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Pronunciation of "Ed"

The document explains how to pronounce the past tense ending 'ed' for verbs based on their final letters. It categorizes verbs into three groups: those ending in 'P, F, K, S' pronounce 'ed' as 'T', those ending in 'B, G, L, M, N, V, Z, Y' pronounce 'ed' as 'D', and those ending in 'D, T' pronounce 'ed' as 'ED'. Additionally, it provides an exercise with a list of verbs for practice.

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Pronunciation of "Ed"

The document explains how to pronounce the past tense ending 'ed' for verbs based on their final letters. It categorizes verbs into three groups: those ending in 'P, F, K, S' pronounce 'ed' as 'T', those ending in 'B, G, L, M, N, V, Z, Y' pronounce 'ed' as 'D', and those ending in 'D, T' pronounce 'ed' as 'ED'. Additionally, it provides an exercise with a list of verbs for practice.

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Pronunciation of the “ed”

verbs ended in “P, F, K, S”


When the verb in infinite form ends in one of those letters, we
pronounce the “ed” as a “T”
Examples:
Look - looked
Kiss - Kissed
stop - stopped
miss - missed
cook - cooked
bake - baked
verbs ended in “B, G, L, M, N, V, Z, Y”
When the verb in infinite form ends in one of those letters, we
pronounce the “ed” as a “D”
Examples:
Yell - yelled
clean - cleaned
climb - climbed
open - opened
move - moved
Cry - cried
verbs ended in “D, T”
When the verb in infinite form ends in one of those letters, we
pronounce the “ed” as a “ED”
Examples:
End - ended
wait - waited
add - added
want - wanted
start - started
avoid - avoided
paint - painted
Exercise
Read de following verbs.
1. Ended 11. Called
2. helped 12. Fixed
3. Waited 13. Closed
4. Added 14. Cried
5. Wanted 15. Stated
6. Started 16. Asked
7. Avoided 17. Cooked
8. Painted 18. Enjoyed
9. Mailed 19. Tried
10. Played 20. Braked.

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