PRONUNCIATION OF -ED, REGULAR VERBS

You have shown problems when it comes to pronounce the past of regular verbs. To pronounce the past simple of the regular verbs we have to have in mind that it is the sound which is important, not the letter or the spelling. So, how do we pronounce the past of the regular verbs? Remember: in three different ways.

- When the verb ends in sound /t/ or /d/ ------> /id/

- When the verb ends in an unvoiced sound (/p/,/f/,/s/,/sh/,/ch/,/k/ -----> the final sound is /t/

- When the verb ends in a voiced sound (the rest) ------> /d/

	/d/		/t/		/id/
	lived		worked		waited
	arrived		stopped		hated
	played		asked		ended

Now watch the video below to learn and listen to the different sounds of the past of the regular verbs.




Time for you to practise. Next time you have to send a recording to your teacher, pay attention to regular verbs in the past or perfect tenses. Come on, don't be shy, you can do it!!!!! Remember that theory without practice is nothing.