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The Past Tense of Sweep Is Swept — And Four Tightly Rhyming Words: Swept, Slept, Crept, Wept
The simple past and past participle of sweep are both swept. The hard part is four words that rhyme tightly, distinguished only by their initial consonant clusters — exactly the sound Vietnamese doesn't have.
The Wallaby18 min read
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The Past Tense of 'Dance' Is 'Danced': Why -ed Sounds Like /t/ and Consonant Clusters Drop
Dance is a regular verb — the simple past and past participle are both danced. The hard part is the three-consonant cluster at the end of the word, and the vowel that British and American accents pronounce completely differently.
The Wallaby19 min read