PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST TENSE [Note: The letters between the slash marks / / refer to sounds, NOT to spelling.] 1. The -ed of the regular past tense is pronounced as /d/ after a voiced sound. The voiced sounds are sounds that are produced by vibration of the vocal chords. The voiced sounds in English are: a. All vowels b. /b/, /g/, j sound (as in judge), /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, voiced th (as in bathe), /v/, ng (as in bang), zh sound (as in azure), z sound (as in buzz) Examples: robbed, hanged, judged, called, rammed, learned, blurred, clothed, received, buzzed 2. The -ed of the regular past tense is pronounced as /t/ after a voiceless sound. The voiceless sounds are sounds that are produced with no vibration of the vocal chords. The voiceless sounds in English are: a. /f/, /k/, /p/, /s/, voiceless th (as in with), ch (as in watch), sh (as in wash) Examples: laughed, talked, stopped, kissed, watched, washed 3. When a word ends in /d/ or /t/, the -ed is pronounced as a separate syllable: /Id/. Therefore, if a regular verb ends in either of these sounds, the past tense will have one more syllable than the simple form. Examples: add (1 syllable)-->added (2 syllables) recommend (3 syllables)-->recommended (4 syllables) start (1 syllable)-->started (2 syllables) contact (2 syllables)-->contacted (3 syllables) . PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST TENSE [Note: The letters between the slash marks / / refer to sounds, NOT to spelling.] 1. The -ed of the regular past tense. The -ed of the regular past tense is pronounced as /t/ after a voiceless sound. The voiceless sounds are sounds that are produced with no vibration of the