At the end of a rainy afternoon, a small repair team in a neighborhood library checked three old chairs, fixed…

Questão

At the end of a rainy afternoon, a small repair team in a neighborhood library checked three old chairs, fixed a broken shelf, painted the door, and needed more nails before closing. Later, one student wrote a short note for the wall board: “We cleaned, watched, and visited the room again after the work.” The note was read by another student who was learning how regular verbs change in the past. She noticed that some verbs sounded different at the end, even though all had the same spelling pattern. Identify the verb in the text whose final -ed is pronounced as /?d/

1. A) The verb painted.
2. B) The verb checked.
3. C) The verb watched.
4. D) The verb cleaned.
5. E) The verb fixed.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A

Resolução passo a passo

1. A questão pede o verbo cujo final -ed é pronunciado como /ɪd/, isto é, como uma sílaba extra (como em wanted). Passo 2: Os verbos regulares no passado em -ed têm três pronúncias: /ɪd/ quando o radical termina em t ou d (ex.: wanted, needed); /t/ quando o radical termina em som surdo, como p, k, ch, x, s, f (ex.: looked, kissed); e /d/ nos demais casos, como em vowels e consoantes sonoras (ex.: played, cleaned). Passo 3: Analisando os verbos do texto: painted termina em t, então o -ed é /ɪd/ (pein-tid). Passo 4: checked termina em k, som surdo, então o -ed é /t/. Passo 5: watched termina em ch, som surdo, então o -ed é /t/. Passo 6: cleaned termina em n, som sonoro, então o -ed é /d/. Passo 7: fixed termina em x, que soa como /ks/, som surdo, então o -ed é /t/. Passo 8: Logo, a única alternativa correta é A, painted, que coincide com o gabarito oficial. Em uma frase cada: B (checked) termina em som surdo, portanto /t/; C (watched) também tem /t/ por causa do ch final; D (cleaned) tem /d/ por causa do n sonoro; E (fixed) tem /t/ pois o x termina em som surdo.

💡 Dica: Observe o som final do verbo no passado, não apenas sua grafia.

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