The final "-ed" pronunciation

Do you know the rules for the -ed pronunciation?
 

There are three different ways of pronouncing the -ed ending. The difference depends on the final sound we pronounce in the infinitive form, if it is voiced (when the vocal cords vibrate) or voiceless (when there is no vibration). You can try this by putting your fingers in your throat when pronouncing a word!

• When the final sound is voiced, the -ed ending sounds /d/.
• When the final sound is voiceless, the -ed ending sounds /t/.
• When the final sound is either /t/ or /d/, then it sounds /id/. 

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TABLE OF ENGLISH VERB TENSES

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Verb tenses are used to express time in any language. But be careful, many English tenses do not have direct translation in Spanish.

TENSE	USE	EXAMPLES	SIGNAL WORDS
Simple Present	• Regular actions in the present • General facts • Timetables or schedules	He visits his father on Sundays Cats like milk The train leaves at 10:20	always, usually, often, sometimes, never, seldom, every ..., on ...
Present Continuous	• Actions happening now, at this very moment • Actions that are going on around the time of speaking • Actions or events in the near future that have already been planned	They are doing their homework My son is studying to become a doctor Is he visiting his parents next weekend?	now, at the moment, at present,
Simple Past	• A completed action that took place at a time in the past • Several actions in the past, one after another.	I didn't play tennis yesterday He got up, had a shower and got dressed	yesterday, last ... , before, ago, when ...
Past Continuous	• Actions in progress at a specific time in the past • Two incomplete actions happening at the same time • An interrupted action in the past	Yesterday at this time, I was flying to Rome What were you doing while Susan was talking? I was listening to my Ipod when she phoned	when, while

PAST SIMPLE

El Past Simple es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para describir acciones que han sucedido en un tiempo anterior y que ya han finalizado, por ejemplo:

She cleaned her house. Ella limpió su casa.
I broke the window. Yo rompí la ventana.

They saw the movie last night. Ellos vieron la película anoche.
We went to London yesterday. Nosotros fuimos a Londres ayer.

Tanto en la forma interrogativa como en negativa se utiliza DID y acompaña al verbo principal en su forma infinitiva. En las negaciones puede utilizarse la forma contraída de DID NOT, o sea DIDN'T.





Para poder formar una oración en tiempo pasado debemos distinguir dos tipos: los verbos regulares y los verbos irregulares (que no siguen la norma)


En el primero de los casos forman su Past Simple añadiendo la terminación ED al infinitivo, mientras que los irregulares reciben ese nombre por no seguir un patrón determinado y en este caso deben estudiarse individualmente. En el blog encontrareis una lista bastante completa de verbos irregulares.