well hello I’m Emma from English today I
want to share an important tip to help
you improve your English pronunciation
actually I’ll share a couple of tips
that they all relate to the
pronunciation of past tense regular
verbs
now the spelling of regular verbs is
easy you just take the regular verb and
you add a D or an e D to the end of the
infinitive form so some examples what
becomes wanted asked becomes asked and
rain becomes rained or if the verb
actually ends in a y then usually we
replace that Y with an i and then a B D
spide and replied but the pronunciation
of these simple verbs is not quite that
simple
but that’s okay we’re going to spend
some time today going over three simple
rules that you need to remember to help
you pronounce these verbs correctly but
before we get started I want to ask you
a question have you subscribed to the
English Channel yet yes awesome
make sure you let me know in the
comments so that I can give you a
virtual high five just to thank you for
your support if you haven’t subscribed
yet it’s so simple all you need to do is
hit that red button just down there oh
and one more thing if you haven’t
watched my lesson about irregular verbs
yet I’m gonna put it up here for you
since we’re talking about regular verbs
in this lesson it will be helpful to
compare the pronunciation between
regular verbs and irregular verbs so
check it out after you watch this lesson
okay
past tense regular verbs so for regular
verbs the form is this
same in the past simple and the past
participle forms and II write the first
thing that you need to know is that
there are actually three different ways
to pronounce the IDI at the end of a
past tense verb aha three it and the
good news is there are three simple
rules to remember that will help you to
pronounce these words correctly firstly
IDI can be pronounced as it so this is
an unstressed vowel sound and it creates
an extra syllable which is always
unstressed
so the sound is short and it’s low in
pitch and it’s pronounced like this when
the regular verb in its infinitive form
ends in a tea or a D sound need becomes
needed last becomes lasted plead becomes
pleaded accept becomes accepted waste
becomes wasted and weight becomes
weighted okay so these ones are kinda
simple the extra unstressed vowel sound
makes them quite easy to pronounce
waited me dude the other two ways to
pronounce the past tense regular form
don’t include that vowel sound which
means that it doesn’t create this extra
syllable and it does create a cluster of
consonants at the end of the word and as
many of you know a cluster of consonants
that’s a group of consonants can often
be really quite difficult to pronounce
so let’s take a closer look when a verb
in its infinitive form ends in a voiced
consonant sound we pronounce the IDI at
the end of the word as do not in
but did did
there’s no vowel sound there right but
what’s a voiced consonant sound I can
hear you asking well I’ve already got a
lesson that explains this in more detail
right here but I’ll give you the short
version right now these are the voiced
consonant sounds good as in good ole as
in love as in red u as in vet as in zoo
as in well hmm as in new hmm as in mum
hmm as in sing the at the end you as in
this as in vision and G as in jam right
so if the infinitive verb ends in one of
these sounds then the IDI is pronounced
as do allow ending in the group voiced
consonant sound becomes allowed not
allow it no this is a really really
common error it’s not allow it but
allowed it’s not sale it but sailed
waved rained rubbed loved gazed judged
okay so a quick note on my Australian
accent in Australia we don’t pronounce
the final our consonant sound when it
follows a vowel sound so this is the
same for standard British English
pronunciation you can learn more about
the differences in accents in this video
here where I talk about the differences
between American
British English but this difference in
pronunciation it doesn’t affect the
pronunciation rules for past tense
regular verbs because vowel sounds are
also voiced sounds just like the sound
so regardless of whether you pronounce
the e or not the IDI will be pronounced
as a sound like fear and feared again my
excellent excellent American accent but
this also means that if a regular verb
ends in a vowel sound like spy for
example then the IDI is pronounced as it
did as well spied not spired okay
rule number three when a verb in its
infinitive form ends in an unvoiced
consonant sound we pronounce the IDI as
a so not it not the but so that is an
unvoiced sound so again there is no
vowel sound it’s a single consonant
sound that is added to the end of the
