Unit 3.1
Suffix: -ed
Introduction
The –ed suffix is used to form past tenses.
Form
| Uppercase | Lowercase | Phonology |
| -ED | -ed | /d/
/t/ /id/ |
Example
T sound:
-
- brushed;
- laughed;
- talked.
D sound:
-
- loved;
- registered;
- warned.
ID sound:
-
- Needed
- Wanted
Use
The suffix of past simple -ed is pronounced as /t/ when the infinitive form ends in a voiceless consonant sound
- Voiceless consonant sounds are: /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ð/
The suffix -ed is pronounced as /d/ when the infinitive form ends in a voiced consonant sound
- Voiced consonant sounds are: /b/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /z/, /j/, /v/, /ng/, /θ/
The suffix -ed is pronounced as /id/ when the infinitive form ends in t or d.
