Are there rules for ed pronunciation

The -ed ending is pronounced as an extra syllable added to the base form of the verb. I hope this helps! Cool thanks, That reminded me of a couple sounds I forgot. Glad i could help. Jan 26th, , am. Re: Are there rules for "ed" pronunciation? The only pronunciation rule I get my students to remember is Pronounce -id after verbs ended in in -t and -d. It is quite difficult to pronounce the others incorrectly. And it is difficult to remember lists of sounds, as well.

However , they should watch out for the verbs ended in -t or -d. There it is necessary to add -id because otherwise we wouldn't be able to hear the past tense. How would wanted sound if we didn't read it as "wantid "? Manuela, first of all, welcome to the site! Jan 31st, , am. Manuela, Thank you for explaining the rules concisely. I knew rules existed, but I'd never learned them. It does happen that some adult students demand to know the rules for everything, luckily I haven't been asked this one so far.

Now I'm ready! With kids, of course, I wouldn't even start to explain pronunciation rules. I've been teaching -ed ending sounds in the phonics section of Oxford's English Time 4 with a group of 11 year olds, and I really like the activities that are included in the teacher's manuel.

Listening and categorizing under [d], [t], or [Id]; odd one out read 3 words, pick the one with the different ending , etc. It's quite difficult to get some students to hear the different endings. Slowly but surely we're getting it! Anyway, thanks again for the help.

Aug 22nd, , pm. Sorry for bumping such an old thread but I had to ask this question: My mom teaches English and we recently had an argument that I thought could be settled on here.

First, she claims that the word "text" cannot be used as a verb. Whether it is or not is a discussion for another time.

Now, let's say that we can use text as a verb which would mean to send a text message to someone. How would the past tense of the word be spelled and pronounced? I claim it would be spelled "texted" and pronounced with "ed" as id. Se says it would still be spelled "texted" but pronounced as if it was spelled "text" I think she's off her rocker. What are your thoughts? Apologies to your mom, but I agree with you.

Aug 23rd, , am. Regular verbs in the past end in —ed, for example, start ed , cook ed , and rain ed. However, there are three different ways to pronounce the —ed. But how do you know which to say? You need to use your ears and listen to the final sound of the infinitive. You should feel something when the sound is voiced. Have a look at the chart below and see if you can feel the difference between voiced and unvoiced consonants.

Remember it is the sound that is important not the letters or spelling. RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. Be careful! It's the sound, not the letter: 'decided' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though 'decide' ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e', so the last sound is 'd'.

Just make sure you don't say '-id'! For example, 'stopped' is pronounced 'stopt' and never 'stop-id'. If the word before 'ed' ends in the sounds 'p', 'f', 's', 'ch', 'sh', 'k', then 'ed' is pronounced 't': So:.