Helpful tips: Regular verbs pronunciation
There are two verb forms in the past simple: regular and irregular verbs. Remember!
All regular verbs end in “-ed”. It’s simple, right?
But… that “-ed” is pronounced in three different ways.
Check this out!
/id/
Pronounce “-ed” as /id/
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
accept | accepted /id/ | accepted /id/ |
count | counted /id/ | counted /id/ |
date | dated /id/ | dated /id/ |
end | ended /id/ | ended /id/ |
expect | expected /id/ | expected /id/ |
intend | intended /id/ | intended /id/ |
need | needed /id/ | needed /id/ |
plant | planted /id/ | planted /id/ |
point | pointed /id/ | pointed /id/ |
rent | rented /id/ | rented /id/ |
repeat | repeated /id/ | repeated /id/ |
resist | resisted /id/ | resisted /id/ |
start | started /id/ | started /id/ |
visit | visited /id/ | visited /id/ |
wait | waited /id/ | waited /id/ |
want | wanted /id/ | wanted /id/ |
/t/
Pronounce “-ed” as /t/
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
ask | asked /t/ | asked /t/ |
cook | cooked /t/ | cooked /t/ |
dance | danced /t/ | danced /t/ |
dress | dressed /t/ | dressed /t/ |
erase | erased /t/ | erased /t/ |
finish | finished /t/ | finished /t/ |
help | helped /t/ | helped /t/ |
jump | jumped /t/ | jumped /t/ |
like | liked /t/ | liked /t/ |
look | looked /t/ | looked /t/ |
miss | missed /t/ | missed /t/ |
practice | practiced /t/ | practiced /t/ |
push | pushed /t/ | pushed /t/ |
shop | shopped /t/ | shopped /t/ |
smoke | smoked /t/ | smoked /t/ |
stop | stopped /t/ | stopped /t/ |
talk | talked /t/ | talked /t/ |
use | used /t/ | used /t/ |
walk | walked /t/ | walked /t/ |
wash | washed /t/ | washed /t/ |
wish | wished /t/ | wished /t/ |
work | worked /t/ | worked /t/ |
/d/
Pronounce “-ed” as /d/
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
answer | answered /d/ | answered /d/ |
arrive | arrived /d/ | arrived /d/ |
belong | belonged /d/ | belonged /d/ |
change | changed /d/ | changed /d/ |
clean | cleaned /d/ | cleaned /d/ |
climb | climbed /d/ | climbed /d/ |
close | closed /d/ | closed /d/ |
consider | considered /d/ | considered /d/ |
dare | dared /d/ | dared /d/ |
deliver | delivered/d/ | delivered/d/ |
enjoy | enjoyed /d/ | enjoyed /d/ |
fill | filled /d/ | filled /d/ |
follow | followed/d/ | followed/d/ |
hurry | hurried /d/ | hurried /d/ |
learn | learned /d/ | learned /d/ |
listen | listened /d/ | listened /d/ |
live | lived /d/ | lived /d/ |
love | loved /d/ | loved /d/ |
name | named /d/ | named /d/ |
open | opened /d/ | opened /d/ |
order | ordered /d/ | ordered /d/ |
plan | planed /d/ | planed /d/ |
play | played /d/ | played /d/ |
rain | rained /d/ | rained /d/ |
remember | remembered /d/ | remembered /d/ |
show | showed /d/ | showed /d/ |
stay | stayed /d/ | stayed /d/ |
study | studied /d/ | studied /d/ |
travel | traveled /d/ | traveled /d/ |
try | tried /d/ | tried /d/ |
turn | turned /d/ | turned /d/ |