ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

HOW TO PRONOUNCE –ED

IN ENGLISH

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF ALL VERBS END IN –ED. FOR EXAMPLE:

BASE FORM PAST SIMPLEPAST

PARTICIPLE

HELP HELPED HELPED

IN ADDITION, MANY ADJECTIVES ARE MADE FROM THE PAST PARTICIPLE AND SO END IN –ED. FOR EXAMPLE:

I LIKE PAINTED FURNITURE

THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE THE –ED?

THE ANSWER IS

THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE THE –ED?

THE ANSWER IS

/Id/ /t/ /d/

/Id/Voiceless Sound /t/ Base verb Example with -ed

/t/ want wanted

Voiced sound /d/ Base verb Example with -ed

/d/ end ended

/t/Voiceless sounds Base verb Example with -ed

help helped

work worked

wash washed

watch watched

fix fixed

laugh laughed

/d/Voiced sounds

(all other sounds)Base verb Example with -ed

play played

beg begged

prove proved

etc,…

EXCEPTIONS:

THE FOLLOWING –ED WORDS USED AS ADJECTIVES ARE PRONOUNCED WITH /Id/:

crooked

naked

ragged

wicked

PRACTISING –ED PRONUNCIATION

The following words end in –ed and they have different pronunciation endings. Write the words in the correct column:

counted lived climbed liked needed cleaned boxed stopped moved wished

/Id/ /t/ /d/

/Id/ /t/ /d/

counted liked lived

needed boxed climbed

stopped cleaned

wished moved

Now check your answers