Spelling some rules to pronounce regular verbs in past tense

By

Maria Delia Palacios Mosquera

1.      Pronounce ID in verbs ending with consonants like [ T and D]

Example: calculate/ calculated, (kalkiuleitid)

Arrest/ arrested, (arréstid)

Mind/ minded, (maindid)

End/ ended (endid)

2.       Pronounce T after voiceless consonants [f, k, p, s, sh, ch, o th(suave)]

Example: laugh/ laughed ( laft)

Pick/ picked (pikt)

Sip/ sipped (sipt)

Mess/ messed (mest)

fish/ fished (fisht)

match/ matched (macht)

3.      Pronounce D after voiced consonants like,[ b, g, j, m, n, z, v, ng, and th]. and after all Vocal sounds and diphthongs. 

Example: mob/ mobbed (mobd)

Beg/ begged (begd)

Fill/ filled (fild)

Quiz/ quizzed (kuízd)

Love/ loved (lovd)

Hum/ hummed (jamd)

Thin/ thinned (zind)

Judge/ judged ( yádshd)

Smooth/ smoothed (smuzd)

Clang7 clanged (klangd)

Fry/ fried (fraid)

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