A to M Verbs with ed Endings – Private Pronunciation Practice

Many English learners struggle with the pronunciation of verbs ending in “ed”, such as received, wanted, kissed and so on. Practicing these verbs can help you improve your pronunciation and sound more fluent. Below is a guide to practice verbs with ‘ed’ endings from A to M, including instructions and sample pronunciations.

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Pronunciation of ‘ED’ Endings Quiz: Not Easy!

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This page has many common verbs with ed endings by letter, from A to M. There are around 10 or 15 verbs for each letter, but some of the more unusual ones have less, for some, only one or two. For verbs starting N to Z, go here.

Go to this page for the rules for pronouncing ‘ed’ endings.

Instructions:

• Listen to the sample pronunciations on the left-hand side
• Record yourself on your phone or using the simple recorder on the right-hand side.
• Keep trying until you think your pronunciation is the same as the sample.
• Evaluate yourself
• ✅ Did my pronunciation match the rhythm?
• ✅ Did I link words together correctly?
• ✅ Did I stress the right syllables?
• Continue with the other groups of words.

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A

Accepted	Achieved	Admitted	Affected	Afforded	Agreed	Allowed
Answered	Applied	Argued	Arranged	Arrived	Asked	Avoided

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B

Believed	Balanced	Banned	Begged	Behaved	Belonged	Boasted
Booked	Bored	Borrowed	Breathed

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C

Called	Cared	Carried	Caused	Changed	Checked	Cleared
Cleaned	Collected	Complained	Completed	Consisted	Contained	Continued
Controlled	Corrected	Created	Crossed

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D

Damaged	Delivered	Denied	Depended	Described	Destroyed	Developed
Disappeared	Discovered	Dressed

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E

Enjoyed	Existed	Expected	Experienced	Explained	Expressed	Earned
Educated	Embarrassed	Employed	Encouraged	Ended	Entered	Excused

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F

Finished	Followed	Formed	Filed	Filled	Flooded	Flowed
Folded	Forced	Fooled	Frightened	Fixed

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G

Gained	Gathered	Gazed	Glowed	Glued	Grabbed	Grated
Greased	Greeted	Grinned	Guaranteed	Guessed	Guided

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H

Happened	Helped	Hoped	Hurried	Handled	Harassed	Harmed
Healed	Heated	Hugged	Hunted	Hurried

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I

Identified	Imagined	Improved	Increased	Influenced	Informed	Invited
Involved	Ignored	Impressed	Instructed	Interested	Interfered	Interrupted
Introduced

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J

Joined	Jailed	Jammed	Jogged	Joked	Judged	Juggled
Jumped

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K

Kicked	Killed	Kissed	Knitted	Knocked	Knotted

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L

Lasted	Laughed	Learned	Liked	Limited	Listened	Lived
Looked	Loved	Lunched	Licensed	Licked	Longed	Listed

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M

Mattered	Measured	Mentioned	Minded	Moved	Managed	Marched
Married	Multiplied	Mated	Mixed	Moaned	Mourned	Missed
Murdered

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