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
/ 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 /


4 comentarios:

  1. The past simple it's very interesting and I think it's very important

    Sergio G. 6ª

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  2. Hello! My name is Maria.6°B
    It's very interesting and it's very important.

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  3. Hi,very interesting and very,very,very easy.Bye Bye.

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