REGULAR PAST TENSE PRONUNCIATION

REGULAR PAST TENSE PRONUNCIATION

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Verbs with -ED Ending Pronounced like /t/

Verbs ending with a /p/

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
bump	bumped
chop	chopped
pump	pumped
rip	ripped
jump	jumped

Verbs ending with a /k/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
ask	asked
check	checked
kick	kicked
like	liked
look	looked

Verbs ending with a q or /th/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
froth	frothed

Verbs ending with a /f/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
stuff	stuffed
puff	puffed

cough	coughed
laugh	laughed

*Even though the verb ends with –gh it still makes an /f/ sound

Verbs ending with a /s/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
confess	confessed
dress	dressed
embarrass	embarrassed
guess	guessed
cross	crossed

announce	announced
dance	danced
force	force
influence	influence

*Even though the verb ends with –ce it still makes an /s/ sound.

Verbs ending with a ʃ or /sh/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
brush	brushed
crash	crashed
punish	punished
push	pushed
rush	rushed

Verbs ending with a tʃ or /ch/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
match	matched
punch	punched
reach	reached
search	searched
breach	breached

Verbs with -ED Ending Pronounced like /d/

Verbs ending with a /b/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
rob	robbed
scrub	scrubbed
disturb	disturbed
bomb	bombed
climb	climbed

Verbs ending with a /g/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
hug	hugged
arrange	arranged
encourage	encouraged
challenge	challenged
judge	judged

Verbs ending with a ð or /the/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
breathe	breathed
teethe	teethed
sheathe	sheathed
soothe	soothed
bathe	bathed

Verbs ending with a /v/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
arrive	arrived
receive	received
observe	observed
improve	improved
save	saved

Verbs ending with a /z/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
buzz	buzzed
sneeze	sneezed

advise	advised
pause	paused
raise	raised

* Even though some of the verbs end in –se it still makes the /z/ sound

Verbs ending in with a dʒ or /dge/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
bridge	bridged
acknowledge	acknowledged
dodge	dodged
edge	edged
judge	judged

Verbs ending with a /m/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
claim	claimed
jam	jammed
aim	aimed
charm	charmed
blossom	blossomed

Verbs ending with a /n/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
burn	burned
examine	examined
explain	explained
turn	turned
warn	warned

Verbs ending with a ŋ or /ng/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
bang	banged
belong	belonged
clang	clanged
long	longed

Verbs ending with a /r/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
appear	appeared
compare	compared
consider	considered
enter	entered
remember	remembered

Verbs ending with a /l/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
kill	killed
pull	pulled
travel	traveled
boil	boiled
model	modeled

Verbs with -ED Ending Pronounced like /id/

Verbs ending with a /t/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
accept	accepted
appreciate	appreciated
cheat	cheated
connect	connected
excite	excited

Verbs ending in /d/ sound

Infinitive Form	Past Tense Form
avoid	avoided
decide	decided
end	ended
expand	expanded
guard	guarded