Unit 4

Sibilants
/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ (s, z, sh, and zh sounds)

Objectives:
To practice voiced /z/ /j/ /dj/ and
voiceless sibilants /s/ /sh/ /ch/.
From Unit 3…
Linking with /f/, /v/, and the /th/ sounds. Estos sonidos son unvoiced

Voiceless final sounds

1. They laugh a lot.

2. Both are ready.

3. It´s half empty.

4. Take a bath in hot water.

5. Read the fourth unit.

6. We know enough about it.

Voiced final sounds.
1. Have a seat.

2. Save all your money.

3. Prove it.

4. Don´t give up.

5. Breathe in slowly. / Breath

6. Bathe in cold water.

 Consonant sounds
Tip or blade of the tongue is brought near the roof of the mouth
and air is pushed past the tongue to make a hissing sound.

Sibilants
In English s, z, sh, and zh (the sound of the s in “pleasure”) are
sibilants. Sometimes the affricates ch and j are also considered as
sibilants. 
Voiced sibilants his /z/ beige /j/ badge /dj/

Voiceless Sibilants hiss /s/ wash /sh/catch /ch/ pleasure /ʒ/

 Contrasting voiceless sibilants /s/ and /sh/

Beginning sounds Final Sounds

/s/ /sh/ /s/ /sh/

mass mash
Sue shoe
gas gash
see she mess mesh

same shame lease leash

so show
Practice

Don’t leave trash on the floor.

Please, wash it

No credit cards cash only

Brush your hair, brush it now.

These English tongue twisters will help you practice sound SH and S:

Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.

Selfish shellfish. (Try saying this several times)

She sells seashells by the seashore.

The sheriff should shoot slowly.

The sun shines on the shop signs.

 Contrasting /s/ (sick) and /th/ (thick)
Voiceless beginning sounds Voiceless final sounds
/th/ /s/ /th/ /s/
think sink math mass

thank sank faith face

thick sick
myth miss
mouth mouse
thought sought

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 Tongue twisters with /s/, /sh/, and /th/
She is certain to show you the sailors from the ship.

Miss Beth Smith saw a mouse in the path.

Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

This is the sixth zebra snoozing.

Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.

 /sh/ and /ch/
Beginning sounds Final sounds
/sh/ /ch/
/sh/ /ch/
wish witch
share chair
dish ditch
shoe chew
mush much
sheep cheap
cash catch
shop chop
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jet /ˈjɛt/

/ˈdʒɛt/
 /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ (s, z, sh, and zh sounds)

Sibilants
Unit 4
Objectives:
• To practice j and y
• Linking with /dj/ and /ch/
 /j/ (jet) and /y/ (yet)
Joe joy just juice
jar jury job jump
judge jam Jack jewel

• yes young year yard

• you your yet yellow
• yell yesterday you´ll yoke
Practice
/j/ /y/
Jell-O yellow
jell yell
joke yoke
jet yet
jail Yale
jewel you´ll
Practice with a partner
a. What did you watch? An old movie
b. What did you wash? My car.

c. What´s a “chip”? A small piece.

d. What´s a “ship”? A big boat.

a. What´s a joke? Something funny.

b. What´s a yoke? It’s a bond.

c. What´s Jell-O? A kind of dessert.

d. What´s yellow? A banana.
 Practice with a partner
a. What does he watch? An old movie.
b. What does he wash? His clothes.

c. What are chips? They’re a snack.

d. What are ships? They’re big boats.

a. What´s Jell-O? A kind of dessert.

b. What´s yellow? A banana.

a. What´s a joke? Something funny.

b. What´s a yolk? The yellow part of an egg.
 Linking with /dj/ and /ch/
catch it, catch the ball.
Please, match everything
watch us!
I have a large office
She has a huge apartment
match
Time to sing
Listen to the following words that end in –es.

loves prices miles causes

phones dishes homes matches

dates washes
cakes freezes
leaves judges
bites misses
Sibilants and the number of syllables
Voiceless sibilants Voiced sibilants
wash washes rose roses
ice ices cause causes
dish dishes buzz buzzes
watchwatches
bus buses
rich riches
quiz quizzes
mix mixes
judge judges
tax taxes
box boxes page pages
prize prizes
 Prizes
Wife: Do you like surprises?
Husband: Sometimes. What is it?
Wife: We have a chance to win some great prizes.
Husband: How? Go on a TV quiz show?
Wife: You guess it! I decided it would be fun.
Husband: I´m no good at quizzes.
Wife: But the second prize is a new watch!
Husband: I don´t need any more watches.
Wife: And the first prize is a million dollars!
Husband: That´s not so great. You have to pay a lot of taxes on prize
money.
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