The ‘ed’ ending often appears in regular past tense verb forms and in adjectives. Read the sentence:
I missed the city I lived in as a child so I wanted to visit.
Are the –ed endings pronounced the same? /mɪst
The Rule lɪvd wɒntɪd/
Without 'ed', does the word end in /t/ or /d/?
Yes No
Pronounce /ɪd/
Does it end in a vowel or a voiced consonant*?
Yes No
Pronounce /d/ Pronounce /t/
*Voiced consonants are consonants made with the vocal folds vibrating. If you make a long /z/ sound and touch your neck, you can feel vibrations. This means /z/ is a voiced sound. If you make a long /s/ sound, you won’t feel vibrations. This means /s/ is a voiceless sound.