Pronunciation of words end ed s

Pronunciation of word ending in ed • When the last sound of the word doesn’t vibrate in vocale cord, then it is pronounced [T] Hoped[T], hacked[T], focused[T], wished[T]... Exercises [r]

Pronunciation of words

Carried out :

Ahmed

Yassir

Christopher

Samuel

Jean-Louis

Hafid

Francis

Samuel Paul

Rules for the correct pronunciation

of the –s ending

The sounds /s/ /z/ or /ɪz / (plural nouns

and third person singular -s )

Rule 1 If a word ends with the sounds /s/, /z/, /ò/, /tò/,

/ʒ/, or /dʒ/ the final -s is pronounced /ɪz/

Rule 2 If a word ends with any other voiceless

consonant sound ( /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, or /θ/ ), the final -s is pronounced /s/

Rule 3 • If a word ends with any other voiced consonant

sound ( /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /d/, /l/, /r/, /m/, /n/, or /ŋ/ ), or a vowel sound , the final -s is pronounced /z/

Rules for the correct pronunciation

of the –s ending

Exercise 1:

How are these verbs pronounced?

reache s /ɪz/ Hope s /s/

Watche s /ɪz/ Fixe s /ɪz/

Remember s /z/ Kisse s /ɪz/

rise s /ɪz/ Expect s /s/

Trie s /ɪz/ Drive s /z/

Wishe s /ɪz/ Work s /s/

Rules for the correct pronunciation

of the –s ending

Exercice 2 :

Pronunciation in [z] and [s]

All vowels (plays, sees, goes)

[p] (stops) [s] [k] (talks) [s]

[g] (Georges) /z/ [l] (calls) /z/

[m] (rams) /z/ [n] (learns) /z/

[r] (blurs) /z/ [g] (bangs) /z/

[v] (receives) /z/ [b] (robs) /z/

[r] (measures) /z/ [g] (hangs) /z/

Rules for the correct pronunciation

of the –s ending

Exercice 3 Question : try to pronunce correctly these words :

Samuel doe s n’t like to go to school becau s e:

• His mother keeps him at home to give him kisses

• He watches naked women on television late at night

• His girlfriend always calls him to wash the dishes

• He drinks too many bottles of whisky before sleeping

• He misses the bus every morning

• He goes to too many house parties and never knows where he will wake up in the morning

Pronunciation of word ending in

ed

• When an infinitive verb finishes with the

sound [T] or [D] then, we have to add the syllable of the past participle [ID]

Wanted[ID], regarded[ID], calculated[ID], added[ID]

Pronunciation of word ending

in ed

• When the last sound of the word vibrates

in vocal cord, we have to pronounce the

« ed » like a sound [d]

 Rul ed [D] , di ed [D] , fin ed [D] , arrang ed [D]

Pronunciation of word ending in

ed

• When the last sound of the word doesn’t vibrate in vocale cord, then it is

 Hop ed [T] , hack ed [T] ,

 focus ed [T] , wish ed [T]

Exercises

 The policeman arrested [id] the man who is consider ed [d] to be the

one who had hacked [t] the government server

 Judges[] called [d] boys who purchash ed [d] a lot of drugs

 They decided [id] to buy mathematics books

 He was expected [id] to have add ed [id] something

raised [d] , focus ed [t]

introduced [t]

picked [t]

Thank you