2016-10-14 Idioms: 't' and 'ed' pronunciation

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 18 part A - Decide if each ‘t’ is pronounced like /t/ or /d/.

Tongue-twister:
Betty bought a bit of butter,
But her butter made her batter bitter,
So Betty bought a bit of better butter
To make her bitter batter better.
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Pronunciation of ‘ed’ endings:

We pronounce the vowel /əd/ only when the (base form of the) verb ends with a /t/ or /d/ sound.
- rated, needed, visited

We pronounce it as just /t/ when the base form of the verb ends with another voiceless sound.
- stopped, laughed, washed, liked, missed, watched, faxed

We prounce it as a /d/ for all other (voiced) sounds.
- stabbed, loved, judged, logged, exercised, stayed, towed, sinned, crawled
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Homework: use the pictures and sentences to guess the meanings of the movie idioms on the lesson 3 handout (p. 26)