ENGLISH PRON
Pronunciation of Final -S/-ES 1
| Voiceless sounds take /s/ Imagine the sound a snake might make...ssssssssss |
Voiced sounds take /z/ Imagine the sound a bee might make...zzzzzzzz |
These sounds take /iz/
Similar to the word 'is' |
| These sounds are voiceless: /f/ /h/ /k/ /p/ /t/ |
These sounds are voiced: /b/ /d/ /g/ /j/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /r/ /v/ /w/ + all vowel sounds |
/s/ /ks/ /z/ /dg/ |
| EXAMPLES: laughs /laefs/ talks /toks/ |
EXAMPLES: rubs / rubz/ sings /singz/ |
EXAMPLES: kisses /kisiz/ boxes /boksiz/ |
Choose the correct ending sound for these words:
| 2. pages | ||||||
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | |
| 3. walks | 4. calls | |||||
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | |
| 5. babies | 6. rings | |||||
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | |
| 7. faxes | 8. hugs | |||||
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | |
| 9. cats | 10. mixes | |||||
| /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | /z/ | /iz/ | |