Pronunciation of Regular Past Tense Verbs

Teacher-Created Worksheets Level: Intermediate Fundamentals of English Grammar Ch. 2

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST TENSE VERBS
1. Pronounce / t / after all voiceless consonant sounds: / f, k, p, sh, ch, s, x, /, except / t /.

2. Pronounce / d / after all voiced consonant sounds: / b, g, j, l, m, n, r, v, z / and

after vowels / a, e, i, o, u / , except / d /.

3. Pronounce / id / after / t / and / d /.

/ t / / d / / id /
ache advise love accept

ask agree mail add

cash answer measure afford

check appear mention anticipate

cook apply move appoint

cough arrange name appreciate

dance assume offer benefit

develop believe open collect

discuss belong order complete

dress borrow owe create

endorse burn own decide

establish buzz perform demand

finish call plan depend

fish cancel play deposit

fix carry please distribute

guess change prefer elect

help clean prepare end

hope climb preserve estimate

introduce close propose exaggerate

laugh confirm prove expect

like conquer pull explode

look consider rain float

miss continue raise graduate

park control realize heat

pass cool receive imitate

photograph copy refer include

pick cover refuse insist

practice deliver release interest

produce describe remember invent

promise destroy remove irrigate

pronounce dial repair land

publish differ reply last

push disappear require mold

reach double reserve need

remark earn return need

shop enable sail omit

talk enjoy satisfy paint

thank enter save participate

type excuse seem pollute


/ t / / d / / id /
walk explain serve predict

wash favor shave present

watch fill shovel provide

wish flow show recommend

work follow smell relate

gather smile remind

handle snow rent

happen spell repeat

hurry stay represent

imagine suppose respect

improve tie rest

increase train sound

join travel start state

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Contributed by Jorge Salas Correa, DuocUC