THE PRONUNCIATION OF ED ENDINGS

The suffix –ed of the past simple verb is pronounced as the following:

1. We pronounce /id/ when the verb ends in /t/or /d/ sound:

Base Form	Pronounce /id/	Base Form	Pronounce /id/
want	wanted	plant	planted
paint	painted	chant	chanted
transplant	transplanted	chat	chatted
wait	waited	need	needed
add	added	land	landed
end	ended	load	loaded
start	started	knit	knitted

2. We pronounce /t/ when the verb ends in /k/, /ʃ/, /s/, /f/, /p/, /tʃ/

Base Form	Pronounce /t/	Base Form	Pronounce /t/
like	liked	stop	stopped
pop	popped	miss	missed
watch	watched	match	matched
patch	patched	laugh	laughed
cough	coughed	shop	shopped
hope	hoped	cope	coped
sip	sipped	rake	raked
bake	baked	walk	walked
talk	talked	photograph	photographed

3. We pronounce /d/ when the verb ends in:

A/ A vowel + y/w or a consonant + ied

Base Form	Pronounce /d/	Base Form	Pronounce /d/
stay	stayed	play	played
follow	followed	show	showed
bow	bowed	vow	vowed
row	rowed	carry	carried
study	studied	worry	worried
hurry	hurried	bury	buried
vary	varied	empty	emptied

B/ When the verb ends in the consonant sounds such as: /b/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /v/, /ð/.

Base Form	Pronounce /d/	Base Form	Pronounce /d/
rob	robbed	star	starred
rub	rubbed	add	adds
beg	begged	smile	smiled
aim	aimed	plan	planned
love	loved	live	lived
save	saved	shave	shaved