Ever tried to record a short voice message and noticed that some words “sound different” at the end? Maria is…

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Ever tried to record a short voice message and noticed that some words “sound different” at the end? Maria is preparing a 40-second audio guide for her neighborhood’s recycling station. In her script she says: “We packed the bottles in a box, called a volunteer, and wanted to keep the place safe.” During practice, her English teacher helps with the past ending “-ed”. The teacher says: “In packed, the ending sounds like a final t. In called, the ending sounds like a final d. In wanted, you hear an extra syllable, like id.” Maria then reads the next line: “We cleaned the jars before recycling them.” She pauses, because she wants to pronounce cleaned the same way her teacher expects. Consider the teacher’s examples in the text. Identify how Maria should pronounce the “-ed” ending in the verb cleaned when she records the audio guide.

1. A) The -ed in cleaned sounds like /id/, similar to wanted.
2. B) The -ed in cleaned sounds like /t/, similar to wanted.
3. C) The -ed in cleaned is silent, so you say clean.
4. D) The -ed in cleaned sounds like /t/, similar to packed.
5. E) The -ed in cleaned sounds like /d/, similar to called.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa E

Resolução passo a passo

1. A pronúncia do final -ed depende do último som do verbo no infinitivo (a base), não da grafia. Passo 2: O verbo clean termina no som /n/, que é sonoro (vozeado) e não é t nem d. Passo 3: Nesse caso o -ed é pronunciado como /d/, sem sílaba extra. Passo 4: Isso é o mesmo padrão de called, que termina em /l/ sonoro e recebe o final /d/. Passo 5: O padrão /id/ aparece apenas quando a base termina em t ou d, como em want (wanted). Passo 6: O padrão /t/ aparece após sons surdos, como o /k/ de pack (packed). Passo 7: Por isso a alternativa correta é a E. A alternativa A está errada porque /id/ exige base terminada em t ou d, e clean não termina assim. A alternativa B está errada porque wanted não tem som /t/, e sim /id/, e cleaned termina em /n/. A alternativa C está errada porque o -ed é pronunciado, não é silencioso. A alternativa D está errada porque o /t/ de packed vem de um som surdo, o que não ocorre em clean. O gabarito oficial E está correto.

💡 Dica: Observe os exemplos dados pelo professor para identificar a pronúncia correta do sufixo '-ed'.

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