In 3 ways - / Id/ or / t/ or / d/
* note that it is the sound that is important, not
the letter or spelling. For example, "fax" ends in the letter "x" but
the sound /s/; "like" ends in the letter "e" but the sound /k/.
So we say:
| If the base verb ends in one of these sounds: | example base verb*: | example with -ed: |
pronounce the -ed: |
extra syllable? | |
| unvoiced | /t/ | want | wanted | / Id/ | yes |
| voiced | /d/ | end | ended | ||
| unvoiced | /p/ | hope | hoped | / t/ | no |
| /f/ | laugh | laughed | |||
| /s/ | fax | faxed | |||
| /S/ | wash | washed | |||
| /tS/ | watch | watched | |||
| /k/ | like | liked | |||
| voiced | all other sounds, for example... |
play | played | / d/ | |
| allow | allowed | ||||
| beg | begged | ||||
Exceptions
The following -ed words used as adjectives are pronounced with /Id/:
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- an aged man /Id/
- a blessed nuisance /Id/
- a dogged persistence /Id/
- a learned professor - the professor, who was truly learned /Id/
- a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /Id/
- he aged quickly /d/
- he blessed me /t/
- they dogged him /d/
- he has learned well /d/ or /t/
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