HOW TO PRONOUNCE ‘S’ ?

Voiceless
Voiced sounds These sounds
sounds take
take /z/ take /iz/
/s/ Imagine the Imagine the sound
sound a snake  a bee  might Similar to the
might make...zzz zzz zz word 'is'
make...ssss sss ss
Thes e s oun ds are

voi ced : /b/ /d/

These sounds are /g/ /j/ /l/ /m/
/n/ /ng/ /r/ /v/
voiceless: /f/
/w/
/h/ /k/ /p / /s/ /ks/ /z/ /dg/ch/
/t/ + all vow el
soun ds
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
lau gh s ta lk s ki ss es / kisiz
EXAMPLES: rubs
/ box es /
Po ts / rubz /
boksiz/
sin gs / singz
ho ok s
/ Benches/benchiz/

Choose the correct ending sound for these words:

1.Hotels 2. Walks 3. Babies

( s / z / iz ) ( s / z / iz ) ( s / z / iz )

4. Faxes 5. Cats 6. Pages

( s / z / iz ) ( s / z / iz ) ( s / z / iz )

7. Calls 8. Calls 9. Rings

 EXERCISE
How is the ‘s’ in the following words pronounced? Write ‘s’ , ‘z’ or ‘iz’ against the word.

1. Acts …………………. 28. Mattresses ………………….

2. Forms …………………. 29. Zeeps ………………….

3. Goes …………………. 30. Schools ………………….

4. Tears ………………….

5. Months ………………….

6. Fists ………………….

7. Crutches ………………….

8. Stairs ………………….

9. Shoulders ………………….

10. Voices ………………….

11. Waves ………………….

12. Knobs ………………….

13. Pictures ………………….

14. Slices ………………….

15. Dogs ………………….

16. Ropes ………………….

17. Windows ………………….

18. Oranges ………………….

19. Bamboos ………………….

20. Pedestrians ………………….

21. shortages ………………….

22. Lepers ………………….

23. Accounts ………………….

24. Sheets ………………….

25. Doubts ………………….

26. Folds ………………….

27. Prices ………………….

KEY

1. Acts …….…s…….…. 28. Mattresses ………iz………..

2. Forms …….…z…….…. 29. Zeeps ………s………...

3. Goes ……….z……….. 30. Schools ………z…………

4. Tears ….........z………..

5. Months ……….s………..

6. Fists ……….s…….….

7. Crutches ………iz………..

8. Stairs ………z………...

9. Shoulders ………z………...

10.Voices ………iz………..

11.Waves ………z…………
12.Knobs ………z…………

13.Pictures ………z…………

14.Slices ………iz………..

15.Dogs ………z…….......

16.Ropes ………s………...

17.Windows ………z………...

18.Oranges ………iz………..

19.Bamboos ………z………...

20.Pedestrians ………z………...

21.shortages ………iz………..

22.Lepers ………z…………

23.Accounts ………s…………

24.Sheets ………s…………

25.Doubts ………s…………

26.Folds ………z…………

27.Prices ………iz………...