Pronunciation -ED Past Simple Regular Verbs

past simple regular verbs Pronunciation suffix -ED

In the affirmative form of the past simple of regular verbs, -ED is added to the base form.

How do you pronounce -Ed?

There are three different ways to pronounce the 'ed' ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense:

/ Id / , / t / or / d /.

The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end of the base form

1. If the base word ends in a /t/ or /d/ sound, -ed sounds like /id/. wanted = /wanted/ 2. If the base word ends in a voiceless sound, -ed sounds like /t/. worked = /workt/3. If the base word ends in a voiced sound, -ed sounds like /d/. travelLED = /traveld/

A voiced sound is one that vibrates in your throat when you say it.

Let´s practice!

TED´s, robert´s and david´s stories

ROBERT

DAVID

TED

regular past forms are all pronounced /t/

regular past forms are all pronounced /d/

regular past forms are all pronounced /id/

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