1. -ED PRONUNCIATION
LISTENING EXERCISES

2. In a sentence, the –ed is sometimes difficult
to hear. Listen to five pairs of sentences
below. Can you hear the difference
between a (Present Simple) and b (Past
Simple)?
1. a. we like her. 4.a. I want that.
b. we liked her. b. I wanted that.
2. a. I love him. 5. They enjoy
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3. a. They hate it. b. They enjoyed
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3.  Now, listen to the sentences and point
the verb you hear.
 we arrive/arrived on Monday
morning.
 it opens/opened at 9 o’clock
 I finish/finished work on Friday
afternoon at 6 o’clock.
 they close/closed on Monday.
 they start/started at 8 o’clock.
 the trains stop/stopped at midnight.

4.  Check your answers.
 we arrived on Monday morning.
 it opened at 9 o’clock
 I finish work on Friday afternoon
at 6 o’clock.
 they closed on Monday.
 they start at 8 o’clock.
 the trains stopped at midnight.

5. Listen to the beginnings of 3 stories. Notice
the way –ed is pronounced.
Last night, Bert stopped at the supermarket
on his way home.
Yesterday afternoon, Fred called a
restaurant to book a table for two.
Yesterday evening, David invited Amanda to
dinner.
BERT /t/ FRED /d/ DAVID /id/

6. The rest of the stories are mixed up. Sort the sentences into
columns, according to the pronunciation of the –ed verb
endings.
4.He arranged a meeting with his daughter there.
5.He cooked a big supper for his wife and children.
6. He decided to cook her favourite meal.
7. He washed up after supper.
8. They ordered a lot of the most expensive things
on the menu.
9. They watched a good film on TV after the meal.
10. They enjoyed it a lot.
11. The food was wasted because she didn’t come.
12.They arrived home after midnight.
WHO HAD A GOOD EVENING?

7. Bert /t/ Fred /d/ David /id/
Last night, Bert Yesterday Yesterday evening,
stopped at the afternoon, Fred David invited
supermarket on his called a restaurant Amanda to dinner.
way home. to book a table for
two. He decided to cook
He cooked a big her favourite meal.
supper for his wife He arranged a
and children. meeting with his
daughter there. The food was
He washed up after wasted because she
supper. They ordered a lot didn’t come.
of the most
They watched a expensive things on
good film on TV the menu.
after the meal.
They enjoyed it a
lot.
They arrived home
after midnight