Pronunciation of the endings of regular verbs in the past tense: English lessons: rules, use, and practices
English pronunciation is almost one of the most difficult areas of the English language. Many learners make pronunciation mistakes even though they have a good mastery of the grammar. Many English learners make pronunciation mistakes with the -ED ending of regular verbs in English in the past tense.
There are 3 ways to pronounce it: (/t/, /d/ and /ed/. check the below guide to show how and when to these three different endings when you have a regular verb in the past tense.
| Verbs ending in… | ||
| Silent “e” | Vowel + “ y ” | Consonant + “ y ” |
| close = closed die = died care = cared | play = played enjoy = enjoyed obey = obeyed | study = studied marry = married carry = carried |
| Other Forms |
| visit = visited watch = watched finish = finished miss = missed fix = fixed |
| Special Cases: |
| Double the final consonant and add “-ed ” if there is a single-stressed vowel before the final consonant.
stop ) stopped
If the vowel is not stressed, do not double the final consonant: open = opened
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| The pronunciation of verbs ending in “ed” in English depends on the final consonant sound. There are 3 different ways to pronounce “ed ” at the end of an English regular verb: | ||
| / id / | / t / | / d / |
| Verbs ending in / t / or / d / sound | Verbs ending in VOICELESS sounds | Verbs ending in VOICED sounds |
| /t/ and /d/ | /p/, /s/, /k/, /f/, /sh/, /c/, and /x/ | /z/, /l/, /r/, /v/, /y/, /n/, /g/, /dg/, /j/ |
| wanted needed visited educated | helped looked watched washed danced fixedlaughed talked cooked | used called loved enjoyed destroyed cleaneddamaged offered called realized judged |
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