Rule 1: If the verb base ends in a voiceless sound, then the –ed ending sounds like “t”. The “t” is blended together with the previous consonant and NOT PRONOUNCED as an extra syllable. A voiceless sound is like a whisper. Your vocal cords DON'T VIBRATE.
Voiceless consonant sounds: p, f, k, s, sh, ch, th
👉 Examples of past tense verbs where the –ed ending sounds like “t”
worked - dropped - finished - divorced - stopped - laughed - coughed - watched
Rule 2: If the verb base ends in a voiced sound, then the –ed ending sounds like “d”.
The “d” is blended together with the previous consonant and not pronounced as an extra syllable.
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Rule 3: If the verb base ends in a “t”
or “d” sound already, then the –ed ending sounds
like “id” or “ud”. It
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A voiced sound means that
your vocal cords vibrate. Voiced consonant sounds: b, v, g,
z, j, th, l, m, n, r, y All vowel sounds are voiced. |
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Examples of past tense
verbs where the –ed ending sounds like “d” moved returned stayed studied married widowed raised engaged travelled |
Examples of past tense
verbs where the –ed ending sounds like “id” started graduated visited separated dated attended |
A. Read the article below and practice the “ed” sound with your teacher.
Most managers say employees have
been just as productive working at home than they were at the office, if not
more. But they still want workers back at their desks.
Of 3,500 managers surveyed in
March by background check firm GoodHire, 73% said work-from-home productivity
and engagement had either stayed the same or improved
compared to in-office work.
Despite that fact, 75% of managers
said they preferred some type of in-person work, and 60% believe
that a full-time return-to-office mandate is coming soon.
Critically, a significant majority
of managers appear willing to enforce that mandate: 77% said they’d implement
“severe consequences” for workers who refuse to return to the office.
The possible punishments include
firings and pay cuts, as well as losses of promotion opportunities, benefits,
and paid time off.
“The survey results emphasize the disconnect between how managers feel about managing remote workers, and the productivity their teams are maintaining in remote work settings,” Max Wesman, GoodHire’s Chief Operating Officer, said in a news release. “Clearly, managers are struggling.”
Employees don’t want to work full-time at the office
Data reliably shows that most
employees who have been working remotely do not want to return to their
offices on a full-time basis.
Most workers prefer a happy medium
between full-time remote work and five days per week in the office. Survey
results from Gallup show that roughly 60% of employees with jobs that can
be done remotely prefer a hybrid work schedule.
If offered the
option for a partial remote schedule, 38% of people said they would want to
work from their offices two or three days per week — the most popular choice.
The second-most popular answer was fewer than two days per week in the office,
which was listed as the preference of 29% of survey respondents.
A survey conducted
by consulting firm Robert Half found that 50% of remote workers said they would
look for a new, remote-friendly job if their employer required
them to return to the office full-time.
"Employers may be holding onto the idea that the office is the best place to collaborate, innovate and get things done — but workers feel otherwise," Paul McDonald, senior executive director at the consulting firm Robert Half, said in a statement accompanying the survey results.
Source: https://money.com/author/sarah-hansen/
B. Read the article below and fill in the blanks with the
right verb in the box below and practice the pronunciation of these verbs with
your teacher.
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published / discovered / faced / landed / authored / returned / aired / struggled / agreed / contracted / launched / documented / demonstrated / served / inspired /established / entered / helped / included / allowed / focused / folded / chronicled / achieved / launched |
Jamie Oliver, (born May 27, 1975, Clavering, Essex, England), British chef who _________ worldwide fame with his television shows The Naked Chef (1999) and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (2010–11) and as author of a number of cookbooks with a variety of culinary themes.
Oliver’s parents were owners of a pub-restaurant in Clavering, Essex. After persistently begging the chefs to let him assist, he was _________ to work in the kitchen. At age 16 Oliver _________ the Westminster Catering College before travelling to France for additional training and experience. He ________ his first job in London at the Neal Street Restaurant as head pastry chef and soon began working as sous-chef at the River Café, where his talent in front of the camera was __________ during the filming of a documentary on the restaurant. He was quickly _________ by Optomen Television to host his first series, The Naked Chef, in which he __________ how to simplify food preparation by using basic ingredients and cooking techniques.
In addition to starring in numerous television programs—including Oliver’s Twist (2002) and several other Naked Chef series—Oliver __________ several best-selling cookbooks and _________ his own line of cookware.
In 2002 he __________ the Fifteen Foundation, a London-based program that gave underprivileged youths the opportunity to experience careers in the culinary industry at Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant. The success of the project, _________ in the television series Jamie’s Kitchen, spurred Oliver’s plans to expand the program throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.
The five-week television series Jamie’s School Dinners, which _______ in 2005, ____________ the challenges Oliver __________ while training a group of school cafeteria workers to prepare new, healthier items, as well as his ability to encourage students to try the new menu. The show ________ Oliver launch his overwhelmingly successful “Feed Me Better” campaign to improve the quality of meals ________ in Britain’s schools. Largely through his efforts, the British government ________ to increase the amount spent on each school meal.
In 2007 Oliver began hosting Jamie at Home, a show that ________ on urban gardening and the preparation of homegrown produce. Three years later Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution aired in the United States. The six-episode program, which chronicled his efforts to improve the eating habits of people in Huntington, West Virginia, won an Emmy Award for outstanding reality program. The show ________ for a second season in 2011, set in Los Angeles. Both seasons gave special attention to providing healthy food in schools.
Oliver’s
later shows _________ Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals (2012), Jamie’s
Comfort Food (2014), and Jamie & Jimmy’s Friday Night
Feast (2014–), all of which ________ books.
Oliver _________ Jamie Magazine,
which _________ in
the United Kingdom in 2009; a U.S. edition premiered in 2012. In 2017, however,
the magazine __________. In addition, his restaurant business in the United Kingdom ___________. In 2019 it became insolvent, resulting in the closure of more than
20 eateries.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/editor/Barbara-A-Schreiber/6493
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