Name of teacher: TRƯƠNG QUỐC PHÚ
School: NGUYEN TRAI UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
Address: Km 20, Highway 18, Cuordang commune, CưMgar district, DakLak province
Telephone: 05003536129 - 0905987059
E-mail address: truongquocphu.thpt.ngtrai@gmail.com
Name of Activity: Final sounds, presentation and practice of verbs ended in –ed and their pronunciation
Link to standard/ advanced textbook: A supplementary activity for the pronunciation focus in Unit 2 – grade 12
Difficulty level: for intermediate students
Time: more or less 20 minutes







Link to the material: This is adapted from (write the name of the website here)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/voicing/
Context: write a description here outlining how this activity fits in with the rest of the lesson. What will you do with the students before and / or after this activity? How does this activity add value to the lesson?
Final sounds: students listen to, distinguish and practice of verbs ended in –ed
On performing this activity, students will try to correctly pronounce the final sounds / t /, / d / and / id /, distinguishing the voiced sounds and voiceless sounds





Preparation:
Make photocopies of the worksheets below for group of four or five students


Stage /
Time
Procedures

Presentation
+/- 10



Tell the students that they will be practicing pronunciation of the verbs ended in –ed
Ask students if they know how many ways of pronouncing verbs ended in –ed
Divide the board into 3 columns.
Write the sound / t / and the verb “stopped’ in column 1.
Write the sound / d / and the verb “arrived” in column 2.
Write the sound / id / and the verb “wanted” in column 3.
Add more verbs to column 1 (i.e. jumped, helped, walked knocked, watched, photographed, missed, washed). Ask students to listen and repeat, noticing the final sound / t /
Add more verbs to column 2 (i.e. explained, phoned, rained, arrived, involved). Ask students to listen and repeat, noticing the final sound /d /
Add more verbs to column 3 (i.e. arrested, started, mended, decided). Ask students to listen and repeat, noticing the final sound / id /
Ask students in what cases we pronounce / t /, / d / and / id /
We pronounce / t / after verbs ended in voiceless consonant sounds / p, k, , f, T, s, S /
We pronounce / d / after verbs ended in voiced consonant sounds and vowels.
We pronounce /id / after verbs ended in / t / and / d /

Practice
10 + mins



Hand out worksheet and ask students to group the given verbs into columns according to the pronunciation of their ending sounds “-ed”
Clutched, gathered, hoped, laughed, agreed, acquainted, troubled, enjoyed, reported, spoiled, loved, intended, looked, seemed, joined, hurried, crowded, called, impressed, disappointed, promised
/ t /
/ d /
/ id /











ANSWERS:
/ t/
/ d /
/ id /

clutched
hoped
laughed
looked
impressed
promised
gathered
agreed
troubled
enjoyed
spoiled
loved
seemed
joined
hurried
called
acquainted
reported
intended
crowded
disappointed











Worksheet
Group the given verbs into columns according to the pronunciation of their ending sounds “-ed”
Clutched, gathered, hoped, laughed, agreed, acquainted, troubled, enjoyed, reported, spoiled, loved, intended, looked, seemed, joined, hurried, crowded, called, impressed, disappointed, promised
/ t /
/ d /
/ id /