Simple past Regular Verb Pronunciation

Group A watched – (wótcht)

worked – (workt)
Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f –
x – h - pronounce ED as “T” NOTE: Look carefully for verbs, not for
nouns or adjectives because in some cases
they have some phonetic differences.
Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)
Group B
Ed as “T”
Voiced sound: – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g
Asked (askt) – w – y – z – and vowel sounds
baked (beikt) (diphthongs) pronounce ED as “D”
brushed (bruhsht)
cooked (cukt) Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D)
cracked (creckt)
crashed (crésht)
Ed as “D”
danced (da:ns) + t
dressed (drésst)
dropped (drópt) advised (ad’vaiz) + d
escaped (squeipt) agreed (agrid)
finished (fínisht) allowed (alald)
fixed (fíxt) answered (ensord)
appeared (apir:d)
guessed (guest)
arrived (araivd)
helped (Rélpt) believed (bilívd)
hoped (Roupt) belonged (bilóngd)
hiked (Raikt) burned (buhrnd)
joked (Joukt) called (cóld)
jumped (Jãmpt) carried (kérid)
knocked (nókt) changed (tchéndjid)
kissed (kist) cleaned (clind)
laughed (læf) + t closed (clouzd)
locked (lókt) covered (corvd)
cried (craid)
looked (lukt)
damaged (demedjid)
missed (mist)
described (discraibd)
mixed (míxt) died (daid)
packed (pékt) dried (draid)
passed (pest) earned (êr:nd)
picked (píkt) enjoyed (enjóid)
pressed (prést) entered (énterd)
pronounce (pronaunst) explained (ex-pleind)
relaxed (riléxt) explored (ex-plord)
slipped (slípt) filled (fild)
followed (fóloud)
smoked (smoukt)
happened (Répend)
stopped (stópt)
interviewed (interviwd)
shopped (shópt) imagined (imédjind)
talked (tólkt) jailed (jeield)
typed (taipt) killed (kild)
walked (wólkt) listened (lissend)
washed (wósht) lived (lívd)
loved (lóvd)
measured (médjurd)

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moved (muvd) landed (lendid)
opened (oupend) needed (nídid)
planned (plend) painted (peintid)
played (pleid) planted (plentid)
performed (performd) printed (printid)
pulled (puld) presented (presentid)
realized (rialaizid) pretended (pritendid)
remembered (rememberd) protected (protectid)
rained (reind) provided (provaidid)
repaired (riper:d) rented (rêntid)
saved (seivd) repeated (ripítid)
shared (shér:d) reported (ripôrtid)
shaved (sheivd) respected (rispéctid)
showed (shoud) rested (réstid)
signed (çaind) scolded (scoldid)
slammed (slémd) skated (skeitid)
stayed (steid) started (stártid)
snowed (snoud) shouted (shaltid)
studied (stãdid) treated (trítid)
tried (traid) visited (vísitid)
traveled (traveld) waited (ueitid)
turned (tãrnd) wanted (wantid)
used (iusid) wasted (ueistid)
welcomed (uélcomd)
whispered (uisperd)
worried (uôrid)
yawned (ynhond)

Group C: T or D pronounce ED as “ID”

Example: Need, needed = need(id)

Ed as “ID”

Accepted (ac-céptid)
afforded (afôrdid)
attended (atêndid)
arrested (aréstid)
collected (coléctid)
contacted (contréctid)
counted (cáuntid)
decided (diçaidid)
defended (difêndid)
demanded (dimendid)
divided (divaidid)
ended (éndid)
expanded (ex-péndid)
expected (ex-péctid)
exported (ex-portid)
flooded (fluhdid)
graduated (gradjueitid)
hated (Reitid)
hunted (Rãntid)
included (includid)
invited (invaitid)
invented (invented)