Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. The house is very expensive. They can’t afford to buy it.

Question:

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A. planted

Correct answer B. wished C. cooked D. hoped

Reply:

A. planted /plæntid/ B. wished /wɪʃt/ C. cooked /kʊkt/ D. hoped /həʊpt/ Verbs with ending letters are: TH 1: t, d => ending –ed is pronounced is /ɪd/. TH 2: p, pe; k, ke; ff, ph, gh; ss, ce, se, x; ch; sh => –ed ending is pronounced /t/. Case 3: remaining => ending –ed is pronounced /d/. The underlined part of option A is pronounced /ɪd/, the rest is /t/. Choose A.

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