infinitive verb form so some of the
unvoiced consonant sounds are the in
tape in face in watch Shh in wash in
laugh now this can be a little tricky
when the verb form already has a cluster
of consonants at the end like the in ask
or the in relax
so ask becomes asked relaxed becomes
relaxed so these are a little tricky
because they have a crazy group of
consonant
at the end that you’ve got to try and
get your tongue around okay a quick
review before we practice if the verb in
the infinitive form ends in the sound or
do it’s pronounced it if the verb in the
infinitive form ends in a voiced sound
then the II D is pronounced as D and if
the verb in its infinitive form ends in
an unvoiced sound then we pronounce ve D
as a sound if you want to improve your
pronunciation and sound more like a
native English speaker then you really
need to work on pronouncing these past
tense verbs correctly they’re so simple
and so common wanted needed it
loved failed did asked laughed okay so
before we finish let’s practice with a
few sentences because it’s easy to
practice these words when they’re on
their own right it’s much more of a
challenge when spoken quickly in a
sentence right have you noticed the
verbs here and have you been thinking
about the correct way to pronounce them
hated wasted starved she hated to see
good food wasted while others starved
she hated to see good food wasted while
others starved what verbs can you see
there waited sailed laughed realized
escaped he waited until the ship sailed
away and then laughed when he realized
he had escaped he waited until the ships
sailed away and then laughed when he
misjudged seemed phoned I think I
misjudged his character he seemed
Pleasant and professional when I phoned
him yesterday I think I misjudged his
character he seemed Pleasant and
well that’s it for this lesson I’m
afraid I hope that you’ve learned a
couple of new pronunciation tips and
that you are feeling more confident and
sounding more natural when you’re using
English to keep practicing and improving
your English pronunciation
then come and try one of my imitation
lessons right here that’s where you’ll
get to train by copying a native English
speaker as they speak and of course
subscribe to my channel just down here
if you haven’t already and I’ll see you next week for another lesson bye for now
want to share an important tip to help
you improve your English pronunciation
actually I’ll share a couple of tips
that they all relate to the
pronunciation of past tense regular
verbs
now the spelling of regular verbs is
easy you just take the regular verb and
you add a D or an e D to the end of the
infinitive form so some examples what
becomes wanted asked becomes asked and
rain becomes rained or if the verb
actually ends in a y then usually we
replace that Y with an i and then a B D
spide and replied but the pronunciation
of these simple verbs is not quite that
simple
but that’s okay we’re going to spend
some time today going over three simple
rules that you need to remember to help
you pronounce these verbs correctly but
before we get started I want to ask you
a question have you subscribed to the
English Channel yet yes awesome
make sure you let me know in the
comments so that I can give you a
virtual high five just to thank you for
your support if you haven’t subscribed
yet it’s so simple all you need to do is
hit that red button just down there oh
and one more thing if you haven’t
watched my lesson about irregular verbs
yet I’m gonna put it up here for you
since we’re talking about regular verbs
in this lesson it will be helpful to
compare the pronunciation between
regular verbs and irregular verbs so
check it out after you watch this lesson
okay
past tense regular verbs so for regular
verbs the form is this
same in the past simple and the past
participle forms and II write the first
thing that you need to know is that
there are actually three different ways
to pronounce the IDI at the end of a
past tense verb aha three it and the
good news is there are three simple
rules to remember that will help you to
pronounce these words correctly firstly
IDI can be pronounced as it so this is
an unstressed vowel sound and it creates
an extra syllable which is always
unstressed
so the sound is short and it’s low in
pitch and it’s pronounced like this when
the regular verb in its infinitive form
ends in a tea or a D sound need becomes
needed last becomes lasted plead becomes
pleaded accept becomes accepted waste
becomes wasted and weight becomes
weighted okay so these ones are kinda
simple the extra unstressed vowel sound
makes them quite easy to pronounce
waited me dude the other two ways to
