Listen to the way that the s at the end of these words is pronounced.

/

s/

/z/

/

Iz/

starts

lives

finishes

Listen to some more verbs and put them into the correct box.

/

s/

/z/

/

Iz/

likes

owns

Complete the rules:

If a verb ends with the fricative sounds /

s /,/z /, /S /, /tS / or /dZ / the final s is pronounced ……..

If a verb ends with any other voiceless consonant (stop or fricative) (/

p /, /t /, /k/, /f / or / T /) the final s is

pronounced……..

If a verb ends with any other voiced consonant (/

b/, /d /, /g /, /v /,/ D/, /l /, / m/, / n/ or /N/), or a vowel sound, the final s

is pronounced ………..

The above rules are the same for the s at the end of nouns too. Decide how the final s is pronounced in the nouns below
and then mark it /

s/,/z/,/Iz/

suburbs

chances

houses

bedroo

ms

gardens

hours

weeks

buses

pets

sports

Children’s

miles

There are three different pronunciations of –ed in regular past tense verbs:

/

d/

/

t/

/

Id/

phoned

cooked landed

Listen to these past tense verbs and put them in the right column, according to the pronunciation of –ed.

Helped, offered, reached, saved, missed, started, lived, needed, discovered, looked, called, tried, invited, asked, jumped,
waited.

/

t /

/

d /

/

Id /

Complete the rules:

If a verb ends in / t/ or /d/ the final –ed is pronounced ………

If a verb ends in a voiceless consonant (/

p /, /s /, /k/, /f /,/S /, /tS / or / T /) the final –ed is pronounced ……

If a verb ends in a voiced consonant (/

b/, /g /, /v /,/ D/, /l /, /z /,/dZ /,/ m/, / n/ or /N/) or a vowel sound, the final –ed is

pronounced ……..