How to pronounce – ed endings in English? – Learnex

We can’t go swimming because the pool is covered.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

Natasha received a gift from her boyfriend.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

Yesterday, they hiked the diesel prices by $2 per liter.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

Australia played out England to register a win in the test series.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

The car’s fender is dented.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

As a part of the green revolution, the government planted a 1000 trees in the city.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

We hunted for her lost car keys in the entire office, but could not find them.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

Little John brushed his teeth before he went to bed.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

James rented a car for the weekend.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

Mitchell showed her new apartment to us yesterday.

“ed” sounds like /d/

“ed” sounds like /t/

“ed” sounds like /id/

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How to pronounce – ed endings in English?

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The past simple tense and the past particle of all regular verbs end in -ed.

There are three ways of pronouncing the ed:-

1) /id/ – If the last sound to the word is /d/ or /t/ then the -ed will sound like /id/

2) /t/ – If the last sound of the word is unvoiced like /p/ , /f/, /s/, /ch/, /sh/ and /k/ then the -ed sound is /t/.

3) /d/ – For all the words that end with – ed and are voiced then the -ed is pronounced as /d/.