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English Department at TTC

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 pronunciation for

the “–ed“ ending

For English past tense pronunciationof regular verbs, the “-ed“ ending

has three dierent pronunciations 

/Id/ (wanted) 

/t/ (walked)

/d/ (saved)

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!id! Endings

This sound ending is only used forverbs ending with a /t/ or /d/ sound

“"ant# becomes “"anted#, pronounced

“"an-tid#

“need# becomes “needed#, pronounced

“nee-did#

“rent# becomes “rented#, pronounced “ren-tid#“e$plode# becomes “e$ploded#, pronounced

  “e$-plo-did#

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The “-ed“ ending of unvoiced

sounds take a /t/ sound.

Ea!"les# 

“laugh“ becomes “laughed“ pronounced “laugh-t“

“"al%“ becomes “"al%ed“ pronounced “"al% -t“

“%iss“ becomes “%issed“ pronounced “%iss -t“

“&nish“ becomes “&nished“ pronounced “&nish-t“

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The “-ed“ ending of voiced soundstake a /d/ sound.

Ea!"les#

“clean# becomes “cleaned#, pronounced “clean -d# 

“save# becomes “saved#, pronounced “save -d#

“en(oy# becomes “en(oyed#, pronounced “en(oy -d#“marry# becomes “married#, pronounced “marry

-d#

E$ample of the voiced !d!sound

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 )our turn*

Escaped Described Dressed

Described +rinted Cleaned

Damaged isited Dropped

Fi$ed Finished eeded

+lanted Covered Ended

Cried .ented /uessed

Closed 0elped +ainted