Today I'am going to talk about how to pronounce the past tense of regular verbs. Regular verbs take the -ed ending in the past.
When the final sound of the verb in infinitive form is an unvoiced consonant sound.
Case 1: Unvoiced consonant ending -ed =[t]
Then the -ed is also pronounced as an unvoiced consonant, and that is the tt, T sound.
ex: Pack: [k] is unvoiced so we will talk packed
So other unvoiced consonants : [p], [f], [s], [tf], [l], [0]
Case 2 : Voiced consonant ending
[v], [b], [g], th[e], [z], zd, rr, mm, nn, ng, ll.
Then the -ed is also pronounced as an unvoiced consonant, and that is the dd, D sound.
Case 3: Verbs ends in [t] or [d]
When the final sound of the verb in infinitive form is an unvoiced consonant sound.
Case 1: Unvoiced consonant ending -ed =[t]
Then the -ed is also pronounced as an unvoiced consonant, and that is the tt, T sound.
ex: Pack: [k] is unvoiced so we will talk packed
So other unvoiced consonants : [p], [f], [s], [tf], [l], [0]
Case 2 : Voiced consonant ending
[v], [b], [g], th[e], [z], zd, rr, mm, nn, ng, ll.
Then the -ed is also pronounced as an unvoiced consonant, and that is the dd, D sound.
Case 3: Verbs ends in [t] or [d]
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