Word Final -ed = /t, d, Id/
Practice
Tantalus was a very wealthy
Greek king.
He was a favorite nephew of the gods and was
frequently to their feasts.
He was soon by their attention.
He began to lie and steal
to get whatever he
He gave away the secrets of the gods to mortals
(non-gods),
and even his own son.
The gods to punish Tantalus.
Tantalus was in the middle of a lake.
Whenever he was
thirsty, he would bend his chin down to the water,
but the
water away from him. So Tantalus thirsty.
Over his head hung branches
of delicious fruit.
When he was hungry, he up to get the fruit,
but the branches away from him. So, Tantalus hungry.
From the story of Tantalus,
we get the word "to tantalize,"
meaning to torment
or tease by keeping something within sight but out of reach.
