Verbs – Past tense
Regular Past
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Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs - ed Pronunciation / t / / d / / id /
/t/ /d/ /id/
stop = stopped learn = learned decide = decided
look = looked listen = listened want = wanted
wash = washed play = played start = started
watch = watched enjoy = enjoyed wait = waited
like = liked live = lived visit = visited
walk = walked stay = stayed invite = invited
help = helped open = opened
work = worked love = loved
change = changed
miss = missed call = called
relax = relaxed arrive = arrived
smile = smiled
clean = cleaned
• We pronounce / t / after voiceless sounds: /p/,/k/,/s/,/f/ and voiceless / th /
sound
• We pronounce /d / after voiced sounds: /b/,/g/,/v/,/z/,/m/, /n /, / l /, / r / , voiced /
th / sound and all vowels.
• We pronounce / id / after / d / and / t / sounds.