Simple past tense II

The pronunciation is also important. We have 3 different forms to pronounce the regular verbs in past tense:

/t/ /d/ /id/

1. We pronounce like a /t/ sound when the verbs are preceded by a voiceless consonant, for example:

/p/ /k/ /f/ /s/

Examples: kiss - kissed

dance - danced

fix - fixed

watch - watched

walk - walked

2. We pronounce like a /d/ sound when the verbs are precede by a voiced consonant, for example:

/b/ /g/ /v/ /z/ /n/ /l/

Example: stay - stayed

clean - cleaned

observe - observed

3. We pronounce like an /id/ sound when the verbs are preceded by a /t/ or /d/ sound.

Example: want - wanted

need - needed

invite - invited

end - ended