Okay, we get it. English pronunciation is difficult. right? Don't worry. All hope is
not lost
there are definitely patterns in the English language that you can learn to
help you pronounce the words correctly. Hi! My name is Flor and in today's
lesson, I'm going to teach you how to pronounce -ed endings in past tense
verbs. There are three different pronunciations for the -ed ending: /id/,
/t/, and /d/. Let's look at those three. Ready? Okay. So as a quick review, we know that
there are two kinds of verbs: we have regular and irregular verbs. In today's
lesson, we are only looking at the regular verbs and that is in the past
tense and the past participle. Regular verbs are simply verbs that we add a -d
or -ed to make it past tense. Let's take a look at some regular verbs. walk, talked,
started, visited. All we did with these verbs is add -ed at the end to make it
past tense now let's look at these words right here: arrived, waved, moved. Notice
that for these three, we only added the -d because -e was already there. Here's one
more kind. So these words right here: studied, cried, carried. When I change it
into the past tense what I did was take away that -y, added an -i and added -ed.
Therefore, the spelling changed. All of these words that I've shared with you
are considered regular verbs and today's
lesson focuses on how to really pronounce that ending with the -ed in
the past tense. The first category of -ed endings is pronounced like this. /id/. /id/.
It's a very short and unstressed sound that we use to pronounce the -ed ending.
This is used when the verb in its base form ends with the /t/ or the /d/ sound. Let me
give you some examples of when we would pronounce the -ed ending as /id/. Let's
take a look at these words. They end with a T sound in the base form so we
pronounce the -ed as /id/: Voted. shouted waited. These words have the D sound at
the end. So for example: ended, graded, rated. The -ed sounds like /id/, /id/ and it's
very short and unstressed. Okay, so in order to understand how to pronounce the
-ed ending in the other two forms, you have to understand the concept of voiced
and voiceless sounds. So what you're going to do right now is put your hand
on your throat and make some sounds. If you can feel the vibration of that sound,
that is considered a VOICED sound. If you don't feel anything, then that would be
VOICELESS. So for example, let's try the /k/ sound okay so now make the /m/ sound (m)
/m/. Which one did you feel the vibration? So
try these sounds. /k/, /f/,/p/
You shouldn't feel any vibration in your throat if you're doing it correctly.
These are voiceless sounds. Here are some other ones /s/, /th/, /sh/, and I can't forget my
favorite voiceless sound the /ch/ sound. Yes, I have a favorite voiceless sound.
Don't judge. So now going back to verb endings. If they end in these voiceless
sounds, the -ed at the end would be pronounced like the T . So here are some
examples: walked, talked, finished, typed, watched, looked. Here are the voiced sounds
in English. /m/ like money, /n/ like nothing, /l/ like like, /r/ like
ran, /j/ like judge, /g/ like game, /th/ like then, /z/ like zebra, /b/ like buy, /ing/ like /bring/
So if you have a verb that ends in these voice sounds, the -ed is going to sound
like a /d/ sound. So let's try pronouncing some of these words together. Ready?
opened, listened, toured, mailed, called, phoned, moved, played, cleaned, loved. Now
pay attention to those verbs that are underlined and in red. I walked home and
changed my clothes after work. I finished my dinner and watched a movie.
How are the -ed endings pronounced? If you said they're pronounced with the /t/
sound, you are correct. walked, finished, watched. -ed endings
are here pronounced as the /t/ sound, ok ok. Not bad. Let's look at these two
sentences: I needed to study last night, so I turned off the TV. I waited for the
right time before I adopted a child. What do you notice about the verbs in red
they're pronounced with the /id/ sound: needed, waited, adopted. And these are the
last two example sentences: I had lived in a small city all my life so I traveled
to New York last year. Number two, I finally called my friends after a long
time and loved catching up. They are pronounced with the /d/ sound: lived, traveled,
called, loved. So there you have it some
pronunciation tips to pronounce the -ed endings on past tense verbs. For further
practice, make sure that you look in the description box to take a look at the
resources that I've provided for you. Don't feel overwhelmed that now you have
to go back to all those lists of verbs and memorize every single ending in
the past tense. Now that you have these three different ways -ed endings
are pronounced, you're off to a good start. As a new YouTuber, I'm encouraged
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