Narrative texts, like the two that we have been looking at, have special features that include: past tense verbs, 3rd person pronouns, as well as the verbs 'said' and 'asked'.   In particular we have been focusing on working with the pronunciation of past tense verbs ending in -ed.   Click on the provided sound icon to hear the list of words again.   baked     advised     arrested     collected    contacted    defended     allowed    brushed     cracked     crashed   appeared     arrived     believed    danced    dressed    dropped    escaped finished     belonged    burned    called      demanded   painted    printed     rested   hated    wanted    hoped    hiked    joked     jumped      helped   Below you will find  the list of words under the correct column.  You can click on each column to hear the words pronounced.

/t/	/d/	/id/
baked	advised	arrested
brushed	allowed	collected
cracked	appeared	contacted
crashed	arrived	defended
danced	believed	demanded
dressed	belonged	painted
dropped	burned	printed
escaped	called	rested
finished		hated
hoped		wanted
hiked
joked
jumped
helped

Verbs that end in the following sounds tend to have the /t/ sound when -ed is added: -p, -k, -s, -ch, -sh, -f, -x, - h

Verbs that end in the following sounds tend to have the /d/ sound when -ed is added: -l, -v, -n, -m, -r, -b, -v, -g, -w, -y, -z

Verbs that end in the following sounds tend to have the /id/ sound when -ed is added: -t, -d

Remember: We use past tense to describe activities that have happened already.  In other words, they occured in the past.

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