The document discusses the three different pronunciations of the "-ed" ending in regular past tense and past participle verbs in English. It can be pronounced as /t/ if the base verb ends in /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ if the base verb ends in /d/ or a voiced sound, or /ɪd/ if the base verb ends in an unvoiced consonant. It provides examples of verbs that follow each rule and an exercise for the reader to practice identifying the pronunciation of "-ed" in different verbs.

2. How to pronounce –ed in English © 2005 Eugenia Ortega García

4. The question is: How do we pronounce –ed

5. The answer is: In 3 ways : /  / /  / /  /

6. If the base verb ends in the sound /  / as in: want want ed /  / start start ed Note that it is the last sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. complete It ends in “e”, but the last sound is /  / complet ed /  / /  / For example:

7. If the base verb ends in the sound /  / as in: need need ed /  / end end ed /  / Again, note that it is the last sound that is important, not the letter or spelling. decide It ends in “e”, but the last sound is /  / decid ed /  / For example:

8. If the base verb ends in any of the following unvoiced sounds, –ed is pronounced /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / /  / pass walk laugh stop wash watch p ed ed ed ed ed ed

9. If the base verb ends in all other sounds, which are voiced , then –ed is pronounced /  / learn call live stay stud ed d ed ed ed Examples: y i

10. Now, let’s put this into practice. How is –ed pronounced in the following verbs? EXERCISES /  /, /  / or /  /

11. look ed /  / /  / /  /

12. hat ed /  / /  / /  /

13. marri ed /  / /  / /  /

14. crash ed /  / /  / /  /

15. open ed /  / /  / /  /

16. chang ed /  / /  / /  /

17. last ed /  / /  / /  /

18. sound ed /  / /  / /  /

19. tri ed /  / /  / /  /

20. start ed /  / /  / /  /

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