Regular Past Pronunciation

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The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed.

For example:

Verb (infinitive)

Past simple

Past participle

work worked worked

Regular Past Regular Past PronunciationPronunciation

How do we pronounce the -ed?

In addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and so end in -ed.

Eg. I like painted furniture.

In 3 ways - /Id/ or / t/ or / d/

/Id//Id/

decidewantstartwaitvisitinvite

/Id/

/t/ or /d//t/ or /d/

Let’s practiceLet’s practice

worked

looked

washed

opened

visited

learned

walked

loved

helped

waited

changed

wanted

liked

missed

called

smiled

started

lived

wanted

answered

asked

played

tempted

happened

An easy way to An easy way to remember how to remember how to

pronounce ED pronounce ED

The most important thing to remember is that there are two main divisions.

Do you know which ones?

An easy way to An easy way to remember how to remember how to

pronounce ED pronounce ED

In time you will learn when to pronounce the ED as /t/ or /d/.

1. words whose last letter is end T or D

- the ED is pronounced as a syllable /id/

2. the REST of the words you can pronounce the ED as /t/ or /d/ and people will understand.

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Speaking

Ask and Answer the Ask and Answer the following questionsfollowing questions

Your teacher will give you a worksheet.

In pairs, ask and answer all the questions affirmatively using the regular past tense.

Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the verbs.