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Past Tense - Ordered List
The rules for pronunciation of past tense endings are simple to understand, although sometimes difficult to practice.
- Verbs that end with the "-t" or "-d" sounds (need, trade, greet, grate) form the past tense with an ADDITIONAL SYLLABLE
⊕ need ⇒ needed, trade ⇒ traded, greet ⇒ greeted, grate ⇒ grated)
- All other verbs fall into two catagories
- Verbs that end in an UNVOICED sound form the past tense with an UNVOICED past tense, which is the "-t" sound.
⊕ finish ⇒ finished, force ⇒ forced, help ⇒ helped
- Verbs that end in a VOICED sound form the past tense with a VOICED past tense, which is the "-d" sound.
⊕ believed ⇒ believed, call ⇒ called, cause ⇒ caused
Listen and repeat the following words. They are written in the present tense (base form), but spoken in the past tense.
Ordered List - Unordered List
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| finish | expect | believe |
| force | include | call |
| help | indicate | cause |
| hope | intend | change |
| increase | need | claim |
| introduce | note | close |
| like | point | compare |
| look | present | consider |
| miss | prevent | contain |
| pass | provide | continue |
| pick | reflect | cover |
| place | regard | describe |
| produce | relate | design |
| publish | report | determine |
| push | represent | die |
| reach | start | discover |
| reduce | suggest | encourage |
| replace | support | enjoy |
| talk | tend | ensure |
| thank | treat | enter |
| walk | visit | explain |
| watch | wait | fail |
| work | want | fill |
Last updated: 16 April 2008
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