''ED''PRONUNCIATION

Pronunciation

of the

''ed''

There are 3 different ways to pronounce ''ed'':

1: 'id' (like in painted 'paint-id') 2: 'd' (like in 'played') 3: 't' (like in 'hoped')

The most important thing to remember is this:

If the verb has a 'd' or a 't' sound before 'ed' you need to pronounce 'id'. If it doesn't, don't pronounce an extra syllable. Be careful! It's the sound, not the letter: 'decided' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though 'decide' ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e', so the last sound is 'd'.

wanted (want-id) ended (end-id) decided (decide-id) admitted (admit-id) suggested (suggest-id) recommended (recommend-id) hated (hate-id) intended (intend-id) started (start-id)

If the word before 'ed' ends in the sounds 'p', 'f', 's', 'ch', 'sh', 'k', then 'ed' is pronounced 't': So:

'p' stopped 'f' laughed 's' promised 'ch' watched 'sh' finished 'k' walked

For all other words, 'ed' is pronounced 'd':

allowed cried enjoyed cleaned imagined

Exercise:

/d/

/d/

started

/t/

/t/

played

/Id/

/Id/

fixed

/t/

/t/

pulled

/Id/

/Id/

wanted

/d/

/d/

walked

/Id/

/Id/

needed

/t/

/t/

realized

/d/

/d/

reached

/d/

/d/

locked

/t/

/t/

decided

/Id/

closed

/Id/

/t/

/t/

regarded

/Id/

discovered

/Id/

noticed

/d/

/d/

bolted

/Id/

/Id/

/t/

/t/

propped

/d/

/d/

closed

renovated

/Id/

/Id/

arrived

/t/

/t/

looked

/d/

/d/

barred

/Id/

/Id/

jumped

/t/

/t/

spotted

/d/

/d/

/t/

/t/

descended

/Id/

/Id/

shuttered

laughed

/d/

/d/

worked

/Id/

/Id/

/d/

/d/

warned

/t/

/t/

wanted

/d/

pulled

/d/

/t/

/t/

pretended

/Id/

listened

/Id/

/Id/

burned

/Id/

/t/

/t/

pleaded

/d/

crossed

/d/

/t/

/t/

helped

/Id/

called

/Id/

/d/

decicaded

/d/

/Id/

/Id/

used

/d/

/d/

celebrateded

/t/

/t/

baked

/t/

/t/

offended

/d/

/d/

smashed

/Id/

/Id/

cleaned

/Id/

/Id/

loved

/t/

/t/

danced

/d/

/d/

planted