English pronunciation rules - sounds
 

If a word ends in the letter 's' (e.g. plural noun or verb in the third person), there are three ways to pronounce this 's' - /S/, /Z/ and /IZ/. Similarly, any word which ends in 'ed' (e.g. adjective or the past of a regular verb) may be pronounced either /T/, /D/ or /ID/. 1. Final 's'
Type one sound /S/: Type one sounds are used if the word ends in the following sounds:
Example word
/p/
Type two sound /Z/ : Type two sounds come after the following sounds:
These sounds are all voiced, which means that youmust make a sound when youpronounce them.
*Type three sound /IZ/This sound is the same as the verb 'to be' in its third person form (is). Type three sounds are the only ones which add an additional syllable to the word, for example 'miss' /MIS/ is one syllable, but 'misses' /MIS IZ/ is two syllables. The final /IZ/ syllable isn't usually stressed.
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If a word ends in a consonant sound + 'y', the pronunciation of final 'y' is /EE/ and in the plural it has a type 3 sound, but there is no extra syllable e.g. 'copy' /KO PEE/ (2 syllables), 'copies' /KO PIZ/ (also 2 syllables).
2. Final 'ed'
Type one sound /T/ : We use this sound when a word ends in an unvoiced phoneme
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Type two sound /D/:Words ending in voiced are pronounced with a type 2 'ed':
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Type three /ID/ : Type 3 'ed' adds an additional syllable in the same way as type 3 final 's'. For example, the past of 'mend' is pronounced /MEN DID/ with stress on the first syllable.Words ending in /t/ and /d/ sounds are type 3, but some adjectives also have .
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Miss boukhalfa

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