El pasado simple de todos los verbos regulares termina en -ed. Por ejemplo:
work --- worked
listen --- listened
dance --- danced
study --- studied
We can pronounce the ending -ed in 3 ways - / Id / or / t / or / d /
Podemos pronunciar el -ed final de tres maneras: /id/ o /t/ o /d/.
In the following chart you can see different examples:
En el siguiente cuadro puedes ver diferentes ejemplos:
If the base verb ends in one of these sounds:
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example base verb*:
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example
with -ed: |
pronounce
the -ed: |
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unvoiced
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/t/
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want, visit,
repeat, start
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wanted, visited,
repeated,
started
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/ Id /
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voiced
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/d/
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end, need,
land
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ended,
needed,
landed
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unvoiced
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/p/
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hope, stop
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hoped, stopped
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/ t /
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/f/
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laugh
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laughed
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/s/
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fax, miss
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faxed,
missed
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/ʃ/
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wash, wish
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washed,
wished
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/tʃ/
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watch,
touch
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watched,
touched
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/k/
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like, ask,
work
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liked,
asked, worked
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voiced
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vowel sounds and voiced consonants sounds
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play
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/ d /
|
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allow
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allowed
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beg, love
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begged,
loved
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Note: it is the sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. For example, "fax" ends in the letter "x" but the sound is /s/; "like" ends in the letter "e" but the sound is /k/.
Nota: lo que importa es el sonido no la letra o cómo está escrita la palabra. Por ejemplo, "fax" termina en la letra "x" que suena como una "s"; "like" termina en la letra "e" pero el sonido final es "k".
Click on the following links to watch some videos on the different pronunciations of the past simple.
Pronunciation / t / Pronunciation / Id/ Pronunciation / d /