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