Pronunciation Practice Exercises for final‘s’

Voiceless sounds take /s/ Voiced sounds take /z/ These sounds take /iz/
Imagine the sound a snake Imagine the sound a bee 
might make might make...zzzzzzzz Similar to the word 'is'
...ssssssssss
These sounds are voiceless: These sounds are voiced:
/f/ /h/ /k/ /p/ /t/ /b/ /d/ /g/ /j/ /l/ /m//n/ /s/ /ks/ /z/ /dg/
/ng/ /r/ /v/ /w/ + all vowel
sounds
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
laughs /laefs/ rubs / rubz/ kisses /kisiz/
talks /toks/ sings /singz/ boxes /boksiz/
 
Say the following words out loud and then put them in the correct columns according to the
sound of the plural or third person 's':
 
boys damages graduates lessons minutes products
cheques earns hates lives paints sandwiches
closes faces hours loves phrases things
cooks girls James’s messages places wants

 
/s/ /z/ /iz/
cheques boys closes

cooks  earns damages

graduates girls faces

hates hours James’s

minutes lessons messages

paints  lives phrases 

products loves  places

wants things sandwiches

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 Pronunciation Practice Exercises for final ‘s’

Voiceless sounds take /s/ Voiced sounds take /z/ These sounds take /iz/
Imagine the sound a Imagine the sound a bee 
snake  might make might make...zzzzzzzz Similar to the word 'is'
...ssssssssss
These sounds are voiceless: These sounds are voiced: /s/ /ks/ /z/ /dg/
/f/ /h/ /k/ /p/ /t/ /b/ /d/ /g/ /j/ /l/ /m//n/
/ng/ /r/ /v/ /w/ + all vowel
sounds
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES:
laughs /laefs/ rubs / rubz/ kisses /kisiz/
talks /toks/ sings /singz/ boxes /boksiz/
 
Put the following words in the correct columns according to the sound of the plural or third
person 's':
 
boys damages graduates lessons minutes products
cheques earns hates lives paints sandwiches
closes faces hours loves phrases things
cooks girls james’s messages places wants

 
/s/ /z/ /iz/
cheques  boys closes
cooks  earns damages
graduates girls faces
hates hours James’s
minutes lessons messages
paints  lives phrases 
products loves  places
wants things sandwiches

Game/Flash Cards
The words below can be cut out and put on cards or folded and used for a game.

1. Divide students into teams.

2. Put the following on the board:

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 /s/ /z/ /iz/

3. Have a student from each team choose a card and read it out loud.
4. Then have the student write the word on the board in the appropriate column.

boys cheques closes cooks

damages earns faces girls

graduates hates hours James’s

lessons lives loves messages

minutes paints phrases places

products sandwiches things wants

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