-ED pronunciation

ØGroup A:

Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – h - pronounce ED as “T”

Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)

Ed as “T”  (asked, baked, brushed, cooked, cracked, crashed, danced /da:ns/ + t, dressed, dropped, escaped, finished, fixed, guessed, helped, hoped)

ØGroup B

Voiced sound : – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g – w – y – z – and vowel sounds (diphthongs) pronounce ED as “D”

Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D)

Ed as “D” (advised (ad’vaiz) + d,  agreed,  allowed , answered ,  appeared, arrived, believed, belonged, burned, called, carried, changed, cleaned, closed, covered, cried, damaged, described, died, dried, earned )

ØGroup C:

T or D pronounce ED as “ID”

Example: Need, needed = need(id)

Ed as “ID”   (accepted, afforded, attended, arrested, collected, contacted, counted, decided, defended,  demanded, divided, ended, expanded, expected, exported,  flooded,  graduated,  hated,  hunted,  included, invited,  invented, landed, needed, painted, planted, printed, presented,, pretended, protected, provided,  rented, repeated,  reported, respected, rested, scolded, skated, started, shouted,  treated,  visited, waited, wanted, wasted)