PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR VERBS ___________How to Pronounce -ed in English

The past simple tense of all regular verbs end in -ed. For example:
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:		example base verb*:	example with -ed:	pronounce the -ed:
unvoiced	/t/	want, visit, repeat, start	wanted, visited, repeated, started	/ Id /
voiced	/d/	end, need, land	ended, needed, landed
unvoiced	/p/	hope, stop	hoped, stopped	/ t /
	/f/	laugh	laughed
	/s/	fax, miss	faxed, missed
	/ʃ/	wash, wish	washed, wished
	/tʃ/	watch, touch	watched, touched
	/k/	like, ask, work	liked, asked, worked
voiced	vowel sounds and voiced consonants sounds	play	played	/ d /
		allow	allowed
		beg, love	begged, loved

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 /