Currently, I mostly work with Russian Elementary and Intermediate students. I noticed some common pronunciation mistakes and decided to collect them all in one article to help both my students and other English learners who may struggle with the same issues. Here’s the list: 1. Answer W is silent in this word. So instead of […]
A Common Mistake English Students Make With Verbs+ED
As we know in the past tense regular verbs end with ED: work-worked dance-danced Although sometimes it’s not clear how to pronounce this suffix. Many students tend to pronounce -ED as ‘eed’ or ‘eet’. So, ‘worked’ sounds like ‘workeet’. In reality, it’s pronounced as ‘ɪd’ only after T or D. ‘guided’ – /gaɪdɪd/ ‘knitted’ /nɪtɪd/ […]