The “ed”
is the ending used for regular verbs in the past tense and for their past
participles. A regular verb is a verb that forms its past tense and past
participle by the addition of -d, -ed, -ied and -t to its base form.
Examples:
Jump Jumped Jumped
Marry Married Married
Sleep Slept Slept
Love Loved Loved
The “ed” sound is one of
the most difficult in the English language, and that’s because there are three different ways to pronounce it:
1. The "ed" sound is pronounced /id/
When a regular verb ends
with the sound or letter /d/ or /t/, its past tense and past participle are
usually formed by the addition of "ed", e.g., want – wanted, need –
needed, collect – collected, divide – divided etc. Please, note that the
"ed" in these words is pronounced /id/ and not /ed/. In other words,
whenever a regular verb that ends with the letter /d/ or /t/ forms its past tense
or past participle by the addition of "ed", the ending “ed” should be
pronounced /id/. Therefore, wanted, needed, collected and divided should always
be pronounced “wantid”, “needid”, “collectid” and “dividid” respectively. Don't
pronounce them the other way.
2. The "ed" can be pronounced /t/
The /t/ sound is a
voiceless sound, that is, it is produced without any vibration in the vocal
tract. The "ed" is pronounced /t/ whenever it is added to a regular
verb that ends with either of the following sounds or letters:
/p/ stopped "stoppt"
/f/ laughed "laught"
/s/ missed "misst"
/tʃ/ or "ch" watched "watcht"
/ʃ/ or "sh" pushed "pusht"
/k/ cooked "cookt"
3. The "ed" is also pronounced /d/
Unlike the /t/ sound, the
/d/ sound is a voiced sound, that is, it is pronounced with vibration in the
vocal tract. For other regular verbs, the "ed" is pronunced /d/.
Therefore, you should apply the /d/ sound for all other regular verbs.
Examples:
Played "playd"
Called "calld"
Enjoyed "enjoyd"
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