Get It RIGHT! | How To Nail -ED Endings—Speaking English
Speaking English is tricky! But if you can nail one of the most common past tense forms your spoken English will quickly sound more natural! The -ED ending in written English keeps things tidy. When we’re spreading English?…not so much! It’s a case study in the way reductions impact spoken English. I’ll explain everything and before you know it you’ll be speaking English more like a native speaker.
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00:00 Introduction
00:05 How the past tense ed ending can disappear in spoken English
00:10 looked
00:20 looked for
01:18 3 different pronunciations of ed endings
01:30 Free course: Top 3 Ways to Master the American Accent
01:47 Rule 1
04:32 Rule 2
05:20 Rule 3
05:47 worked, opened, needed
05:58 more details about Rule 1
07:08 ch
09:17 F
10:02 K
11:09 P
13:20 S
14:50 SH
15:39 TH
16:36 Rachel’s conclusion for rule 1
17:19 T Sound Dropped
19:14 Rule 2
23:51 Rule 2 - ending sound voiced
30:23 L like in the word drill
32:05 M like in the word bummed
33:54 N
34:23 signed
35:05 drained
36:13 NG
36:24 longed
37:28 voiced TH
37:35 smoothed, bathed
38:30 V like moved
39:21 Z like buzzed
40:36 ZH
40:42 barraged
48:36 Rule 3
49:12 Summary of rule 1 and 2
50:21 ended up
50:33 acted on
51:01 it ended
52:09 flap T heated, dated ,noted, waited
52:56 parted
52:05 alerted
53:10 Flap D
53:18 boarded, worded
53:52 nt ed, wanted
55:13 counted
55:22 pointed
55:34 planted
55:50 nd ed
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