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Pronunciation of --ed past tense: /t/, /d/ and /id/
1. The /id/ soundIf the last letter of the word is spelled with D or T, the ED is pronounced as a separate syllable with an /id/ sound (it rhymes with kid and lid).
3. The /d/ soundIf the last letter of the words ends in a voiced consonant (or sound), then the ED is pronounced like a D (without creating another syllable)
- wanted (sounds like "want-id")
- waited
- needed
- folded
- talked (sounds like "talkt")
- kissed (the S sound comes from the front of mouth so it would sound like "kisst")
- parked
- helped
3. The /d/ soundIf the last letter of the words ends in a voiced consonant (or sound), then the ED is pronounced like a D (without creating another syllable)
- played (sounds like "playd")
- closed (the S sounds like a vibrating Z so the word would sound like "clozd")
- opened
- lived
- The words that end in T or D
- the ED is pronounced as a syllable /id/ - and the REST of the words
- you can pronounce the ED as /t/ and people will understand.
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