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'ed' at the End of a Word 

Most people never consider the choice of sounds incumbent upon these letters or the problems they cause people with reading difficulties. Once again we could introduce a complicated set of rules. For example: 'ed' after 'ch' always makes a 't' sound. 

Why burden the coach and pupil?  Real words cannot be read correctly with an inappropriate 'ed' ending.  The word itself determines the choice. 
 
 

 

Coach

The letters ed at the end of a word make one of three sounds. Listen to the sound made by the bold letters in the following words. 

pushed united planned

You will notice that the word pushed sounds as if it ends with the letter t

The second word has a strange ending. The sound begins with a short hardly stressed grunt which falls between the short sounds of e and u and ends with the short sound of d.
The third word sounds as if it should be spelled pland

Listen carefully to the sounds made by the examples. The word pushed like the word reached can only adopt one sound. The student will select the ending which follows naturally. 

Words sharing the same ending have been paired . 
The three tick rule applies.

     Day
     Month
toasted    fainted
pressed    clipped
claimed    drained
lifted    sifted
chopped    dropped
streamed    cleaned
painted    mended
dipped    shipped
trailed    failed
sorted    floated
chipped    nipped
planted    granted
none    which
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
     Day
     Month
  patched     matched 
  sailed    wailed
  admitted    fitted 
  tripped    gripped
  planned    manned 
  landed    branded
  sacked    backed 
  moaned     groaned
  heated    seated 
  stepped    tipped 
  creamed    beamed 
  slapped    clapped 
  pretty    told
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

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