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Linking: word final -ed /dId/ + vowel sound

Friday, December 28, 2018 by Eva Easton 12 Comments

Linking is a basic element of American English Pronunciation.
In a dictionary, words are given in isolation.
In natural speech, however, you don’t say words separately.
You connect words together. You link them.

In this lesson, we’re going to practice linking pattern #1: word final -ed /dId/ + vowel sound.


And now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Listen to each audio.
Which sentence do you hear?

1. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-started-4.mp3

2. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-always-invite.mp3

3. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-decide-everything.mp3

4. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/did-wanted-it.mp3

5. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-always-remind.mp3

6. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-start-4.mp3

7. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-always-reminded-her.mp3

8. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-they-wanted-it.mp3

9. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-painted-lot.mp3

10. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-expect-answer.mp3

11. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-concentrate-work.mp3

12. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-concentrated-work.mp3

13. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/did-we-wanted-it.mp3

14. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-we-want-it.mp3

15. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-want-it.mp3

16. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-paint-lot.mp3

17. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-decided-everything.mp3

18. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-always-invited.mp3

19. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-they-want-it.mp3

20. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/dId-expected-answer.mp3

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  1. David Rojas says

    Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    Great website, thank you! very helpful!!!

    Reply
    • Asiyeh says

      Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 6:48 pm

      Gooooooooooood website

      Reply
      • Eva Easton says

        Friday, July 12, 2024 at 5:19 am

        Thank you.

        Eva

        Reply
  2. marianela says

    Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 9:12 am

    IT is a great website for lisening .

    Reply
    • Eva Easton says

      Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 10:01 am

      Thank you Marianela,

      It’s great that I can be in New York and you in another place and we both benefit.

      By the way, where do you live?

      Eva

      Reply
  3. vanessa benoki says

    Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    Thank you for the lesson

    Reply
  4. Eva Easton says

    Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 4:08 pm

    Word final -ed is important. Knowing how to link -ed endings helps a lot.

    Eva

    Reply
  5. Fatima says

    Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 8:28 am

    Thank you

    Reply
    • Eva Easton says

      Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 8:35 am

      Thank you, Fatima. I’m glad you find my work useful.
      Eva

      Reply
  6. Maria Lourdes Gonzalez says

    Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 4:28 pm

    Thank you very much!

    Reply
  7. Eva Easton says

    Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    Thank you, Maria. Word final -ed is a challenge, but the pattern is actually quite simple.

    Eva

    Reply
  8. Gulshan says

    Monday, April 28, 2025 at 3:19 pm

    it looks ilke you’re trying to leave a comment on a website but you haven’t typed anything in the commen’t” box yet. that’s why you see the message” please filling this field.

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