Transcript Pronunciation in [s], [z], [iz]

Pronunciation of words
ending in ED and S
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?
reaches /ɪz/
Hopes /s/
Watches /ɪz/
Fixes /ɪz/
Remembers /z/
Kisses /ɪz/
rises /ɪz/
Expects /s/
Tries /ɪz/
Drives /z/
Wishes /ɪz/
Works /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 doesn’t like to go to school because:
• 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]
Ruled[D], died[D], fined[D], arranged[D]
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
 The policeman arrested[id] the man who is considered[d] to be the
one who had hacked[t] the government server
 Judges[] called[d] boys who purchashed[d] a lot of drugs
 They decided[id] to buy mathematics books
 He was expected[id] to have added[id] something
raised[d], focused[t]
introduced[t]
picked[t]
Thank you