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This document provides rules and examples for pronouncing regular verbs in the simple past (-ed) form in English. It explains that the -ed ending is pronounced as /t/ if the final sound of the verb is voiceless, as /d/ if the final sound is voiced, and as /id/ if the final sound is /t/ or /d/. It includes many examples of verbs in their simple past form and provides exercises for readers to practice identifying the pronunciation. The purpose is to help learners correctly pronounce regular past tense verbs in English.

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This document provides rules and examples for pronouncing regular verbs in the simple past (-ed) form in English. It explains that the -ed ending is pronounced as /t/ if the final sound of the verb is voiceless, as /d/ if the final sound is voiced, and as /id/ if the final sound is /t/ or /d/. It includes many examples of verbs in their simple past form and provides exercises for readers to practice identifying the pronunciation. The purpose is to help learners correctly pronounce regular past tense verbs in English.

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This document provides rules and examples for pronouncing regular verbs in the simple past (-ed) form in English. It explains that the -ed ending is pronounced as /t/ if the final sound of the verb is voiceless, as /d/ if the final sound is voiced, and as /id/ if the final sound is /t/ or /d/. It includes many examples of verbs in their simple past form and provides exercises for readers to practice identifying the pronunciation. The purpose is to help learners correctly pronounce regular past tense verbs in English.

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This document provides rules and examples for pronouncing regular verbs in the simple past (-ed) form in English. It explains that the -ed ending is pronounced as /t/ if the final sound of the verb is voiceless, as /d/ if the final sound is voiced, and as /id/ if the final sound is /t/ or /d/. It includes many examples of verbs in their simple past form and provides exercises for readers to practice identifying the pronunciation. The purpose is to help learners correctly pronounce regular past tense verbs in English.

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-ed VERBS

HOW TO PRONOUNCE
REGULAR VERBS IN THE
SIMPLE PAST
Some important concepts and rules:

 Voiceless sound = A sound produced


without vibration of the vocal cords.
 Voiced sound = A sound produced with
vibration of the vocal cords
 Final -e preceded by consonant is silent.
Ex: use, like, describe, hope, graduate,
dance, move, care, phone, blame, pale,
fade etc
 Final -ce and -ss are pronounced /s/
 Final -se, -s and -z are pronounced /z/
* if the final sound is voiceless - ed
sounds like / t /
 Voiceless sounds: /k/,/p/,/s/,/f/,/ks/,/sh/,/ch/
Examples: cook-ed = cookt
help-ed = helpt
kissed = kisst
stuff-ed = stufft
fixed = fixt
wash-ed = washt
watch-ed = watcht
* if the final sound is voiced - ed
sounds like / d /
 Voiced sounds: /l/,/v/,/n/,/m/,/r/,/b/,/g/,/w/
/y/,/z/ and vowel sounds.
Examples: call-ed = calld
lov-ed = lovd
open-ed = opend
perform-ed = performd
enter-ed = enterd
robb-ed = robbd
* If the final sound is voiced -ed
sounds like /d/ ( continued…. )
 Voiced sounds: /g/,/ge/,/w/,/y/,/z/ and vowel
sounds.
Examples: mugg-ed = muggd
chang-ed = changed
show-ed = showd
play-ed = playd
buzz-ed = buzzd
woo-ed = wood
* If the final sound is /t/ or /d/, -ed
sounds like /id/
 Final sounds: /t/ or /d/
Examples: visit-ed = visitid
end-ed = endid
paint-ed = paintid
need-ed = needid
Some exceptions:
 The following -ed words used as adjectives
are pronounced with /id/:
 aged
 blessed
 crooked
 dogged
 learned
 naked
 ragged
 wicked
 wretched
Let’s check your progress…
Now, Let’s practice !!!!!

Pronounce the following verbs in the past:


explain-ed ______ enjoy-ed _______
look-ed ________ pull-ed _________
rent-ed ________ mix-ed _________
liv-ed__________ invent-ed _______
wait-ed ________ land-ed _________
miss-ed ________ push-ed _________
snow-ed ________ match-ed ________
Keep practicing !!!!!

relax-ed ________ die-d ___________


pronounce-d _____ appear-ed _______
agree-d _________ ask-ed __________
describe-d _______ close-d _________
include-d ________ brush-ed ________
smoke-d ________ use-d __________
defend-ed _______ kill-ed __________
finish-ed _________ manage-d ______
A Simple past game: “Stop the bus”

Draw a table like this in a piece of paper and fill it


out with verbs having the final sounds given by
your teacher. Ex: Write verbs with the final
sound /r/

1 syllable verbs 2- syllable verbs 3- syllable verbs

roar appear remember


Reading for practice
Hello everybody! My name is Past Simple Boy because I am
very nostalgic and I always talk about the past. This is an old
picture of me. I was eighteen in this picture. It was thirteen years
ago.

I studied at University at that time. I lived with my friends Paco


and Luis in a big and old apartment. We played tennis and
basketball every day and we enjoyed our life. Every weekend we
watched TV and fished for trouts in the river. On Sunday we
relaxed and listened to music until late at night.

I finished my studies in 1995. A year later I started to work as a


Language teacher in a Secondary school. Life is not too bad, but
those days were fantastic!
A word of advice:
 Try to read out loud passages where you
can practice the pronunciation of regular
verbs in the simple past such as stories,
novels and newspaper articles.

 Remember that at first the different


sounds for the -ed ending may not sound
so natural. It takes time and practice to
master the correct pronunciation.

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