Regular verbs

1. How many syllables?

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Listen to the words and check your answers.

Can you decide when -ed at the end of regular past simple verbs is pronounced /ɪd/?

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2. Practise your pronunciation.

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decided
returned
suggested
repeated
explained
arrived
insulted
replied
welcomed

3. Past or present?

Listen to the sentences and decide if they refer to the past or the present.

4. Practise your pronunciation.

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1. I want to go to the cinema.
2. They decided to visit on Thursday.
3. He wanted an ice-cream.
4. I lived in a house in the country.
5. We arrive at eight in the morning.
6. I suggest going at the weekend.
7. We started walking up the road.
8. We live in a beautiful flat.
9. She repeated the word more slowly.
10. They suggested a holiday on the coast.