REGULAR VERBS - PRONUNCIATION RULES

Simple past Regular Verb Pronunciation Group A Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – h - pronounce ED as “T” Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)

watched – (wó ( wótcht) tcht) worked – (wor (workt) kt) NOTE: Look carefully for verbs verbs,, not for nouns or adjectives because in some cases they have some phonetic differences. Group B

Ed as “T” Asked (as (askt) kt) baked (bei (beikt) kt) brushed (bruh (bruhsht) sht) cooked (cu (cukt) kt) cracked (cre (creckt) ckt) crashed (cré (crésht) sht) danced (da:ns (da:ns)) + t dressed (dré (drésst) sst) dropped (dró (drópt) pt) escaped (squei (squeipt) pt) finished (fí (fínisht) nisht) fixed (fí (fíxt) xt) guessed (guest) helped (Rél (Rélpt) pt) hoped (Rou (Roupt) pt) hiked (Rai (Raikt) kt)  joked (Jou (Joukt) kt)  jumped (Jãm (Jãmpt) pt) knocked (nó ( nókt) kt) kissed (kist) laughed (læf  (læf ) + t locked (ló (lókt) kt) looked (lu (lukt) kt) missed (mist) mixed (míxt) packed (pékt) passed (pest) picked (píkt) pressed (prést) pronounce (pronaun (pro naunst) st) relaxed (riléx (riléxt) t) slipped (slí (slípt) pt) smoked (smou (smoukt) kt) stopped (stó (stópt) pt) shopped (shó (shópt) pt) talked (tól (tólkt) kt) typed (tai (taipt) pt) walked (wól (wólkt) kt) washed (wó (wósht) sht)

Voiced sound: – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g – w – y – z – and vowel sounds (diphthongs) pronounce ED as “D “D”  Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D) Ed as “D” advised (ad’ vaiz) vaiz) + d agreed (agri (agrid) d) allowed (alal (alald) d) answered (en (ensord) sord) appeared (apir: (apir:d) d) arrived (arai (araivd) vd) believed (bilí (bilívd) vd) belonged (bilón (bilóngd) gd) burned (buhr ( buhrnd) nd) called (cól (cóld) d) carried (ké (kérid) rid) changed (tchén (tchéndjid) djid) cleaned (clin (clind) d) closed (clou (clouzd) zd) covered (cor (corvd) vd) cried (craid) damaged (de (demedjid) medjid) described (discrai (discraibd) bd) died (daid) dried (draid) earned (êr: (êr:nd) nd) enjoyed (en jói  jóid) d) entered (én (énterd) terd) explained (ex (ex-pleind) -pleind) explored (ex (ex-plord) -plord) filled (fild) followed (fó (fóloud) loud) happened (Ré (Répend) pend) interviewed (interviw (interviwd) d) imagined (imé (imédjind) djind)  jailed ( jei  jeield) eld) killed (kild) listened (lis (lissend) send) lived (lívd) loved (ló (lóvd) vd) measured (mé (médjurd) djurd)

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moved (muvd) opened (oupend) planned (plend) played (pleid) performed (performd) pulled (puld) realized (rialaizid) remembered (rememberd) rained (reind) repaired (riper:d) saved (seivd) shared (shér:d) shaved (sheivd) showed (shoud) signed (çaind) slammed (slémd) stayed (steid) snowed (snoud) studied (stãdid) tried (traid) traveled (traveld) turned (tãrnd) used (iusid) welcomed (uélcomd) whispered (uisperd) worried (uôrid) yawned (ynhond)

landed (lendid) needed (nídid) painted (peintid) planted (plentid) printed (printid) presented (presentid) pretended (pritendid) protected (protectid) provided (provaidid) rented (rêntid) repeated (ripítid) reported (ripôrtid) respected (rispéctid) rested (réstid) scolded (scoldid) skated (skeitid) started (stártid) shouted (shaltid) treated (trítid) visited (vísitid) waited (ueitid) wanted (wantid) wasted (ueistid)

Group C: T or D pronounce ED as “ID”  Example: Need, needed = need(id) Ed as “ID” Accepted (ac-céptid) afforded (afôrdid) attended (atêndid) arrested (aréstid) collected (coléctid) contacted (contréctid) counted (cáuntid) decided (diçaidid) defended (difêndid) demanded (dimendid) divided (divaidid) ended (éndid) expanded (ex-péndid) expected (ex-péctid) exported (ex-portid) flooded (fluhdid) graduated (gradjueitid) hated (Reitid) hunted (Rãntid) included (includid) invited (invaitid) invented (invented)

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