Pronunciation of Final -S/-ES 1
Voiceless sounds take /s/
Imagine the sound a snake
might make...ssssssssss Voiced sounds take /z/
Imagine the sound a bee
might make...zzzzzzzz These sounds take /iz/
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Voiceless sounds take /s/
Imagine the sound a snake
might make...ssssssssss Voiced sounds take /z/
Imagine the sound a bee
might make...zzzzzzzz These sounds take /iz/
Similar to the word 'is'
These sounds are voiceless:
/f/ /h/ /k/ /p/ /t/ These sounds are voiced:
/b/ /d/ /g/ /j/ /l/ /m/
/n/ /ng/ /r/ /v/ /w/
+ all vowel sounds /s/ /ks/ /z/ /dg/
EXAMPLES:
laughs /laefs/
talks /toks/ EXAMPLES:
rubs / rubz/
sings /singz/ EXAMPLES:
kisses /kisiz/
boxes /boksiz/