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Pronunciation
Final «S»
FB Kh

Sounds
 iz iz iz
ssssssss
iz s
iz
iz
zzzzzzz
iz z iz
 Using the -s, -es ending
There are four purposes for adding -s, -es, or 's
to a word:
1-To create a plural noun (cats)
2-To conjugate a verb (snows)
3-To show possession (coach's, coaches')
4-To create a contraction (boy's meaning boy is
or boy has)
 Cats
The coach’s It snows heavily.
ball The boy’ s
The boy’ s ball.
playing. has
 Pronunciation of -s, -es, 's ending
No matter the purpose or spelling of the -s, -es,
's ending, the pronunciation guidelines are the
same. In English, the -s, -es, 's ending has three
possible pronunciations:
/s/ sound (hats)
/z/ sound (loves)
/iz/ short i+z sound (misses)
 The pronunciation of
written -s, -es, 's
is based on the final sound
of a word, before adding -s.
 s
z
iz
/s/ z

iz
s
/iz/
/z/ s

z iz
 s, -es, 's ending
pronounced as /s / sound
book – take – like – sit – meet - write
/k/ /k/ /k/ /t/ /t/ /t/

dwarf – laugh – jump - cup – cloth- bath

/f/ /f/ /p/ /p/ /θ/ /θ/
 The /k/, /t/, /f/, /p/ and /θ/
sounds are all unvoiced,
which means that your
vocal chords must be silent
when you make the sound.
books –takes –likes –sits –meets -writes
/s/ /s/ /s/ /s/ /s/ /s/

dwarfs,laughs-jumps-cups–cloths-earth’s
/s/ /s/ /s/ /s/ /s/ /s/
 When the final sound of the
word is an unvoiced:”/k, t, p, f, θ/
sound, the -s, -es, 's ending is
pronounced as a /s/ sound. An
.

unvoiced sound does not use the

vocal chords during its
production.
In this type, the final 's' should
be pronounced with air pushed
out between the top of your
tongue and your top teeth,
without using the vocal chords
(the sound made by a snake or
gas escaping from a pipe).
 s, -es, 's ending
pronounced as /z / sound
describe – job – duild – word – beg - dog
/b/ /b/ /d/ /d/ /g/ /g/

call – fail – come – dream – decline - win

/l/ /l/ /m/ /m/ /n/ /n/
live – love – breath – lathe – sing - belong
/v/ /v/ /ð/ /ð/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/
 cure - fur - flower -

/r/ /r/ Schwa + r

play – study – employee – go – fly - boy
/ei/ /i/ /i:/ /əu/ /ai/ /ᴐi/
All vowel sounds: short or
long
Single or dipthongs or
tripthongs
 These sounds are all
voiced, which means that
your vocal chords must
make a sound when you
pronounce them.
describes – jobs – duilds – words – begs - dogs
/z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/

calls – fails – comes – dreams – declines - wins

/z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/
lives – loves – breaths – lathes – sings - belongs
/z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/ /z/

cures - furs - flowers

/z/ /z/ /z/
plays – studies – employees –
/z/ /z/ /z/

goes – flies - boys

/z/ /z/ /z/
 When the final sound of the word is a
voiced sound, the -s, -es, 's ending is
pronounced as a /z/ sound. A voiced sound
uses the vocal chords during its production.
Since all vowel sounds are voiced, there are
far more voiced sounds in English than
unvoiced sounds. English has 14 other
voiced sounds that occur at the end of a
word:
 /z/ sound is formed in the
same way as /s/ sound, but
you must make a sound with
your vocal chords (the sound
made by a bee, or high-
voltage electricity)
 s, -es, 's ending pronounced
/iz/
as /iz / sound

bus – miss – entrence - price

/s/ /s/ /s/ /s/
Written « ce » and
pronounced /s/
freeze – cause – fix - tax
/z/ /z/ /ks/ /ks/
[written -se = /s/ or /z/]

wash – watch - encourage

/∫/ /t∫/ /dƷ/
buses – misses – entrences - prices
/iz/ /iz/ /iz/ /iz/

freezes – causes – fixes - taxes

/iz/ /iz/ /iz/ /iz/
washes – watches - encourages
/iz/ /iz/ /iz/

dishes – catches - bridges

/iz/ /iz/ /iz/
This sound is the same as the verb 'to be'
in its third person form (is). Type three
sounds are the only ones which add an
additional syllable to the word, for
example 'miss' /MIS/ is one syllable, but
'misses' /MIS IZ/ is two syllables. The
final /IZ/ syllable isn't usually stressed.
 when the “s”, “es” or “’s”
comes after the /s/, /z/, and the
following combinations, /sh/,
/ch/, /ss/, /ge/, and /dge/, the
pronunciation of the last
syllable is /iz/.