[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In English we add an “ED” to verbs to make them past tense or a past participle (verb acting like an adjective). When a verb is modified by adding an “ED” ending use the “T or D” sound according to the following rule:
Say “ID when the word ends in a t or d sound.
Melt/melted
Trade/traded
Say “D when the word ends in a vowel or other voiced sound like the m, n, ng, l, b, d, g, v, th, r, z, zh, or j sound.
Calm/calmed
Can/canned
Long/longed
Call/called
Describe/described
Add/added
Tag/tagged
Live/lived
Breathe/breathed
Hire/hired
Amuse/amused
Sabotage/sabotaged
Judge/judged
Say “T when the word ends in a voiceless sound like a p, k, f, or sh sound.
Tip/tipped
Talk/talked
Cough/coughed
Wish/wished
Practice with Tarle Speech iBook:
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Learn to Pronounce -ED Suffix in English
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Learn to Pronounce -ED Suffix in English