Concentrating on word endings

Word endings are very important in English. English speakers listen quite carefully ("tune into") the word endings to gather facts about:

when something was done:

wash

washing

washed

Also, some word endings change the meaning:

kill

kiln

kilt

So I believe a very useful exercise for non-native English speakers/explorers would be to concentrate on word endings.

I've written these texts as exercises:

1.When I went walking in a wild, wet wood I got weary of wandering

2.I tried to tie up my tent.

3. A dirty dirt track

4. A thief had left a theft

5. A trainer decided to make a train into a trailer for a tram

6. We shut up a sheep in a shed and shopped around for a sharp scythe

So have a try at reading these out so you can hear yourself saying the word endings well and also in a nice and clear way.

This idea can be used for other languages too:

les francais Francois et Francoise vendent les fleurs

Bye for now

Alan