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Pronunciation Rules of

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Pronunciation rules of “ed” endings

Prepared by: Zabihullah “Mansoori”


/t/ sound:
1./t/ sound: Verbs ending in voiceless sounds like voiceless consonants (p, k, s, f, sh, ch, th, f, gh, ss, c, x) will have the “ed”
pronounced as a /t/ sound.
Examples: Walk > Walked, attack > attacked, Miss > missed, laugh > laughed, stuff >
stuffed, clap > clapped, Wrap > wrapped, finish > finished, wash > washed, watch >
watched, approach > approached, fix > fixed, breath > breathed

2. /d/ sound: Verbs ending in voiced sounds like voiced consonants (l, n, r, g, v, s, z, b, m) will have the “ed” pronounced as
a /d/
sound.
Examples: Grab > grabbed, love, loved, close, closed, call > called, Clean > cleaned, offer >
offered, damage, damaged, amaze > amazed, rob > robbed, claim > claimed.

3. /id/ sound: Verbs ending in /t/ and /d/ sound will have the “ed” pronounced as an extra syllable /id/.
Examples: end > ended, start > started etc.

4. Vowel sound: Verbs ended in vowel sounds use the /d/ pronunciation for “ed”.
Examples: play > played, say > said, enjoy, enjoyed etc.

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