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The key answer of exercise Pronunciation 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 02 - Language focus 1 for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen and count the number of syllables in the past forms below.
  2. In which words is -ed pronounced as a separate syllable? Why?

Answer

a)

  • started 2
  • discovered 3
  • stopped 1
  • decided 3
  • reached 1

b)

-ed is pronounced as a separated syllable in started and decided. This is because we pronounce the -ed ending after the sounds /t/ and /d/.