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    How to Pronounce -ed


    The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs
    end in -ed. For example:

    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:

     /ɪd/
     /t/
     /d/
    If the base verb ends in one example example pronounce extra
    of these sounds base verb* with -ed the -ed as syllable?

    /t/ want wanted yes


    / ɪd/

    /d/ end ended

    unvoiced /p/ hope hoped no


    / / t

    /f/ laugh laughed

    /s/ fax faxed

    /ʃ/ wash washed

    /ʧ/ watch watched

    /k/ like liked

    voiced all other play played


    sounds, eg / / d

    allow allowed
    If the base verb ends in one example example pronounce extra
    of these sounds base verb* with -ed the -ed as syllable?

    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 /ɪd/:

     aged
     dogged
     ragged
     blessed
     learned
     wicked
     crooked
     naked
     wretched

    So we say:

     an aged man /ɪd/


     a blessed nuisance /ɪd/
     a dogged persistence /ɪd/
     a learned professor - the professor, who was truly
    learned /ɪd/
     a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /ɪd/

    But when used as real verbs (past simple and past participle),
    the normal rules apply and we say:

     he aged quickly /d/


     he blessed me /t/
     they dogged him /d/
     he has learned well /d/ or /t/

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