
Push-pushed
Fake-faked
Flush-flushed
Back (up)- backed (up)
Place-placed
Reduce- reduced
ED Pronunciation | The /d/ Sound

Pronunciation of ED Rules:
 Final -ed is pronounced /d/ after voiced sounds.
 The /d/ is blended together with the previous consonant and
not pronounced as an extra syllable.
 Voiced sounds come from your throat. Touch your neck when
you make a voiced sound, you can feel your voice box vibrate.
 Voiced consonant sounds: b, v, g, z, j, th, l, m, n, r
 All vowel sounds are voiced.
ED Pronunciation Examples with regular verbs list.
Live-lived Play- played Praise- praised Question-questioned
Climb-climbed Carry-carried Follow-followed Discover-discovered
Phone- phoned Moved-moved Bog down- bogged down Argue-argued
Wave-waved Pull- pulled Encourage-encouraged Try-tried
Arrive-arrived Wonder-wondered Listen-listened Use-used
Clear-cleared Kill- killed Tour-toured Lie-lied
Study-studied Marry- married Consider-considered Use-used
Open-opened Believe-believed Travel-traveled Clean-cleaned
Enjoy-enjoyed Beg-begged Stay-stayed Love-loved
Copy-copied Prefer- preferred Rescue-rescued Design- Designed
Mail-mailed Tease- teased Happen-happened Change-changed
Call-called Close-closed Destroy-destroyed Join-joined
Borrow-borrowed Accuse-accused Refuse-refused Grab-grabbed
Hurry-hurried Stroll-strolled Die-died Seem-seemed
ED Pronunciation Examples with regular verbs list.

Rob- robbed
Continue- continued
Hire- hired
Store- stored
Heal- healed
Foster- fostered
Learn- learned
Sue- sued
Harm- harmed
Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs | The /id/ Sound

Final -ed is pronounced /id/ after “T”, and “D” sounds. The sound /id/ adds a whole syllable to a
word.
Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs | The /id/ Sound
Suggest-suggested Sort- sorted Include- included Taste- tasted
Vote- voted Regret-regretted Land- landed Admit- admitted
Wait- waited Waste- wasted Need- needed Invent- invented
Want- wanted Interrupt-interrupted Recommend-recommended Create- created
Shout- shouted Mind- minded End- ended Compete- competed
Hunt- hunted Sound-sounded Grade- graded Intend- intended
Adopt- adopted Count-counted Rate- rated Concoct- concocted
Emigrate- emigrated Demand- demanded Hesitate-hesitated Request- requested
Start- started Hesitate- hesitated Decide- decided Disregard- disregard
Visit- visited Proceed-proceeded Interest- interested Assist- assisted
Investigate- investigated Succeed- succeeded Trade- traded Ground- grounded
Attend-attended Accept- accepted Last- lasted Lift- lifted
Affect- affected Paint- painted Insist- insisted Overreact- overreacted
Chat- chatted Contact- contacted Avoid- avoided Bound-bounded
Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs | The /id/ Sound

Twist- twisted
Cheat- cheated
Outsmart- outsmarted
Disappoint- disappointed
Scold- scolded
Mistreat- mistreated
Attempt- attempted
Coexist- coexisted
Voiced- Voiceless Sounds

Introduction
In spoken English there are two types of sound that can be made,
voiced sounds and voiceless sounds (also known as unvoiced). The
difference between the two is that the former sounds use the voice
box (as well as mouth) to create the sound whereas the latter can
create the sound entirely with the mouth alone (lips, tongue &
teeth).
Voiced Sounds

The voiced consonants consist of the sounds:

/ b / (bed) / n / (no) / w / (went)

/ d / (do) / ng / (long) / y / (you)
/ g / (go) / r / (red) / z / (zoo)
/ j / ( jump) / sz / (vision)
/ l / (learn) / th / (the)
/ m / (mum) / v / (live)
Voiceless Sounds

These sounds are made using just the mouth. These sound a lot
harder than voiced sounds and are made up of just voiceless
consonants. Again, you will be able to tell if you are using these
sounds as your larynx will vibrate much less. The voiceless
consonants consist of the sounds:
Voiceless Sounds

/ c / (car)
/ ch / (chat)
/ f / (far)
/ h / (he)
/ p / (pen)
/ s / (say)
/ sh / (she)
/ t / (top)
/ th / (thank)
 Voiced / Voiceless Pairs

Voiced Voiceless

b p
There are some pairs d t
between voiced and voiceless
g k
consonants. Each pair has a
similar sound but you will j ch

notice the voiceless ones v f

sound more forceful than
z s
their voiced version:
sz sh

th th
Voiced and Voiceless Consonant Sounds with Examples

Voiced consonants are consonant sounds that are made by vibrating

the vocal cords. They can be compared with unvoiced consonants.
Voiceless consonants do not use the vocal cords to produce their
hard, percussive sounds. Instead, they’re slack, allowing air to flow
freely from the lungs to the mouth, where the tongue, teeth, and lips
engage to modulate the sound.
Voiced Consonant Sounds: b, d, g, j, l, m, n, ng, r, sz, th, v, w, y, z.
Voiceless Consonant Sounds: ch, h, f, k, p, s, sh, t, th.
Examples of Voiced Consonant Sound Words
Bar Bay Base bat
Big Bear Berry bit
Buy Bet Bland blank
Board Bill But Break
Bore Bride Bull bye
Dear Debt Dive Dob
Dot Dug Dump dust
Dale Day Dig Din
Dunk Dab Dangle Dell
Dink Dock Doss Dissed
Go Get Give Good
Girl Group Government Game
Grow Germ Gel Gem
Generate Gentle Grudge Gist
Examples of Voiced Consonant Sound Words
Jam Jar Jaw Jeans
Jet Job Joke Joy
Just Jump Jog Journal
Juice Josh Jungle Juggle
Jacket Jealous Jewel Journey
Leaf Lamp Lock Lazy
Laugh Leak Look Lunch
List Long Love Log
Letter Light Lemon Lips
Land Listen Lamp Leg
Mad Mail Make Man
Map Math Milk Month
March May Mine Moon
Mask Meet Mix Mouse
Examples of Voiced Consonant Sound Words
Nap Need New Note
Nest Near Nice North
Necklace Nail Night Nose
Nurse Name Nine No
Narrow Nation Navy Never
Anger English Bang Song
Anguish Finger Bring Singe
Bengal Hanger Hang Spring
Banging Hunger King Pong
England Longer Ring Ping