BLUE HILL COLLEGE
Homework
Name: Davila Clavijo Roberto Francisco
Date: 2/4/2018
A. Past Tense Pronunciation for Regular Verbs (-ed)
Rule 1: If the verb base ends
in a voiceless sound, then the
–ed ending sounds like “t”.
The “t” is blended together
with the previous consonant
and not pronounced as an
extra syllable.
A voiceless sound is like a
whisper. Your vocal chords
don’t vibrate.
Voiceless consonant
sounds:
p, f, k, s, sh, ch, th
Rule 2: If the verb base ends Rule 3: If the verb base ends
in a voiced sound, then the – in a “t” or “d” sound already,
ed ending sounds like “d”. then the –ed ending sounds
like “id” or “ud”.
The “d” is blended together It is pronounced as an extra
with the previous consonant syllable.
and not pronounced as an
extra syllable.
A voiced sound means that
your vocal chords vibrate.
Voiced consonant sounds:
b, v, g, z, j, th, l, m, n, r
All vowel sounds are
voiced.
Examples of past tense verbs Examples of past tense verbs Examples of past tense verbs
where the –ed ending sounds where the –ed ending sounds where the –ed ending sounds
like “t” like “d” like “ed”

worked moved started

dropped returned graduated
finished stayed visited
divorced studied separated
stopped married dated
laughed widowed attended
coughed raised
watched engaged
traveled

"Ed" as “T”  pushed

 relaxed
 asked  shopped
 baked  slipped
 brushed  smoked
 cooked  stopped
 cracked  talked
 crashed  typed
 danced (da:ns) + t  walked
 dressed  washed
 dropped  watched
 escaped  worked

 finished
 fixed
 guessed Ed as “D”
 helped
 hiked  advised (ad’vaiz) + d
 hoped  agreed
 joked  allowed
 jumped  answered
 kissed  appeared
 knocked  arrived
 laughed (læf) + t  believed
 locked  belonged
 looked  burned
 missed  called
 mixed  carried
 packed  changed
 passed  cleaned
 picked  closed
 pressed  covered
 pronounced  cried
 damaged Ed as “ID”
 described
 died  accepted
 dried  afforded
 earned  arrested
 encouraged  attended
 enjoyed  collected
 entered  contacted
 explained  counted
 explored  decided
 filled  defended
 followed  demanded
 happened  divided
 imagined  ended
 interviewed  expanded
 jailed  expected
 killed  exported
 listened  flooded
 lived  graduated
 loved  hated
 measured  hunted
 moved  included
 opened  invented
 planned  invited
 played  landed
 performed  needed
 pulled  painted
 rained  planted
 realized  presented
 remembered  pretended
 repaired  printed
 saved  protected
 shared  provided
 shaved  rented
 showed  repeated
 signed  reported
 slammed  respected
 stayed  rested
 snowed  scolded
 studied  shouted
 traveled  skated
 tried  started
 turned  treated
 used  visited
 welcomed  waited
 whispered  wanted
 worried  wasted
 yawned