pronounce the past tense regular form
don’t include that vowel sound which
means that it doesn’t create this extra
syllable and it does create a cluster of
consonants at the end of the word and as
many of you know a cluster of consonants
that’s a group of consonants can often
be really quite difficult to pronounce
so let’s take a closer look when a verb
in its infinitive form ends in a voiced
consonant sound we pronounce the IDI at
the end of the word as do not in
but did did
there’s no vowel sound there right but
what’s a voiced consonant sound I can
hear you asking well I’ve already got a
lesson that explains this in more detail
right here but I’ll give you the short
version right now these are the voiced
consonant sounds good as in good ole as
in love as in red u as in vet as in zoo
as in well hmm as in new hmm as in mum
hmm as in sing the at the end you as in
this as in vision and G as in jam right
so if the infinitive verb ends in one of
these sounds then the IDI is pronounced
as do allow ending in the group voiced
consonant sound becomes allowed not
allow it no this is a really really
common error it’s not allow it but
allowed it’s not sale it but sailed
waved rained rubbed loved gazed judged
okay so a quick note on my Australian
accent in Australia we don’t pronounce
the final our consonant sound when it
follows a vowel sound so this is the
same for standard British English
pronunciation you can learn more about
the differences in accents in this video
here where I talk about the differences
between American
British English but this difference in
pronunciation it doesn’t affect the
pronunciation rules for past tense
regular verbs because vowel sounds are
also voiced sounds just like the sound
so regardless of whether you pronounce
the e or not the IDI will be pronounced
as a sound like fear and feared again my
excellent excellent American accent but
this also means that if a regular verb
ends in a vowel sound like spy for
example then the IDI is pronounced as it
did as well spied not spired okay
rule number three when a verb in its
infinitive form ends in an unvoiced
consonant sound we pronounce the IDI as
a so not it not the but so that is an
unvoiced sound so again there is no
vowel sound it’s a single consonant
sound that is added to the end of the
infinitive verb form so some of the
unvoiced consonant sounds are the in
tape in face in watch Shh in wash in
laugh now this can be a little tricky
when the verb form already has a cluster
of consonants at the end like the in ask
or the in relax
so ask becomes asked relaxed becomes
relaxed so these are a little tricky
because they have a crazy group of
consonant
at the end that you’ve got to try and
get your tongue around okay a quick
review before we practice if the verb in
the infinitive form ends in the sound or
do it’s pronounced it if the verb in the
infinitive form ends in a voiced sound
then the II D is pronounced as D and if
the verb in its infinitive form ends in
an unvoiced sound then we pronounce ve D
as a sound if you want to improve your
pronunciation and sound more like a
native English speaker then you really
need to work on pronouncing these past
tense verbs correctly they’re so simple
and so common wanted needed it
loved failed did asked laughed okay so
before we finish let’s practice with a
few sentences because it’s easy to
practice these words when they’re on
their own right it’s much more of a
challenge when spoken quickly in a
sentence right have you noticed the
verbs here and have you been thinking
about the correct way to pronounce them
hated wasted starved she hated to see
good food wasted while others starved
she hated to see good food wasted while
others starved what verbs can you see
there waited sailed laughed realized
escaped he waited until the ship sailed
away and then laughed when he realized
he had escaped he waited until the ships
sailed away and then laughed when he
misjudged seemed phoned I think I
misjudged his character he seemed
Pleasant and professional when I phoned
him yesterday I think I misjudged his
character he seemed Pleasant and
well that’s it for this lesson I’m
afraid I hope that you’ve learned a
couple of new pronunciation tips and
that you are feeling more confident and
sounding more natural when you’re using
English to keep practicing and improving
your English pronunciation
then come and try one of my imitation
lessons right here that’s where you’ll
get to train by copying a native English
speaker as they speak and of course
subscribe to my channel just down here
if you haven’t already and I’ll see you next week for another lesson bye for now
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