1. Regular Past Pronunciation

2. Regular Past Pronunciation
The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed.
For example:
Verb (infinitive)
Past simple
Past participle
work
worked

3. Regular Past Pronunciation
In addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and so end in -ed.
Eg. I like painted furniture.
How do we pronounce the -ed?
In 3 ways - /Id/ or / t/ or / d/

4. /Id/
decide
want
start
wait
visit
invite
/Id/

5. /t/ or /d/

6. Let’s practice worked walked liked wanted washed loved missed answered
looked
helped
called
asked
opened
waited
smiled
played
visited
changed
started
tempted
learned
wanted
lived
happened

7. An easy way to remember how to pronounce ED
The most important thing to remember is that there are two main divisions.
Do you know which ones?

8. An easy way to remember how to pronounce ED
1. words whose last letter is end T or D
- the ED is pronounced as a syllable /id/
2. the REST of the words you can pronounce the ED as /t/ or /d/ and people will understand.
In time you will learn when to pronounce the ED as /t/ or /d/.

9. BBC Learning English
Listening

11. BBC

12. Speaking

13. Ask and Answer the following questions
Your teacher will give you a worksheet.
In pairs, ask and answer all the questions affirmatively using the regular past tense.
Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the verbs.