pronouncing –s endings and past tense endings

8/9/2019 Pronouncing s Endings and Past Tense Endings

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PRONOUNCING S ENDINGS


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WE USE S (OR ES) IN FOURDIFFERENT WAYS:

In plural nouns: Why have you got threephoneson your desk?

In verbs: Shephoneshim every day.

In possessives: Have you gotMariasphonenumber?In contractions of is and has: Thephonesringing. Thefilm sstarted.


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When we add an s (or es) to a word, the number ofsyllables in the word sometimes stays the same.

day-days But sometimes we add an extra syllable to thepronunciation

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The rule is that we add an extra syllable if the lastsound in the word is one of these: [s, z, , , t, d]

If the last sound is a vowel, or any other consonant,the number of syllables stays the same.

NB! We dont contractisorhasafter [s, z, , , t, d]

The foods good. The service is good.

The games started. The match has started.


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IT CAN BE PRONOUNCED IN THREEDIFFERENT WAYS:

/s/ if the preceding sound is voiceless./z/ if the preceding sound is voiced./iz/ nouns ending in [s], [z], [ ], [t],[d] form the

plural by adding es which is pronounced [iz].class classes

bush- bushes

garage- garages

bridge- bridgesbench- benches


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/S/ PRONUNCIATION

When the word to which we add -(e)s/s ends in

one of the following voiceless consonants sounds,[p, t, k, f, ], they are pronounced [-s].

E.g.

stop - stops [stps]

paint - paints [pent s]

cake - cakes [keks ]

laugh - laughs [lfs ]

myth - myths [ms] Beth Beths [bes]Pete Petes [pi:ts]

Philip Philips [ 'flps ]


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[-Z ] PRONUNCIATION

When the word to which we are adding -(e)s/s endsin one of the voiced consonants sounds, [b, d, g, v,, m, n, , l, r] or any of the vowel sounds, they

are pronounced [-z ]. Examples:bed - beds [bedz]

dog - dogs [ dgz ]

save - saves [seivz]

bathe - bathes [bez ]feel - feels[[filz]

sing - sings [s z]


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[-IZ] PRONUNCIATION

When the word to which we add -(e)s/s ends inone of the following sounds, [s, z,,, t, d ](sibilant sounds), they are pronounced [-iz].Examples:

house - houses['hazz ]

rose roses/ Roses ['rozz ]

wash - washes [w iz ]

watch - watches [w tiz ]Orange [rnd]


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PRONOUNCING PAST TENSEENDINGS


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HOWDOWEPRONOUNCETHE


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HOW DO WE PRONOUNCE THE

-ED?

In 3 ways

/Id/

/t/

/d/
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EXCEPTIONS!!!

The following -ed words usedas adjectivesarepronounced with /Id/:

aged, blessed, crooked, dogged, learned, naked,ragged, wicked, wretched

So we say:

an aged man /Id/

a blessed nuisance /Id/

a dogged persistence /Id/a learned professor - the professor, who was trulylearned /Id/

a wretched beggar - the beggar was wretched /Id/


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BUT

But when used as real verbs (past simple andpast participle), the normal rules apply and wesay:

he aged quickly /d/

he blessed me /t/

they dogged him /d/

he has learned well /d/ or /t/


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WRITE THE PHONETIC SYMBOL FOREACH

-ED VERB ENDINGstarted, needed, reached, regarded, decided, locked,realized,permitted, discovered, painted,examined, closed, renovated, looked, glanced


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