The pronunciation of the final S in plural words and verbs in the third person depend on the final consonant

sound before that S.

PARES Adjetivo Verbo Plural nouns and verbs in the third person
The /s/ sound The /z/ sound
is /z / close adj. /s/ /f, p, k, t , / /d, b, g, v, , m, n, , l, r, w, j/
his /hz / cerca B: pubs /pbz/, crabs, rubs
was /wz/ D: cards, words, rides, ends
close v /z/ P: cups stops, sleeps
G: dogs, rugs, bags, begs
T: hats, students, hits, writes
this /s/ these /iz/ L: deals calls, falls, hills
abuse n /s/ K: cooks, books, drinks, walks
bus /bs/ buzz /bz/ M: plums, dreams
abuse v /z/ F: cliffs, sniffs, beliefs, laughs
ass /s/ N: fans, drains, runs, pens
PH: graphs, apostrophes
us /s/ as /z/ NG: kings, belongs, sings
diffuse adj /s/ TH: myths, months, cloths
class /kls/ classes /klsz/ R: wears, cures, liars /larz/
actress /ktrs/ actresses/ktrsz/ diffuse v /z/ V: gloves, wives, shelves, drives, leaves
cloths /klz/ clothes /kloz/ Ill be there as soon as I can.
Y: plays, boys, says,
close /kloz/ excuse n /s/ Ill stay as long as I can.
THE: bathes, breathes, clothes /kloz /
cause /kz/ excuse v /z/ Do as much as you can.
VOWEL SOUNDS: sees, fleas, hobbies
always /lwez/
loose /lus/ Cloth /kl/ vs Clothe /klo/ /s, , , z, , /
voice /vs/ boys /bz/ flojo, suelto Examples of words ending in the /z/ sound:
rice /ras/ rise /raz/ lose /luz/ C: races (sounds like "race-iz")
race /res/ raise /rez/ Close /kloz/ (ver) /klos/ (adj)
perder S: devices /dvasz/, pieces /pisz/, buses,
advice /dvas/ advise /dvaz/ ve Cloth /kl/ tela, pao nurses, pauses, rises
price /pras/ prize /praz/ Cloths /klz/ telas, paos X: fixes, boxes, hoaxes
chance /tns/ criticize Clothes /kloz kloz/ ropa Z: amazes, freezes, prizes, quizzes
ice / as/ eyes /az/ (es la ms utilizada) SS: kisses, misses, passes, bosses, business
juice /dus/ jews /duz/ CH: churches, sandwiches, witches, teaches
SH: dishes, wishes, pushes, crashes
place /ples/ plays /plez / GE: garages, changes, ages, judges
piece / pis/ pieces /pisz/
bounce /bans/ Remember: after verbs ending in -sh, -ch, -ss
whistle /wsl/ weasel /wizl/ and -x, we add the -es to the end of the verb (in
third person) and the pronunciation is /iz/ as an
force /frs/ deserve /dzrv/ extra syllable.
face /fes/ phrase /frez/
space noise /nz/
peace /pis/ nose /noz/ He leaves home = leaves of the tress /livz/
practice
focus /foks/ focused /fokst/

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
ZORRO

exceptions without z :
course worse
case
house
mouse
promise /prms/
lease
cats, dogs, robs /kts dgz rbz/ ceaseless /sisls/

CON Z CON Z AL FINAL

hesitate Busy Those organize

exactly /igzactly/ easy use rose nose
visit business /bzns/ these
rise resume /rzum/ is
reason summarize /smraz/ was
season scissors does
design news because
Because cousin dogs
noisy rose has
Present music eyes
Pleasant cousin lose
President disease size
use nose pause prize says arise rise rose risen raise raised choose lose dozen clothes
juz noz pz praz sez raz raz rozerzn rez rezd uz luz dzn kloz
easy because business cousin close his is does goes was these
izi bkz bzns kzn klos hz z dz goz wz iz

SIN Z

worse this /s/

case Venus /vins/
course
house
mouse
promise /prms/
lease
eclipse /klps/

exceptions without z :

La regla para pronunciar bien el plural en los sutantivos y la tercera persona en los verbos es:

se pronuncia /s/ detrs de /t, p, k, f , / Es decir, detrs de los sonidos sordos exceptuando los
sibilantes
se pronuncia /z/ detrs de /d, b, g, v, , m, n, , l, r, w, j/ y sonidos voclicos Es decir, detrs de los
sonidos sonoros exceptuando los sibilantes

se pronuncia / z/ detrs de /s, , , z, , / Es decir, detrs de los sonidos sibilantes

PRONUNCIACION: Your tongue doesn't move at all when you make the shift, only your vocal cords start
to vibrate with the /z/.
Para los plurales en Ingls el sonido sonoro "z" se utiliza despus de vocales y consonantes sonoras sonoras,
si no se utiliza la "s".

