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It is understook that a regular verb ends in (ED) to form past and past participle tenses, and
an irregular one does not follow that rule. An irregular verb has a particular form for the past
and past participle, and it is nessesary to check it out in a dictionary or in an irregularverb list
like this before using it to avoid mistakes.
Taken from https://med09ucsc.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/todos-los-verbos-de-ingles-
regulares-e-irregulares.doc Adapted by Eladio Vergara Padilla
The pronuntiation in this list corresponds to the one given by the "Cambridge advanced Learner”
dictionary third edition. And some others were looked up on the online Oxford "lexico powered"
dictionary. And all of them are based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. (IPA)
This list contains 1098 regular and 173 irregular verbs with pronunciation in present and past. The past
regular verb form pronunciation is indicated by /Id/ /d/ and /t/ according to the corresponding
pronunciation in the present tense.
Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs (-ed)
Rule 1: If the verb base ends in a Rule 2: If the verb base ends in a voiced Rule 3: If the verb base ends
voiceless sound, then the –ed sound, then the –ed ending sounds like “d”. in a “t” or “d” sound already,
ending sounds like “t”. then the –ed ending sounds
The “d” is blended together with the
The “t” is blended together with previous consonant sound and not like “ɪd” or “ed”.
the previous consonant sound pronounced as an extra syllable. It is pronounced as an extra
and not pronounced as an extra A voiced sound means that your vocal
syllable.
syllable. chords vibrate.
A voiceless sound is like a Wrest /rest/
Voiced consonant sounds:
whisper. Your vocal chords don’t Wrested/ rest ɪd/
vibrate. /b/,/ v/, /g/, /z/,/ʒ /, /ð/ ,/ l/, /m/, /n/, /r/.
Sound /saʊnd/
Voiceless consonant sounds: All vowel sounds are voiced. Sound /saʊnd ɪd /
/p/, /f/, /k/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /θ/. Use/juːz/ Used/juːzd/
Wrap/ræp/ Wrapped/ ræp t/ Stay/steɪ/ Stayed/ steɪ d/