Past Tense Regular Verb Pronunciation
Silly Billy’s
There are three ways to
pronounce –ED
endings:
/t/
/d/
/id/
Voiced and Voiceless
Put your fingers on your
throat to feel the vibrations!
M – S – L – K – R -T
Voiced: You can feel
a vibration.
Voiceless: You can’t
feel any vibration.
M – S – L – K – R -T
Voiceless sounds: – p – k – s – ch –
sh – f – x – h - pronounce -ED as /t/
WASHED
COOKED
ASKED
WATCHED
JUMPED
STUFFED
DANCED
/t/
Voiced sounds : – l – v – n – m – r – b
– v – g – w – y – z – and vowel
sounds pronounce -ED as /d/
BELIEVED
CLEANED
LISTENED
SHARED
LOVED
FOLLOWED
CARRIED
/d/
T or D pronounce -ED as /id/
INTERESTED
PAINTED
ENDED
LAUNCHED
STARTED
HEATED
PRINTED
/id/