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base verb (vi)
Work
past simple (v2)
worked
Spoken English II
past participle (v3)
worked
In addition, many adjectives are made from the past participle and
so end in -ed. For example:
- I like painted furniture.
The question is: How do we pronounce the -ed?
The answer is: In 3 ways -II or II or II
If the base example example pronounce extra
ve1-b ends in base verb*: with -ed: the -ed: syllable?
one of these
sounds:
unvoiced It I want wanted lJAL yes
Voiced Idl end ended
Ipl hope hoped
If I laugh laughed
unvoiced lsi fax faxed hi.
lSI wash washed
ItSI watch watched no
Ikl like liked
Voiced all other play played
sounds, allow allowed Iell
for beg begged
example ...
- note that it is the sound that is important, not the letter or spell-
ing. For example, 'fax' ends in the letter 'x' but the sound lsi, 'like'
ends in the letter 'e' but the sound Ik/.
