Have you ever felt insecure about how to pronounce these verbs in the past?
Have you ever said something like I watched a movie last night or I cooked pasta yesterday?
In this lesson I'm going to teach you the correct way to pronounce the ed suffix, irregular verbs in
the past tense and at the end of this lesson a I'm going to show you a fun game I played
with members of the Real Life English Team that you can also play on your own to practice the
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Many people when they're starting to learn english complain about irregular verbs in English because
you have to memorize them. Wouldn't it be easier if the past tense of run was runned instead of
ran for example. However regular verbs are in a way more difficult because of the different ways
they're pronounced. There are three ways in which you can pronounce the suffix ed for the past tense
of regular verbs and once you get an understanding of how they work you'll be happy about finally
mastering this frequent pronunciation mistake. So this ed suffix can be pronounced in three
different ways: either as a t sound a d or the syllable it. Now the common mistake I've
seen in my students and learners in general is over using the extra syllable "id" so they'll
say the past tense of these words as: Luckily this does not very often get in
the way of communication so if you don't mind keeping this way of speaking it's totally fine.
If on the other hand you're interested in perfecting your pronunciation this lesson
is for you. It's easier to learn when to use "id" than when to use "t" or "d" which is good
because the common mistake as I said usually is overusing "id". So add an extra syllable only when
the verb ends in a "t" or "d". That's it only say "id" when the word ends in a "t" or a "d"
sound. It's that simple. With that in mind which verb here doesn't end in a "t" or "d" sound
Advise ends in "s" sound so it's not pronounced with the extra syllable "id".
Now an important thing to keep in mind is that when we talk about phonetics or pronunciation
you should trust your ears more than your eyes. What do I mean by that even though the words
decide and vote end in a vowel when you look at the spelling the actual sound that you hear is a
"d" and a "t" respectively. So they're pronounced as decided, voted. We say started, waited,
needed. Let's check out some examples with verbs in the past tense that end in the "id" sound.
This "ed" rule also applies to adjectives.
So remember only use "id" when the last sound of the verb is either "t" or "d". To learn more about
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The distinction between when to pronounce the "ed" suffix as to odd is just a little bit trickier
Let's start with an easy fact to remember. If a verb ends in a vowel sound it is always "d"
for example, played, agreed, argued, cried.
So we now know how to pronounce "ed" if the last sound is a vowel or a "d" sound but how about the
other sounds? There are two ways you can learn this either by considering the spelling or the
sound. If you want to look at the spelling words that end in these letters generally take the sound
Words that end in these letters generally take the "d"
Again notice how some of these words end in a vowel if you look at the spelling
but what matters is how they sound. Close for example ends in a "z" sound so you'll notice
a "d". Let's see these words in context now.
We'll show you one example of a word that ends in "t" and then one that ends in "d" and so on.
Hope you enjoyed those rapid fire examples. Earlier I said that you can learn when it's a "t"
and when it's a "d" based on spelling. Well an even better more precise way to figure
out how to pronounce the "ed" suffix is by feeling which sounds are voiced and which are
unvoiced. All verbs that end in a voiced sound are said with "d" and when I say voiced I mean
sounds that have a vibration coming from the vocal folds. Take for example the word move.
When I say it if I place my finger on my throat i can feel the vibration so i'll say moved if i say
like again if i put my finger here I feel there's no vibration so I say liked with a "t"
sound. Now you do it. Say this verb. Does that sound vibrate or not?
It's a voiced sound so it's opened. How about this one?
Same thing it's tried with a "d". Why? Well it's a vowel.
As we said earlier vowels take "d". All vowels are voiced that's why. Now how about the verb help
Now this is a voiceless sound. There's no vibration and therefore it's said with a
"t" sound. If you're enjoying this lesson then I highly recommend you check out this lesson we made
to help you master the past tense. You can click
up here or the link in the description to watch it next. Okie dokie now it's time to
play a fun little game that you can also play to put what we've learned today into practice.
We'll demonstrate it here, just watch. Max, when was the last time you traveled by plane?
The last time I cooked something special was on Sunday because I tend to have more time to
spend on cooking during the weekend. How did you like that game? So that's something that
you can use to practice what you've learned today on your own or with one two three or however many
friends you want to include. I hope this lesson was useful for you. Remember only use "id" when
the last sound of the verb is either or a wanted needed invited etc. Use "d" when the last sound of
the verb is voiceless meaning there's no vibration here or when there are any of these sounds,
for example liked, asked, relaxed. Use "d" when the last sound of the verb is voiced,
you feel the vibration in your throat or when you see any of these sounds for example lived,
listened, traveled. But now it's time to go beyond the classroom and live your English. Aw yeah!
Trust me I've conducted over 100 interviews at this point for Real Life English so I know what
can make or break an interview. So in this lesson I'll share with you tips and strategies that you
can use to pass your next job interview in English with flying colors. So watch until the end if you
want to learn the most common questions to expect in an interview, how to answer them authentically