Beginner 1 – Exercise 15 – Nouns: Pronunciation of Final –s and –es for Regular Plural Nouns

Nouns: Pronunciation of Final –s and -es for

Regular Plural Nouns
EXPLANATIONS: EXAMPLES:
FORM:

/S/
Final “-s” is pronounced /s/ after:

/p/, /t/, /f/, /k/, and /th/. students, books, desks, cats

/Z/

Final “-s” is pronounced /z/ after:

/b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /r/, beds, rooms, lives, dogs
and vowels (a, e, i, o, u).

IZ/

Final “-es” is pronounced /IZ/

after:

“-s” sounds classes, faces

“-z” sounds exercises, sizes
“-sh” sounds dishes, wishes
“-ch” sounds sandwiches, watches
“-ge / dge” sounds. colleges, pages
“x” sounds faxes, taxes
This adds an extra syllable to the
noun.

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Beginner 1 – Exercise 15 – Nouns: Pronunciation of Final –s and –es for Regular Plural Nouns

Make the words below plural. Then write each word in the correct pronunciation group.

s
book _____ s
radio ______ es
dress ______ s
page ______ s
ticket______
s
rule_______ s
thing______ s
horse______ s
head_______ s
list________
es
bus_______ s
cup_______ s
car________ s
train_______ s
boat_______
es
rash_______ es
peach______ s
hat________

/S/ /Z/ /IZ/

books
_____________________ radios
_______________________ buses
_____________________
cups
_______________________ things
_______________________ rashes
_____________________
hats
_____________________ rules
_______________________ peaches
_____________________
tickets
_______________________ heads
_______________________ dresses
_____________________
lists
_____________________ cars
_______________________ horses
_____________________
boats
_______________________ trains
_______________________ pages
_____________________