Question for you. How do you say these words?
- Worked
- Stopped
- Changed
If you said these…as two syllables – you might want to consider working on your past participle pronunciation.
What is the past participle?
English verbs can be separated into two categories – regular verbs and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow a simple pattern in which both the past simple and the past participle form of the verb are created by adding -ed. For example:
- Look >> looked
- Talk >> talked
- Work >> worked
But. Here’s the thing. While “ed” is how the past participle appears in simple words, it can actually have 3 different pronunciations:
- /ɪd/
- /t/
- /d/
To help, feel free to download your FREE pronunciation guide to the “ED” verbs sounds.
For a more in-depth analysis, check out the video lesson on pronunciation as well.
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