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Regular Past Pronunciation

2018
 Regular Past Pronunciation

■ The past simple tense and past participle of all

regular verbs end in -ed.
For example:

Verb Past simple Past

(infinitive) participle
work worked worked
 Regular Past Pronunciation

How do we pronounce the -ed?

In 3 ways –
/id/
/ t/
/ d/
 /Id/

decide
want
start /Id/
wait
visit
invite
/t/ or /d/
 Let’s practice

worked walked liked wanted

washed loved missed answered
looked helped called asked
opened waited smiled played
visited changed started tempted
learned wanted lived happened
 Let’s practice

invited tried washed

opened checked passed
stopped enjoyed worked
studied considered talked
loved tested
pulled asked
An easy way to remember how to pronounce
ED

The most important thing to remember is that

there are two main divisions.

Do you know which ones?

An easy way to remember how to pronounce
ED

1. words whose last letter is end /t/ or /d/

- the ED is pronounced as a syllable /id/

2. the REST of the words you can pronounce the

ED as /t/ or /d/ and people will understand.

In time you will learn when to pronounce the ED

as /t/ or /d/.
 The bank Robbery

Read the story and FOCUS on the –ed ending to the past
tense regular verbs.
It was 80 degrees in the shade. A man wearing a heavy army jacket,
a pullover wool cap, and dark sunglasses walked /t/ into the First
American Bank at the corner of Maple and Main streets in downtown
Short Beach.
The man walked /t/ up to the teller and held up a hand grenade for
all to see. He said, “Give me all your money, all the money in this
bank, right now!”
Everyone in the lobby screamed /d/ and started /id/ running, even
the security guard. Nervously, the young female teller handed
/id/ the man three big bags loaded /id/ with cash. He walked /t/ out
the door. A second later, one of the money bags exploded /id/,
covering him with something red on all over his face. He yelled /d/ in
pain and surprise, and started /id/ walking around in circles because
he couldn't see where he was going.
He couldn’t see, but he could hear. He heard the police siren get
closer.
Then he heard the police tell him to get down on his stomach on
the sidewalk and put his hands behind his back. They
handcuffed /t/ him and placed /t/ him in the back of the police
car.
Seeing the hand grenade on the sidewalk, the police told
everyone to get back. They sealed /d/ off the whole block and
called /d/ the bomb squad. The bomb squad (a group of
professionals disabling bombs) came and examined /d/ the
hand grenade. Then they laughed /t/. They told the police it was
a fake. The hand grenade was actually a harmless dummy,
something a 12-year-old might play with.
The police chuckled /d/. The bank employees returned /d/ to
work. The bank customers returned/d/ to their lines. The bank
robber, hopefully, would never return.