The document discusses the pronunciation of the suffix "-ed" when added to regular verbs to form the past tense. It notes there are three possible pronunciations: as a "t", "d", or "ed". The pronunciation depends on whether the sound before "-ed" is voiced or unvoiced. Voiced sounds result in a "d" pronunciation of "-ed", unvoiced sounds a "t", and "-ed" is pronounced as "ed" when added to verbs ending in "t" or "d". Examples of each rule are provided. The document concludes with a practice section testing the reader's knowledge of applying the rules.

1. Pronunciation of final “ed” in
regular verbs.
Maribel Henriquez

2. • Worked
• Burned
• Wanted

3. • Worked
– Work t
• Burned
– Burn d
• Wanted
– wanted

4. • Regular verbs in English are those that form
their past tense by adding “ed” to them:
work → worked
burn → burned
want → wanted
This ___ “ed” can be pronounced three different ways:
as a “t”, as a “d” or as “ed”, and it all depends on the
sound right before ed, if this sound is voiced or
unvoiced.

5. Voiced sound
• A voiced sound is a sound where your
vocal cords vibrate when you produce it.

6. Unvoiced sound
• An unvoiced sound is a sound where your
vocal cords do not vibrate when you
produce it.

7. The voiced sounds are:
• b • q
• d • r
• g • v
• J • w
• l • y
• m • z
• n
• th

8. The unvoiced sounds are:
• c • t
• f • x
• h
• k • sh
• p • ch
• s
• th

9. 3 rules:
1. ___”ed” after voiced sounds = d
rubbed → rubd
turned → turnd
crammed → cramd
2. ___”ed” after unvoiced sounds = t
barked → barkt
stopped → stopt
kissed → kisst
3. ___”ed” after “t” or “d” = “ed”
voided → voided
wanted → wanted
waited → waited

10. Warning!!!
• Be careful with verbs that end in the letter
“e”. Since final “e” is not pronounced in
English, we have to go by the sound
before that “e”.
– Ex. wave →
/ final sound is “v”,
which is a voiced sound, so waved
would be pronounced wavd.
Same thing happens with:
Smile rake wade tame etc.

11. Your turn!
ed” pronounced as t d ed
1. baked
2. tapped
3. cooked
4. broiled
5. steamed
6. avoided
7. stunned
8. painted
9. carved
10. begged
11. evaded
12. passed