To form the past simple and past participle of regular verbs we add ‘ed‘:
play ➞ played
work ➞ worked
start ➞ started
How do we pronounce the -ed ending?
The -ed ending has three different pronunciations:
| sound | example | pronunciation |
| /t/ | worked | t sound |
| /d/ | played | d sound |
| /id/ | started | id sound |
Some regular verbs with the -ed ending pronounced /t/
| verb | past tense | pronunciation /t/ |
| work | worked | worked |
| cook | cooked | cooked |
| walk | walked | walked |
| kiss | kissed | kissed |
| like | liked | liked |
| stop | stopped | stopped |
| look | looked | looked |
| drop | dropped | dropped |
Some regular verbs with the -ed ending pronounced /d/
| verb | past tense | pronunciation /d/ |
| play | played | played |
| show | showed | showed |
| close | closed | closed |
| open | opened | opened |
| enjoy | enjoyed | enjoyed |
| love | loved | loved |
| try | tried | tried |
| rain | rained | rained |
| learn | learned | learned |
| clean | cleaned | cleaned |
Some regular verbs with the -ed ending pronounced /id/
| verb | past tense | pronunciation /id/ |
| wait | waited | waited |
| want | wanted | wanted |
| need | needed | needed |
| decide | decided | decided |
| hate | hated | hated |
| taste | tasted | tasted |
| end | ended | ended |
