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Answer — Exercise Pronunciation 1

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Питання

  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?

Відповідь

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/.