PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST: Regular verbs are pronounced in three different ways in their past form.

AUDIO

GROUP 1:  INFINITIVE  +  / d /

Verbs ending in voiced sound in the infinitive are followed by  /d/  in the past. Please, listen and repeat ...

advise advised aconsejar live lived vivir

agree agreed concordar measure measured medir

arrive arrived llegar open opened abrir

believe believed creer play played jugar

burn burned quemar perform performed desempeñar

call called llamar realize realized darse cuenta

carry carried llevar rain rained llover

clean cleaned limpiar repair repaired reparar

close closed cerrar save saved ahorrar, salvar

change changed cambiar share shared compartir

deliver delivered entregar sign signed firmar

die died morir slam slammed cerrar (fuerte)

dry dried secar stay stayed permanecer

earn earned ganar ($) snow snowed nevar

enjoy enjoyed disfrutar study studied estudiar

explain explained explicar try tried tratar

explore explored explorar travel travelled viajar

follow followed seguir turn turned girar

happen happened suceder use used usar

interview interviewed entrevistar whisper whispered susurrar

imagine imagined imaginar worry worried preocuparse

listen listened escuchar ― ― ―

GROUP 2:  INFINITIVE  +  / t /AUDIO

Verbs ending in voiceless sound in the infinitive are followed by  / t /  in the past. Please, listen and repeat ...

ask asked preguntar laugh laughed reír

bake baked hornear lock locked cerrar c/llave

cook cooked cocinar look looked observar

dance danced bailar miss missed extrañar

dress dressed vestirse pack packed empacar

drop dropped dejar caer press pressed presionar

escape escaped escapar smoke smoked fumar

finish finished terminar stop stopped parar

fixed ajustar shop shopped ir de compras

guess guessed adivinar talk talked conversar

help helped ayudar type typed tipear

hope hoped esperar walk walked caminar

hike hiked ir a caminar wash washed lavar

joke joked bromear work worked trabajar

jump jumped saltar ― ― ―

GROUP 3:  INFINITIVE  +  / id /AUDIO

Verbs ending in  / t /  and  / d / sounds in the infinitive are then followed by  / id /  in the past. Please, listen and repeat...

attend attended asistir print printed imprimir

arrest arrested arrestar pretend pretended fingir

collect collected reunir protect protected proteger

count counted contar provide provided proveer

decide decided decidir repeat repeated repetir

divide divided dividir report reported informar

hunt hunted cazar respect respected respetar

invite invited invitar rest rested descansar

invent invented inventar start started empezar

land landed aterrizar shout shouted gritar

need needed necesitar wait waited esperar

paint painted pintar want wanted querer