Past Tense Regular Verb Pronunciation

Hi, my name is Rebecca. In this video we're going to be focusing on the correct pronunciation

of past tense regular verbs.

Past tense regular verbs as you know are identified

because they end with “ed” or “d”. Okay?

But just because they are spelled that way, it doesn't mean they are pronounced that way.

And that's what confuses many ESL students. They tend to want to say the “ed” or the “d”

when in fact we have three different options of how these words should be pronounced.

I'm going to explain that to you right now. Okay?

So, one option is that the ending sound of "ed" or "d" sounds in fact like “t”.

Examples of this are “worked”,

“talked”,

“cooked”,

“kissed”.

You can hear it in these examples

the “t” sound and not “ed” or you shouldn't hear that. Let me repeat them again:

“worked”,

“talked”,

“cooked” and “kissed”.

Alright? So here we see how the "ed" sound actually sounds.

The "ed" letters actually sound like “t”.

Let's go to the second example. A second option in terms of the sound is a “d” sound.

You'll hear it in words like:

“played”,

“turned”,

“stayed”,

“rained”.

Of course I'm emphasizing it a little bit more right now

than native speakers would normally do. Just so that you can actually hear it the way you should.

I'll repeat: “played”,

“turned”,

“stayed”

“rained”.

Okay? All right. The third option is the strongest sound

and it's like "ID" — "ed".

And usually it goes along with the last letter of the verb which is often "t" or "d".

So, it will sound like this:

“wanted”, “needed”,

“planted”,

“demanded”.

Here you can hear a much stronger, more powerful ending sound,

certainly than here or here.

So, remember this when you're pronouncing the past tense of regular verbs.

Okay, thank you very much. Bye.