Ed Regular verbs in the simple past end in ‘ed’. There are three ways that we can pronounce a word that ends in ‘ed’ Can you hear the difference? Called Asked Acted In ‘called’ you can hear a /d/ sound. Listen for the /d/ sound in these words: Played Cared Cried In ‘asked’ you can hear a /t/ sound. Listen for the /t/ sound in these words: Missed Placed Shipped And in ‘acted’ you can hear a /id/ sound. Listen for the /id/ sound in these words: Crowded Ended Floated Flickr CC: Melvin Gaal