—Could you record the announcement again?— asked the volunteer coordinator while checking the community radio…

Questão

—Could you record the announcement again?— asked the volunteer coordinator while checking the community radio app. In the short script, a teenager read: “Last Saturday, we started the neighborhood clean-up, invited new volunteers, called local shops for gloves, helped carry bags, cleaned the square, and stopped traffic for two minutes.” After listening, the coordinator said the message was clear, but some past verbs sounded “cut off” at the end. Two friends disagreed about what to fix: one said “every -ed sounds like /id/”, and the other said “-ed is always just a /t/ sound.” The group decided to choose the most accurate advice before recording the final version. Analyze the verbs in the script and decide which advice best improves the pronunciation of the -ed ending in the recording.

1. A) Focus on pronouncing stopped and helped with an extra syllable at the end.
2. B) Focus on pronouncing helped and cleaned with an extra syllable at the end.
3. C) Focus on pronouncing invited and called with a /t/ sound at the end.
4. D) Focus on pronouncing called and cleaned with an extra syllable at the end.
5. E) Focus on pronouncing started and invited with an extra syllable at the end.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa E

Resolução passo a passo

1. Identifique os verbos no passado com -ed do roteiro: started, invited, called, helped, cleaned e stopped. Passo 2: Observe o som final de cada um. Em started, o -ed vem depois de t, e invited vem depois de t, então o som é /id/, com sílaba extra. Passo 3: Em called, o -ed vem depois de l (som sonoro), e em cleaned, depois de n. Nesses casos o final é /d/, sem sílaba extra. Em helped e stopped, o -ed vem depois de p, que é surdo, então o final é /t/, também sem sílaba extra. Passo 4: Logo, a orientação mais precisa é pronunciar started e invited com a sílaba extra /id/. A alternativa E é a correta, e o gabarito oficial está certo. Passo 5: Por que as outras estão erradas: A traz stopped e helped, que terminam em /t/ sem sílaba extra; B traz helped e cleaned, que não ganham sílaba extra; C traz invited com razão, mas diz que called termina em /t/, quando termina em /d/; D traz called e cleaned, que não ganham sílaba extra. Passo 6: Sobre os dois amigos, nenhum estava certo: nem todo -ed soa como /id/, e -ed não é sempre /t/. A regra depende do som que vem antes do -ed.

💡 Dica: Analise a pronúncia dos verbos no passado e identifique o som correto do sufixo -ed.

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