The Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Exercise at Auto-English

1	Place the verbs in the box into the correct columns below. There are ten answers for each column.

allowed asked cracked cried damaged decided encouraged ended

flooded guessed included jailed killed landed loved missed

mixed pasted relaxed repeated shaved slipped stopped tasted

visited wasted washed watched welcomed yawned

1 - / d /

2 - / t /

3 - / id /

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2	Complete the rules for the pronunciation of regular verbs in the past.
i.	When the regular verb ends in a vowel sound or voiced consonant sound (B, G, L,  M, N, V, Y and Z), the -ed ending is pronounced /_____ /.
ii.	When the regular verb ends in an unvoiced consonant sound (K, F,P, -SH, -TCH or X), the -ed ending is pronounced /_____ /.
iii.	The -ed ending is pronounced /id/ when the verb ends in the consonant sounds _____ and _____ .

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