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Hadar Shemesh shows how to pronounce the -ed ending in English past tense. When -ed follows a voiceless consonant like /k/ or /tʃ/, it becomes just a /t/ sound with no vowel in between: walked, watched, worked. Don't add an extra vowel.

Hadar Shemesh shows how to pronounce the -ed ending in English past tense. When -ed follows a voiceless consonant like /k/ or /tʃ/, it becomes just a /t/ sound with no vowel in between: walked, watched, worked. Don't add an extra vowel.
The -ed suffix, when it appears after a voiceless consonant, then it becomes a T. Just a T. No vowel before. Walk. Voiceless consonant. It's not wog. I'm not adding sound. Walk. Walked. Not woked. Not wogged. Walked. Watch. Watched. We watched a movie last night. Work, worked, not work-ed, worked.

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