Regular Past Tense Pronunciation Regular past tense words end in “ed.” For example: worked, planned, planted There are ways to pronounce the ending “ed.” They are /t/, /d/, or /id/ So, how you know which pronunciation to use? 1) If the base word ends in the sounds /s/, /sh/, / ch/, /x/, /f/, /p/, or /k/ (before the final “ed”), pronounce the “ed” as /t/ a worked  /workt/ b stopped  /stopt/ c shopped  /shopt/ /s/ MORE EXAMPLES: base words that end in the sound …… /sh/ /ch/ /x/ /f/ /p/ /k/ ……… So, the “ed” on the past tense form of these words would sound like /t/ 2) If the base word ends in the sounds /d/ or /t/ (before the final “ed”), pronounce the “ed” as ‘/id/ a planted  /plantid/ b landed  /landid/ c demanded  /demandid/ MORE EXAMPLES: base words that end in the sound …… /d/ /t/ …….So, the “ed” on the past tense form of these words would sound like /id/ 3) If the base word ends with any other sound (before the final “ed”), pronounce the “ed” as /d/ a planned  /pland/ b climbed  /climd/ (the “b” is silent) c lived  /livd/ MORE EXAMPLES: base words that end in any other sound…… …… So, the “ed” on the past tense form of these words would sound like /d/