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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Rules of Pronounciation for regular verbs in the Simple Past needed

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-ed is pronounced as [t] after voiceless sounds. Example: walked, walk[t] -ed is pronounced as [d] after voiced sounds. Example: showed, show[d] -ed is pronounced as E[d] after t and d Examples: bedded, bed[d]E[d]; wanted, wan[t]E[d] Note, the E in E[d] has three pronuncations.

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  • -ed is pronounced as [t] after voiceless sounds.
  • Example: walked, walk[t] -ed is pronounced as [d] after voiced sounds.
  • Example: showed, show[d] -ed is pronounced as E[d] after t and d Examples: bedded, bed[d]E[d]; wanted, wan[t]E[d] Note, the E in E[d] has three pronuncations.
  • 1) E as in bEd, slEd 2) I as in bId, slId 3) schwa as in "e" of the Some words have more than one spelling.
  • Example: burned, burn[d]; burnt, burn[t]
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-ed is pronounced as [t] after voiceless sounds.

Example: walked, walk[t]

-ed is pronounced as [d] after voiced sounds.

Example: showed, show[d]

-ed is pronounced as E[d] after t and d

Examples: bedded, bed[d]E[d]; wanted, wan[t]E[d]

Note, the E in E[d] has three pronuncations.

1) E as in bEd, slEd
2) I as in bId, slId
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If you need a detailed description for American English, here's something I came across in some old notes of mine. It's got some exercises at the end too! The phonetic transcriptions aren't really anything standard, but I think you can figure them out.

Past tense of Regular Verbs
Phonetic Considerations

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THANK YOU both of you.
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This article is very helpful for the past simple pronunciation - Rules for Past Simple Pronunciation
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