Pronunciation: Regular past forms

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English verbs are complicated according to pronunciation. That is because they are all very similar in ending, but it does not mean they are pronounced equally. In regular past forms, all verbs are used with the same ending (-ed), but pronunciation changes depending on the verb and letters used in the verb.

There are three different ways of pronouncing these two letters with these sounds: /ɪd/, /t/ and /d/.
     
     -It will be pronounced as /ɪd/ when it is preceded by /t/ or /d/ as in wanted or needed.
           -It will be pronounced as /d/ when it is preceded by a voiced sound (b, g, v, z, th, j, m, n, ng, l, r, or vowel sound) other than /d/ as in moved. 
     -It will be pronounced as /t/ when it is preceded by a voiceless (p, k, f, s, sh, x, and ch) other than /t/ as in looked or in fished.


Now you will hear some verbs in the regular past form.

Now in the following exercise match the verbs you have heard with the correct ending /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/.

 Regular past forms pronunciation

Regular past forms pronunciation

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
Dressed
Believed
Ended
Completed
Picked
Referred
Exaggerated
Rained
Helped
Created

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