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There are 3 ways to pronounce the final -edin a word.
1. -ed= /id/
2. -ed= /d/3.
-ed= /t/
How do you know which sound goes with which word? Look at these
verbs:
kissedhopedlearnedplayedwantedsounded
Which sound goes with which word?
Listen
Here are the rules...
If the last sound of the word is unvoiced*(uses no only air to
make the sound) except t, the-edwillsound like /t/.
Look at the words kissand hope. The last sound of kissis /s/. It
doesn't use thevoiceto make the
sound. So the -edwill not use a voice to make a sound either.
The word sounds like /kist/. Theword hopeends with /p/. It doesn't
use the voice so /t/ is at the end. It sounds like /hop t/.
If the last sound of the word is voiced*(uses some noise to make
the sound) except d, the -edwillsound like /d/.
Look at the words learned and played. The last sound of learn is
/n/. It uses the voice. The -ed willalso have a voice sound like
/d/. So learned sounds like /lernd/. Playalso has a voiced sound at
theend. Playedis pronounced /pleid/.
If the last sound to the word is /d/or /t/, the -ed will sound
like /id/.
Look at the words wantedand mended. They end with a /t/ or /d/.
Wantedsounds like /wantid/and mendedsounds like /mendid/.
Note: Don't think about the spelling, only think about the final
sound. For example, cough sounds like/kaf/. /f/ is unvoiced.
Coughed is /kaft/.
*If you are not sure if a sound is voiced or unvoiced, put your
hand on your throat when you say thesound. If it is voiced, you
will feel a vibration, or movement, in your throat. If it is
unvoiced, you willfeel nothing in your throat.
How to Pronounce -ed in English
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The past simple tenseand past participleof all regular verbs end
in -ed. Forexample:
base verb(v1)
past simple(v2)
past participle(v3)
work worked worked
In addition, many adjectivesare made from the past participle
and so end in -ed. For example:
I like paintedfurniture.
The question is: How do we pronounce the -ed?
The answer is: In 3 ways - /Id/ or /t/ or /d/
If the base verb ends inone of thesesounds:
examplebaseverb*:
examplewith -ed:
pronouncethe -ed:
extrasyllable?
unvoiced /t/ want wanted /Id/ yes
voiced /d/ end ended
unvoiced /p/ hope hoped /t/ no
/f/ laugh laughed
/s/ fax faxed
/S/ wash washed
/tS/ watch watched
/k/ like liked
voiced all other
sounds,for example...
play played /d/
allow allowed
beg begged
* note that it is the soundthat is important, not the letter or
spelling. For
example, "fax" ends in the letter "x" but the sound /s/; "like"
ends in the letter
"e" but the sound /k/.
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Exceptions
The following -ed words used as adjectivesare pronounced with
/Id/:
aged
blessed crooked
dogged
learned naked
ragged
wicked wretched
So we say:
an aged man /Id/ a blessed nuisance /Id/
a dogged persistence /Id/
a learned professor - the professor, who was truly learned
/Id/
a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /Id/
But when used as real verbs (past simple and past participle),
the normal rulesapply and we say:
heaged quickly /d/
he blessed me /t/
they dogged him /d/
he has learned well /d/ or /t/
