Pronouncing "ed" Endings

All verbs in the regular simple past and past participle tenses and some adjectives end on “-ed”. The pronunciation of these words will depend on the end sound of the letter before the “-ed”. 

There are three ways to pronounce the final sound of “-ed”: 

➣ /d/ pronunciation
1) When the word ends with “-ed” after voiced consonants, vowel, or diphthongs, you silence the letter “e” and pronounce just the letter “d”.

➣ /t/ pronunciation
When the word ends with “-ed” after voiceless consonants, you pronounce the letter “t” instead of “ed”

➣ /id/ pronunciation 
When the word ends with “-ed” after the letters “d” or “t”, the “ed” add a syllable to the verb; then, you pronounce “id”

You are thinking, “Thanks God, there is no exception,” right? Sorry my friend, but there is an exception. These adjectives ended in “-ed” are pronounced with “id” sound independent of the sound before the “-ed”: 

• aged
• dogged
• ragged
• blessed
• learned
• wicked
• crooked
• naked
• wretched

Practice this rules are really important because mispronunciation lead to miscommunication.   

This video will help you with this pronunciation.