Past Tense Regular Verb Pronunciation

Group A - Voiceless sound + ED

Group B - Voiced sound + ED

Group C - T or D + ED

Group A – ED as „T“

Voiceless sound: p-k-s-ch-sh-f-x-h - pronounce ED as “T” - Example: ask, asked = [ask(T)]

asked fixed looked smoked

baked guessed missed stopped
brushed helped mixed shopped
cooked hoped packed talked
cracked hiked passed typed
crashed joked picked walked
danced /da:ns/ + t jumped pressed washed
dressed knocked pushed watched
dropped kissed pronounced worked
escaped laughed /la:f/+t relaxed
finished locked slipped

Group B - ED as „D”

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)]

advised cleaned explored opened signed

/ad’vaiz/ + d closed filled planned slammed
agreed covered followed played stayed
allowed cried happened performed snowed
answered damaged interviewed pulled studied
appeared described imagined realized tried
arrived died jailed remembered traveled
believed dried killed rained turned
belonged earned listened repaired used
burned encouraged lived saved welcomed
called enjoyed loved shared whispered
carried entered measured shaved worried
changed explained moved showed yawned
Group C – after T or D pronounce ED as „ID“

After T or D pronounce ED as “ID”, Example: need, needed = [need(id)]

accepted expanded painted scolded

afforded expected planted skated
attended exported printed started
arrested flooded presented shouted
collected graduated pretended treated
contacted hated protected visited
counted hunted provided waited
decided included rented wanted
defended invited repeated wasted
demanded invented reported
divided landed respected
ended needed rested

If you have any doubt, you can look at the dictionary for the phonetic
transcription. BUT: Look carefully for verbs, not for nouns or adjectives
because in some cases they have some phonetic differences!

For example:

„to present“ (verb)

„a present“ (noun)

Practise your pronunciation:

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=past-simple-pronunciation-regular-
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Watch this useful video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WYJClELoc
In this video you can see, how you pronounce verbs with the ending ED in 3 groups.
The pronunciation is written in one of these signs: [agri:] or /agri:/

One examples for each group:

D: agree /agri:/ + ED = agreed /agri:d/
T: park /park/ + ED = parked /parkt/
ID: start /sta:t/ + ED = started /startid/