“—Tina, could you stay after class?” Ms. Ramos asked. She wanted to improve the school library before the…

Questão

“—Tina, could you stay after class?” Ms. Ramos asked. She wanted to improve the school library before the reading fair. Last week, she created a new reading corner for younger students. She asked volunteers to bring cushions, cleaned the dusty shelves, helped paint the walls, and arranged colorful posters across the room. On Saturday morning, families visited, and everyone enjoyed the bright and cozy space. Later, the students admired the books neatly placed on the low shelves. The verbs in bold are: created, asked, cleaned, helped, arranged. Identify the verb in bold whose past -ed ending is pronounced with an extra syllable (/?d/).

1. A) created
2. B) helped
3. C) cleaned
4. D) asked
5. E) arranged

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A

Resolução passo a passo

1. A regra do -ed no passado regular depende do som final do verbo, não da grafia. Ele é pronunciado /t/ após sons surdos (exceto /t/), /d/ após sons sonoros (exceto /d/) e /id/ (uma sílaba extra) após /t/ ou /d/.
2. Analisando 'created', a base 'create' termina em /t/ (kriˈeɪt). Como o som final é /t/, o -ed vira /id/, acrescentando uma sílaba extra: cri-ea-ted, pronunciado kri-ˈei-tid. Logo, 'created' é a resposta correta.
3. 'Helped' termina em /p/ (surdo), então o -ed vira /t/, sem sílaba extra. 'Cleaned' termina em /n/ (sonoro), então o -ed vira /d/, sem sílaba extra.
4. 'Asked' termina em /skt/ (o som /k/ e /s/ antecedem o -ed), que é pronunciado /t/, sem sílaba extra. 'Arranged' termina em /dʒ/ (som da letra g de 'arrange'), então o -ed vira /d/, sem sílaba extra.
5. O gabarito oficial (A) está correto, pois 'created' é o único verbo em que o -ed é pronunciado /id/ com sílaba extra.

💡 Dica: Analise a pronúncia do sufixo -ed nos verbos destacados.

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