Practice one of the most common English pronunciation errors; verbs with ‘ed’ endings, such as received, wanted, kissed and so on. There are several rules that explain which pronunciation to use and when.
Pronunciation of ‘ED’ Endings Quiz: Not Easy!

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 A to M, 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.
N
| Needed | Named | Nested | Nodded | Noted | Noticed | Numbered |
Sample Pronunciation
O
| Opened | Ordered | Owned | Obeyed | Objected | Observed | Obtained |
| Occurred | Owed | Offended |
Sample Pronunciation
P
| Performed | Played | Pointed | Prefferred | Prepared | Pressed | Prevented |
| Produced | Protected | Provided | Pushed | Packed | Paused | Practiced |
| Programmed | Punished | Planned |
Sample Pronunciation
Q
| Questioned | Queued | |||||
Sample Pronunciation
R
| Received | Recorded | Reduced | Regarded | Related | Released | Remembered |
| Removed | Repeated | Replaced | Replied | Reported | Resulted | Returned |
| Revealed |
Sample Pronunciation
S
| Saved | Shared | Showed | Smiled | Sounded | Started | Stated |
| Studied | Succeeded | Suggested | Supplied | Supposed | Survived | Strengthened |
| Sacked |
Sample Pronunciation
T
| Talked | Tended | Touched | Trained | Travelled | Treated | Turned |
| Telephoned | Timed | Tipped | Thanked | Touched | Transported | Tricked |
| Traded |
Sample Pronunciation
U
| United | Unlocked | Unpacked | Unfastened | Untitled | ||
Sample Pronunciation
V
| Visited | Vanished | |||||
Sample Pronunciation
W
| Waited | Wanted | Walked | Watched | Wandered | Wondered | Warmed |
| Warned | Washed | Wasted | Weighed | Welcomed | Worked | Wrecked |
| Wrapped | Wished | Worried |
Sample Pronunciation
X
Sample Pronunciation
Y
| Yearned | Yielded | Yodeled | Yoked | Yelled | ||
Sample Pronunciation
Z
| Zoomed | Zipped | |||||
