“One more time, with the same beat!” The drummer repeated during the rehearsal for a short English jingle for…

Questão

“One more time, with the same beat!” The drummer repeated during the rehearsal for a short English jingle for a neighborhood clean-up. The group wanted every line to fit four strong claps. Rafa was responsible for the lyrics. While reading aloud, she noticed that most past verbs at the end of a line sounded short, like one clap: “We washed the gloves, we played the tune.” But when she tested another verb in the same place, the line suddenly needed an extra clap, even though the spelling looked similar. To avoid breaking the rhythm, Rafa decided to choose carefully which past verb to put at the end of the line. She picked one that would naturally sound longer when spoken, because its -ed ending adds a whole extra syllable. Analyze Rafa’s problem in the text. Identify the past verb whose -ed ending is pronounced as an extra syllable when read aloud.

1. A) washed
2. B) painted
3. C) helped
4. D) played
5. E) cleaned

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa B

Resolução passo a passo

1. O problema pede o verbo no passado cujo final -ed é pronunciado como uma sílaba extra. Essa pronúncia ocorre quando o verbo termina em som de t ou d, pois o -ed vira /ɪd/ (como em 'wanted', 'needed'). Passo 2: Analisando as alternativas. 'Painted' termina em t (pinted), então o -ed é pronunciado /ɪd/ e forma uma sílaba extra: pein-ted, duas sílabas no final. Passo 3: 'Washed' termina no som de sh, então o -ed vira apenas /t/ e não acrescenta sílaba. 'Helped' termina no som de p, então o -ed também vira /t/, sem sílaba extra. 'Played' termina em vogal sonora (ei), então o -ed vira /d/, sem sílaba extra. 'Cleaned' termina em vogal sonora (i), então o -ed vira /d/, sem sílaba extra. Passo 4: Portanto, a alternativa correta é B (painted), que coincide com o gabarito oficial. Em cada caso, as outras alternativas estão erradas porque o -ed não forma sílaba extra: washed (final /t/), helped (final /t/), played (final /d/) e cleaned (final /d/).

💡 Dica: Identifique a pronúncia do sufixo -ed nos verbos no passado.

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