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Downloadable worksheets: Pronouncing possessives, contractions, plurals and verbs Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 197   Pronouncing -ED Endings in English Level: intermediate Age: 7-100 Downloads: 9   Pronouncing the Letter S in the present tense and in plurals Level: elementary Age: 10-100 Downloads: 68   Pronouncing /sh/ Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 37   pronouncing the ending ed Level: advanced Age: 8-100 Downloads: 39   Pronouncing /dj/ Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 36

Pronouncing Plurals, Third-Person Verbs, Possessives, and Contractions   In English, the -s ending has three different ways of pronouncing. /s/, /z/, and /Iz/   Voiceless sounds: /f/ /p/ /t/ /k/ /h/ are pronounced with /s/   Voiced Sounds: /l/ ; /r/ ; /m/ ; /n/ ; /v/; /d/; /b/; /d/; /w/; /ng/ All the vowel sounds are voiced, are pronounced with /z/   Similar /s/ or /z/ sounds: /sh/; /ch/; /dg/ /s/; /z/, are pronounced with /Iz/   I Part. Choose the alternative that best answers each option correctly.   1. He swims                               6. The car stops.  /s/                                       /s/  /z/                                       /z/  /iz/                                      /Iz/   2. She talks                               7. Roy wishes.  /s/                                       /s/  /z/                                       /z/  /Iz/                                      /Iz/   3. Ana watches.                           8. The Church's altar.  /s/                                      /s/  /z/                                      /z/  /Iz/                                     /Iz/   4. Roy runs everyday.                   9. Sue's pencil.  /s/                                      /s/  /z/                                      /z/  /Iz/                                     /Iz/   5. Luis uses the computer.             10. It tastes good  /s/                                      /s/  /z/                                      /z/  /Iz/                                     /Iz/   II. Part. Classify the following words according to their pronunciation. /s/              /z/              /Iz/                            Here's, Rats, candles, brushes, cleans, is, walks, bus's, wants, buzzes, books, dresses, cages, stops, girls,   III. Part. Choose the alternative that best answers each option.   1. A word pronounced with this sound /s/ chalksnewsplays   2. A word pronounced with this sound /z/ wantspeacecars   3. A word pronounced with this sound /Iz/ lunchesbeestrees   4. A word pronounced with this sound /z/ birdsplateswashes   5. A word pronounced with this sound /s/ studiescriessleeps