HOW TO PRONOUNCE -ED

How to Pronounce 'ed' at the end of a verb

It's difficult to know how to pronounce 'ed' in English, because it's pronounced in three different ways. It depends on the letter before:

The three ways are:

• 1: 'id' (like in painted 'paint-id')
• 2: 'd' (like in 'played')
• 3: 't' (like in 'hoped')

The most important thing to remember is this:

If the verb has a 'd' or a 't' sound before 'ed' you need to pronounce 'id'. If it doesn't, don't pronounce an extra syllable.

Be careful! It's the sound, not the letter: 'decided' is pronounced 'decide-id' even though 'decide' ends in 'e', because we don't say the 'e', so the last sound is 'd'.

So for example:

• wanted (want-id)
• ended (end-id)
• decided (decide-id)
• admitted (admit-id)
• suggested (suggest-id)
• recommended (recommend-id)
• hated (hate-id)
• intended (intend-id)
• started (start-id)

For the other two sounds it doesn't matter so much. Just make sure you don't say '-id'! For example, 'stopped' is pronounced 'stopt' and never 'stop-id'.

If the word before 'ed' ends in the sounds 'p', 'f', 's', 'ch', 'sh', 'k', then 'ed' is pronounced 't': So:

• 'p' stopped
• 'f' laughed
• 's' promised
• 'ch' watched
• 'sh' finished
• 'k' walked

For all other words, 'ed' is pronounced 'd':

• allowed
• cried
• enjoyed
• cleaned
• imagined

SOURCE: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/how-to-pronounce-ed.html