Past Simple: Pronunciation of Regulars

Now classify the verbs into one of these three columns.

/t/
Touch Wash Pick coger Like Look Dance Walk Watch Jump Talk Laugh Hope Help Stop Hiss silbar

/d/
Cry Try Play n!oy "rri#e Tra#el Pay Listen $o% "gree Judge &athe 'ob Lo#e (ui) interrogar &orro% Study Li#e

/Id/
Wade caminar con di*icultad Want Collect Study 'egret arrepentirse $end arreglar %ait +aint desmayarse $elt Chat ,eed Paint &rood dar #ueltas a algo

Pronunciation of the ending -ed in the Simple Past

&he -e is silent. '(ample: I stop - I stopped "st pt% ) !erbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiced
g# v# # # *# +# l# m# n% or a

In the Simple Past we add -ed to regular verbs. Be careful pronouncing the verbs: 1 !erbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiceless "p, k, f, # # s# ] $ "t%.

consonant [b#

consonant

vowel $ "d%. &he -e is silent. '(ample: I clean - I cleaned ",li:nd% - !erbs ending in -ed preceded by [t] or [d% $ "d%. &he -e changes to "%. '(ample: I visit - I visited "v*td%

IPA Phonetic Chart Consonants

hot

shut

vet

sit -

thin,

win

tell

other

sing

man-

vision -

ebra -

nut -

chat -

!ut -

dig -

get -

fig -

king -

pet -

"es -

lit -

run -

#ust -

$owels
bird bait wet father bite bat boat wear food beer foot computer pig hut bo" about bought -

feet -

hot -

pure -

Touch Dance Laugh

Cry

Tra#el

'ob

Li#e

Paint

%ait

Look

Talk

Hiss "rri#e &athe Study ,eed $end pre*er

Like

Jump

Stop

n!oy Judge &orro% Chat 'egret #isit

Wash Walk Hope

Play Listen

Lo#e

Wade &rood +aint

Pick Watch Help

Try

$o%

(ui)

Want Collect $elt