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    American Accent Training

    PRONUNCIATION OF “S”

    The letter ‘s’ in English is sometimes pronounced like ‘s’ and


    sometimes like
    ‘z’. /s/ /z/
    class, does, bus, busy, cost, his, miss, goes

    Instructions: Repeat the words after your tutor, then read these words on
    your own.

    • some • also
    • tennis • has
    • first • busy
    • noise • closed
    • cousin • this
    • bus • dress
    • tries • these
    • news • easy
    • cats • those
    • house • pens
    • movies • was
    • raise • eyes
    • case • class
    • peas • books
    • kiss • his
    • works • nose
    • plays • goes
    • days • knows
    • dogs

    1. Some of my friends are coming over tonight.

    2. The tennis match was great!

    3. The first time I saw you was 3 months ago.

    4. The noise at the studio was terrible.


    5. Are your cousins watching the show with you?

    6. The bus will be here in 10 minutes.

    7. She tries to call you every 5 minutes but she couldn’t get thru you.

    PRONUNCIATION OF “ED” IN REGULAR VERBS

    The final ‘ed’ in the past tense of regular verbs takes two different
    pronunciations:

    a. When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in an unvoiced consonant (p, t, f, k, s, etc.) ,


    the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘t’.

    b. When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in a voiced consonant (b, d, v, g, z, l, etc.) or in


    a vowel sound,
    the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘d’.

    • lived
    • boiled
    • picked
    • finished
    • jumped
    • burned
    • placed
    • filled
    • hurried
    • passed
    • rushed
    • excused
    • smoked
    • mailed
    • killed
    • slipped
    • looked
    • liked
    • dropped

    Exercise 2 :

    1. I lived in my parents’ home for 10 years.


    2. She boiled the water a few minutes ago.

    3. They picked her up in school this morning

    4. That was great! You jumped so high. Very impressive!

    5. Oh my.. You burned my mother’s favorite dress. How do I explain this to her?

    6. She placed the documents on your desk last night.

    7. The table was filled with so much food, I didn’t know where to start

    PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST TENSE

    In regular verbs ending int ord, the‘ed’ is pronounced as a separate syllable.


    • count- counted
    • wait -waited
    • land - landed

    When we add‘ed’ to regular verbs of one syllable not ending in t or d, they are
    pronounced as one syllable.
    • live-lived
    • close-closed
    • cross-crossed

    Pronounce the following past tense forms. Then write the number 1 or 2 to show whether
    the word is pronounced as a word of one syllable or as a word of two syllables.
    ended__________ seemed__________
    rushed__________ lasted__________
    watched__________ planned__________
    parted__________ closed__________
    counted__________ waited__________
    cooked__________ helped__________
    stayed__________ washed__________
    rented__________ landed__________
    needed__________ wanted__________
    lived__________ used__________
    called__________ walked__________
    crossed__________ hoped__________
    planted__________ pushed__________
    signed__________ handed__________
    cleaned__________ spelled__________
    earned__________ painted__________
    asked__________ pointed__________
    shared__________

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