Simple past Regular Verb PronunciationGroup A

Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – h - pronounce ED as “T”

Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)

Ed as “T”

Asked (askt)baked (beikt)brushed (bruhsht)cooked (cukt)cracked (creckt)crashed (crésht)danced (da:ns) + tdressed (drésst)dropped (drópt)escaped (squeipt)finished (fínisht)fixed (fíxt)guessed (guest)helped (Rélpt)hoped (Roupt)hiked (Raikt)joked (Joukt)jumped (Jãmpt)knocked (nókt)kissed (kist)laughed (læf) + tlocked (lókt)looked (lukt)missed (mist)mixed (míxt)packed (pékt)passed (pest)picked (píkt) pressed (prést)pronounce (pronaunst)relaxed (riléxt)slipped (slípt)smoked (smoukt)stopped (stópt)shopped (shópt)talked (tólkt)typed (taipt)walked (wólkt)washed (wósht)watched – (wótcht)worked – (workt)

NOTE: Look carefully for verbs, not for nouns or adjectives because in some cases they have some phonetic differences.

Group B

Voiced sound: – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g – w – y – z – and vowel sounds (diphthongs) pronounce ED as “D”

Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D)

Ed as “D”

advised (ad’vaiz) + dagreed (agrid)allowed (alald)answered (ensord)appeared (apir:d)arrived (araivd)believed (bilívd)belonged (bilóngd)burned (buhrnd)called (cóld)carried (kérid)changed (tchéndjid)cleaned (clind)closed (clouzd)covered (corvd)cried (craid)damaged (demedjid)described (discraibd)died (daid)dried (draid)earned (êr:nd) enjoyed (enjóid)entered (énterd)explained (ex-pleind)explored (ex-plord)filled (fild)followed (fóloud)happened (Répend)interviewed (interviwd)imagined (imédjind)jailed (jeield)killed (kild)listened (lissend)lived (lívd)loved (lóvd)measured (médjurd)moved (muvd)opened (oupend)planned (plend)played (pleid)performed (performd)pulled (puld)

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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)

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)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)

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