PLURAL OF NOUNS AND THIRD PERSONS SINGULAR OF VRBS

The plural forms of the regular nouns and the third persons singular of verbs are
pronounced in three different ways :

A: /s/, for example treats

B: /z/, for example heals
C: /iz/, for example changes

Find the third person present tense verbs in these sentences and classify them by their
pronunciation. Put them in he correct columns in the table on the right. Be careful:
some sentences have more than one exarnple. There are 27 verbs in total. The firs
one has been completed for you as an example.

1. The patient breathes with difficulty and Group A:/s/

coughs and sneezes constantily. 1
2. This drug helps to aliviate the symptoms and 2
reduces the risk of infection. 3
3. A person whosse resistance is low catches
4
diseases more easily.
5
4. When some one panics his heart beats more
rapidly and his temperatura sises. 6
5. The laboratory analyses the blood samples 7
and then the doctor axamines the results and 8
diagnoses the condition 9
6. He then recommends a course of treatment Group B: /z/
and prescribes any necessary drug. 1
7. This drug relaxes de muscle and relieves 2
pain 3
8. The gland releases hormones into the
4
bloodstream, causing an immediate reaction.
5
9. If the patient sleep well, he wakes feeling
refreshed. 6
10. She suffers constant pain and controls it by 7
using morphine. 8
11. this traetment counteracts yhe effects of the 9
infection. Group C: /iz/
12. It is a procedure which cures the condition 1
or kills the patient. 2
13. If the surgeon operates now the chance of 3
success increases to abaut 50%
4
14. The sinoatrial node regulates the heart
beat. 5
6
7
8
9