Today we talked about pronouncing past tense verbs.
When the verb ends in a voiceless sound (p, t, k, s, ch, sh)
"ed" says /t/. For example,
talk, talked
stop, stopped
dress, dressed
watch, watched
wish, wished
When the verb ends in voiced sounds, in other words a vowel or a voiced consonant
(b, g, v, z, r, w, j, m, n, ng, l)
"ed" says /d. For example,
move. moved
use, used
try ,tried
call, called
seem, seemed
happen, happened
When the verb ends in t or d,
"-ed" adds a syllable, /ɪd. For example,
want, wanted
need, needed
Get practice recordings for common past tense words here.
When the verb ends in a voiceless sound (p, t, k, s, ch, sh)
"ed" says /t/. For example,
talk, talked
stop, stopped
dress, dressed
watch, watched
wish, wished
When the verb ends in voiced sounds, in other words a vowel or a voiced consonant
(b, g, v, z, r, w, j, m, n, ng, l)
"ed" says /d. For example,
move. moved
use, used
try ,tried
call, called
seem, seemed
happen, happened
When the verb ends in t or d,
"-ed" adds a syllable, /ɪd. For example,
want, wanted
need, needed
Get practice recordings for common past tense words here.
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