3g Pronunciation 2

S- sounds
When a voiceless sound appears right before the “s,” you pronounce the “s” with
an /s/ sound, as in snake.
Some examples are: likes, apps, cats.

When a voiced sound appears right before the letter “s,” you pronounce the
“s” with a /z/ sound, as in zoo.
examples – pronounce these together:
kids, dogs, tables, exams, cans, scissors, music
remember that all vowel sounds are voiced, so words with -es spellings will also
be pronounced with a /z/ sound. Some examples are: heroes, boxes, pushes.
Other sounds to practice:

Vowels:

Rice Rough Raw

Jet Net feet
Lease Breathe Bear
Sheep Ship Third
Rust Ripe Rip
Sky Try Angry
Clock Dog Rope
Loathing License Law
Hurry Hawking Half
Blurry Blow Blast
Sun Cute Unicorn
Clock Dog Rope
Book Boot Body
Few Foe Forest/ Fast

Consonants:

Very Vision War

Whether Whither Which
Wish Variety Welcome
Wash Worship Vicious
Thought Them Those
Shocking Choking Sushi
View Washing Void
Veins Weightlessness Valley
Knead Knowing Knock
Pheasant Peasant Plough
Thistle Therefore Therapy
Beak Bear Beard