3 ways to pronounce '-ed' (simple past)

Phil

Did you know these two letters can be pronounced in three different ways?

They can be /d/, /t/ or /id/. Here's how to find out which.

First, feel your neck. If a sound makes it vibrate like /d/, then it's voiced. If it doesn't like /t/, then it isn't.

Where 'ed' comes after a vowel or a voiced consonant then pronounce it as /d/ - which is a voiced sound.

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If you have 'ed' after an unvoiced sound then it sounds like /t/.

An unvoiced sound. Looked, helped.

If you have t or d then 'ed' becomes /id/ -it's just easier to say.

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So if 'ed' comes after a voiced sound, then it's voiced.

If it comes after an unvoiced sound, then it's unvoiced and if it comes after /t/ or /d/, then it's /id/.

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