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

The past simple tense of all regular verbs end in -ed. For example:

base verb(v1)

past simple(v2)

past participle(v3)

work worked worked

How do we pronounce the -ed? The answer is: In 3 ways - / Id / or / t / or / d /

If the base verb ends in one of these sounds:

example base verb*:

examplewith -ed:

pronouncethe -ed:

unvoiced /t/ want, visit, repeat, start

wanted, visited,repeated,started

voiced /d/ end, need, landended, needed,landed

/ Id /

unvoiced

/p/ hope, stophoped, stopped

/f/ laugh laughed

/s/ fax, miss faxed, missed

/ʃ/ wash, wishwashed, wished

/tʃ/ watch, touchwatched, touched

/k/ like, ask, workliked, asked, worked

/ t /

voicedvowel sounds and voiced consonants sounds

play played

allow allowed

beg, love begged, loved

/ d /

* 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/.