simple past regular verbs - pronounciation

2. WHAT IS THE SIMPLE PAST AND
WHEN DO WE USE IT?
•THE SIMPLE PAST IS THE MOST COMMON WAY OF TALKING
ABOUT PAST EVENTS OR STATES WHICH HAVE FINISHED.
•THE SIMPLE PAST IS USED TO DESCRIBE AN ACTION THAT
OCCURRED AND WAS COMPLETED IN THE PAST.

3. REGULAR PAST SIMPLE FORMS
•REGULAR PAST SIMPLE FORMS ARE FORMED BY ADDING -ED TO THE
INFINITIVE OF THE VERB.
START → STARTED
KILL → KILLED
JUMP → JUMPED
•IF THE VERB ENDS IN –E , YOU ADD –D -> LIKE -> LIKED
•BUT IF THE WORD ENDS IN A VOWEL AND -Y, YOU ADD -ED. PLAY -
PLAYED

4. WHAT ABOUT THE PRONUNCIATION
OF THE –ED ENDING?
/D/ /T/ /ɪD/
ARRIVED ASKED WANTED
FAILED CROSSED DECIDED
AGREED STOPPED STARTED

5. RULES TO PRONOUNCE PAST TENSE
VERBS
•1ST RULE. IF THE VERB BASE ENDS IN A VOICELESS SOUND, THEN THE –ED
ENDING SOUNDS LIKE “T”. VOICELESS CONSONANT SOUNDS: P, F, K, S, SH,
CH.
• WORK /K/ -> WORKED /T/
• DIVORCE /S/-> DIVORCED /T/
• STOP /P/ -> STOPPED /T/
• LAUGH /F/ -> LAUGHED /T/
• COUGH /F/ -> COUGHED /T/

6. •2ND RULE. IF THE VERB BASE ENDS IN A VOICED SOUND, THEN THE –ED
ENDING SOUNDS LIKE “D”. VOICED CONSONANT SOUNDS: B, V, G, Z,
J, L, M, N, R. ALL VOWEL SOUNDS ARE VOICED.
•MOVE /V/ -> MOVED /D/
•RETURN /N/-> RETURNED /D/
•STAY /EI/ -> STAYED /D/
•RAISE /Z/ -> RAISED /D/
•TRAVEL /L/ -> TRAVELED /D/

7. •3RD RULE THE PAST TENSE (ED) IS PRONOUNCED AS (ID) WHEN THE
LAST SOUND IN THE PRESENT TENSE VERB IS T OR D
•START /T/ -> STARTED /ɪD/
•GRADUATE /T/ -> GRADUATED /ɪD/
•VISIT /T/ -> VISITED /ɪD/
•DATE /T/ -> DATED /ɪD/
•ATTEND /D/ -> ATTENDED /ɪD/
•ADD /D/ -> ADDED /ɪD/