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Past Simple Regular Pronunciation

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Regular Past Tense: Pronunciation of -ed ending: [t], [d] & [id]

-ed as [t]

Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – h - pronounce -ed as [t]

hoped asked
joked lunched
jumped briefed
laughed brushed
locked cooked
missed danced
mixed dropped

Remember that it depends on the ending sound of the verb, not the letter. For example, in advise, the ‘s’ is
pronounced as a [z]. Therefore, it doesn’t have the [t] ending sound.

-ed as [d]

Voiced sound: – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g – w – y – z – and vowel sounds pronounce -ed as [d]

agreed explored
allowed happened
believed imagined
called filled
carried listened
cleaned answered

-ed as [id]

Verbs ending with –t or -d pronounce -ed as [id]

attended invented
arrested needed
contacted printed
decided provided
divided respected
expected started
invited ended

Spelling rules

Infinitive Past form Spelling rule


Watch, play Watched, played Add -ed
Live, Hope Lived, hoped Verbs ending in e, add -d
Stop, travel Stopped, travelled Verbs ending with vowel + consonant = double the
consonant
Study, try Studied, tried Verbs ending with consonant + ‘y’ = change ‘y’ to ‘I’ and
add -ed
Regular Past Tense Revision

Here are some regular past verbs. Write them in the columns below according to their pronunciation:

Like Wash Live


Walk Play Watch
Look Try Enjoy
Listen Pay Jump
Talk Paint Faint
Chat Study Borrow
Arrive Dance Answer
Travel Pick Touch

[t] [d] [id]

Complete the sentences using the verbs in the past tense (regular and irregular).

1. I __________ (need) a pencil to write a letter.


2. John __________ (play) his guitar every day last week.
3. I __________ (jog) every Wednesday and Sunday last month.
4. Anna __________ (score) two goals in the football match last week.
5. The police __________ (arrest) both the bank robbers.
6. We __________ (take) some photos yesterday.
7. Last night we __________ (watch) a great film on my new TV.
8. She __________ (ride) her bike to work when she lived in London.
9. The students __________ (answer) all the questions correctly.
10. He __________ (drop) the ball and they ____________ (lose) the match.
11. I __________ (buy) a new TV last week.
12. He __________ (listen) to the radio in the evening.
13. James __________ (study) Chemistry at Cambridge University.
14. Annie __________ (catch) the train at six this morning.

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