Pronunciation of -ed ending of

regular verbs

To form the past simple and past participle of regular

verbs we add ed:

play played
Some regular verbs with the ed ending
work worked
start started
pronounced /d/
verb past tense pronunciation
/d/
There are three different ways to pronounce the
play played played
ed ending: show showed showed
sound example pronunciation close closed closed
/t/ worked t sound open opened opened
/d/ played d sound enjoy enjoyed enjoyed
/id/ started id sound love loved loved
try tried tried
rain rained rained
Some regular verbs with the ed ending learn learned learned
pronounced /t/ clean cleaned cleaned

verb past tense pronunciation

/t/ Some regular verbs with the ed ending
work worked worked
pronounced /id/
cook cooked cooked
walk walked walked verb past tense pronunciation
kiss kissed kissed /id/
like liked liked wait waited waited
stop stopped stopped want wanted wanted
look looked looked need needed needed
drop dropped dropped decide decided decided
hate hated hated
taste tasted tasted
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