Three Sounds of the Past Tense Spelling -ed:  /d/     /id/     /t/

This lesson consists of past-tense words (describing that something happened in the past) that are all spelled ending with -ed.  There are three different sounds for this past-tense spelling:  /d/   /id/     /t/     Sort these past-tense words according to how they sound.

Sort words having the /d/ past-tense sound like "prayed" under /d/.

Sort words having the /id/ past-tense sound like "waited" under /id/.

Sort words having the /t/ past-tense sound like "picked" under /t/.

CATEGORIES:    /d/          /id/          /t/

prayed - waited - picked - asked - dusted - yelled - rained - loaded - jumped - walked -- needed - snowed - screamed - melted - bumped - turned - started - missed - mailed - twisted - passed - cleaned - handed - dressed