How to Pronounce 'ed' at the
end of a verb
➤
It's difficult to know how
to pronounce 'ed' in English, because it's
pronounced in three different ways.
It depends on the letter
before:
➤ The three ways are:
●
1: 'id' (like in painted 'paint-id')
●
2: 'd' (like in 'played')
●
3: 't' (like in 'hoped')
➤ The most important thing to remember
is this:
If the verb has a 'd' or a 't'
sound before 'ed' you need to pronounce 'id'. If it doesn't, don't pronounce an
extra syllable.
➤
Be careful!
It's the sound,
not the letter: 'decided' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though 'decide'
ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e',
so the last sound is 'd'.
So for
example:
●
wanted (want-id)
●
ended (end-id)
●
decided (decide-id)
●
admitted (admit-id)
●
suggested
(suggest-id)
●
recommended
(recommend-id)
●
hated (hate-id)
●
intended (intend-id)
●
started (start-id)
➤
For the other two sounds it doesn't matter so much. Just make sure you don't say '-id'!
For example, 'stopped'
is pronounced 'stopt'
and never 'stop-id'.
If the word before 'ed' ends in the sounds 'p', 'f',
's', 'ch', 'sh', 'k', then 'ed' is pronounced 't': So:
●
'p' stopped
●
'f' laughed
●
's' promised
●
'ch' watched
●
'sh' finished
●
'k' walked
●
➤
For all other words, 'ed' is pronounced 'd':
●
allowed
●
cried
●
enjoyed
