We all know that regular verbs have the same ending in the past tense (-ed) and sometimes it is a little bit complicated to make a difference, particularly in sounds; but when someone is speaking English this person needs to speak clearly to be understood.
Keywords: past tense, past simple, verbs endings ed, regular verbs
The students will know how to pronounce the past simple regular verbs end in (-ed) and there are three different ways of pronouncing these two letters with these sounds: /ɪd/, /t/ and /d/ according to (Celce-Murcia, M. Brinton, & M. Goodwin, 2007).
Moreover, students have a tendency to pronounce incorrect when they are still learning regular verbs in English in the past simple, that is why in the next chart, it is going to be shown the rules for these sounds as (J. Sabbadini, 2017) shows in the following examples.
| /ɪd/ sound, verbs that end in the sounds t or d. | /t/ sound, verbs that end in the sounds p, k, f, s, sh, x, and ch. | /d/ sound, all other verb sound endings b, g, v, z, th, j, m, n, ng, l, r, or vowel sound. |
| Wanted | Helped | Robbed |
| Needed | Baked | Dragged |
| Hated | Coughed | Shaved |
| Visited | Missed | Buzzed |
| Invited | Washed | Garaged |
| Landed | Watched | Breathed |
| Started | Looked | Raged |
| Laughed | Blamed | |
| Kissed | Ruined | |
| Danced | Called | |
| Fixed | Ordered | |
| Sniffed | Played | |
| Booked | Followed | |
| Reached | Damaged | |
| Picked | Loved | |
| Worked | Used | |
| Called | ||
| Cleaned | ||
| Tried | ||
| Hugged | ||
| Received | ||
| Smiled | ||
| Travelled | ||
| Lived | ||
| Enjoyed | ||
| Moved | ||
| Arrived |
The students will be able to use this rules and understand the explanation to speak clearly when they want to use the regular verbs in the past tense, and the message that they want to communicate will be better and at the same time understood by people, especially if they are able to express and pronounce the words correctly.
At the same time students will perform in a better way the sounds, this is because now they will know that exists a difference even if the verbs are regular they have a special sound into English.
Celce-Murcia, M., M. Brinton, D., & M. Goodwin, J. (2007). Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Fifteenth ed.). New York, USA: Cambridge University Press.
DeCapua, A. (2016). Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native and Non-Native Speakers (Second ed.). New York, USA: Springer.
J. Sabbadini, M. (16 de Abril de 2017). Teaching English. Obtenido de Teaching English: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/pronunciation-past-simple-verbs
[a] Profesor por asignatura de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.