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"s" has two sounds in English, one is unvoiced and sounds like "s" and the other is voiced and sounds like "z". For plurals in English the
voiced sound "z" is used after voiced vowels and voiced consonants, otherwise the "s" is used.

When "s" is added to the end of a word ending in "e", the "e" is silent, so you get the sound determined by the previous consonant
(como en el ejemplo 4 de abajo). When an "es" is added to a word ending in "s" to make it plural, the "e" is voiced (but not
pronounced "ee") so you get a "z" sound.

Example 1: gases = "z" since it is plural and ends in "ses"

Example 2: bags = "z" since it follows a voiced consonants

Example 3: tips = "s" since it follows an unvoiced consonant

Example 4: includes = "z" since "d" is voiced and the "e" is silent

When a word ends in "x", there are special rules for making it plural that result in a voiced "ee" sound before the "s", so you get an
"iz" sound.

For other words ending in a "s" sound, there are no hard and fast rules:

please = "z"
grease = "s"

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La regla para pronunciar bien el plural en los sutantivos y la tercera persona en los verbos es:

se pronuncia / z/ detrs de /s, , , z, , / Es decir, detrs de los sonidos sibilantes

se pronuncia /s/ detrs de /t, p, k, f , / Es decir, detrs de los sonidos sordos exceptuando los
sibilantes
 se pronuncia /z/ detrs de /d, b, g, v, , m, n, , l, r, w, j/ y sonidos voclicos Es decir, detrs
de los sonidos sonoros exceptuando los sibilantes

Perhaps you can hear the difference between /s/ and /z/ if you say them yourself. Try saying cats(ends in a
fortis /t/) and dogs(ends in a lenis /g/) one after the other. Notice also that final /z/ in 'dogs, robs, kills' is
extemely weak and barely audible.
If you have trouble making the distinction, make only the sibilant sounds /s/ and /z/. Be sure that your tongue
is in the right place. Then start making /s/ and move to /z/. Your tongue doesn't move at all when you make
the shift, only your vocal cords start to vibrate with the /z/.

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NORMAS DE USO DE LA Z

Let me summarize what I have learnt here plus a little that I have discovered myself.

1. Final voiced consonant (b, d, g, l, m, n, ng, r, v, voiced th) + s ---> /z/

2. Final voiceless consonant (f, k, p, t, voiceless th) + s ---> /s/
3. Final vowel + s ---> no rules, except when any of the following rules apply
4. Some words that can be used both as verb and noun/adjective ---> verb: /z/, noun or adjective: /s/
5. Words ending in -as, -is, -os, -us:
when the s is part of the word in its basic form (not plural or third party singular verb) ---> /s/
when the s is added to make it a plural or third party singluar verb ---> /z/
6. Words ending in -ces, -des, -oes, -shes, -ses, -zes ---> /z/
7. Words ending in -sis, -nce, -nse, -ss (including -less, ness), -sce ---> /s/
8. /z/ is more common than /s/ overall

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S que hay regla:

Si el consonante que precede a la "s" es sordo, dicha "s" se pronuncia /s/.

"cats" el sonido anterior a la "s" es /t/ que es sordo (="unvoiced"), por tanto la "s" se pronuncia /s/: /cts/

Si el consonante que precede a la "s" es sonoro, dicha "s" se pronuncia /z/.

"dogs" el sonido anterior a la "s" es /g/ que no es ni sibilante (s, sh, ch, etc) ni sordo (t, k, p, f, etc), por tanto
se pronuncia /z/: /dgz/

Creo que aplicamos la regla de manera inconsciente, ya que resultara bastante difcil pronunciar /z/ despus
de un consonante sordo o pronunciar /s/ despus de un consonante sonoro.