pronouncing ed

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How to Pronounce -ed in English The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed. For example: base verb (v1) past simple (v2) past participle (v3) work worked worked In addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and so end in -ed. For example: I like painted furniture. The question is: How do we pronounce the -ed? The answer is: In 3 ways - / Id/ or / t/ or / d/ If the base verb ends in one of these sounds: example base verb*: example with -ed: pronounce the -ed: extra syllable? unvoiced /t/ want wanted / Id/ yes voiced /d/ end ended unvoiced /p/ hope hoped / t/ no /f/ laugh laughed /s/ fax faxed /S/ wash washed /tS/ watch watched /k/ like liked voiced all other sounds, for example... play played / d/ allow allowed beg begged * note that it is the sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. For example, "fax" ends in the letter "x" but the sound /s/; "like" ends in the letter "e" but the sound /k/. Exceptions: The following -ed words used as adjectives are pronounced with /Id/: aged, blessed, crooked, dogged, learned, naked, ragged, wicked, wretched

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