I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help.
There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are completely different. Don't confuse the two.)
Type 1. The verb ends in the sound /d/. Add the sound /id/ to represent the written "ed".
afford, add, fade, pad, kid, side, confide, card, board, weed, wend, blend, befriend, sand, attend, heed, aid, bread, hood
Type 2. The verb ends in the sound of a consonant (but not /r/) + /t/. Add the sound /id/ to represent the written "ed".
act, twist, conduct, select, perfect, construct, elect, dust, toast, fast, evict, dent, vent, opt, adopt, rust, salt, bolt, tilt, predict, lift
Type 3. The verb ends in a vowel + /t/ or in /rt/. Change the final /t/ sound to a /d/ sound and add the sound /id/ to represent the written "ed".
start, bait, state, sight, depart, court, assert, avert, create, plate, bleat, tote, coat, boot, loot, bat, fret, edit, inhibit
Type 4. The verb ends in an unvoiced consonant other than "t", that is, /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /sh/, or /ch/. Add only the sound /t/ to represent the written "ed". [Note that "gh" counts as the /f/ sound in some of the examples below because that is how it is pronounced.]
rope, soap, cope, nap, trap, trip, skip, bake, rake, fake, poke, soak, lock, nick, ache, laugh, quaff, rough, cough, doff, roof, miss, place, trace, wish, fish, finish, polish, abolish, itch, reach, leach, cinch, enrich
Type 5. The verb ends in any other way. Add only the sound /d/ to represent the written "ed".
bathe, fan, yell, empty, try, cry, snow, flow, pardon, consider, pray, saw, prove, love, live, smile, mine, team, steam, scream, ding, file, fool, fill
CJ
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