2018-04-17 Pronunciation: 's' ending pronunciations

Greg Malivuk
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Handout p. 27 exercise 1A - What’s the difference between the phrases on the left and the ones on the right? All the ones in the second column have an additional syllable.
Listen and mark which phrase you hear.
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 b
8 a
9 b
10 b
Then take turns with your partner and read one or the other phrase, while your partner will try to identify which one you said.
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Listen to the announcement. What one thing is wrong with the pronunciation?
- there are no ‘s’ endings
p. 28 exercise 2B - Listen to the correct version and write ‘s’ or ‘es’ in the spaces.
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Can you describe the pronunciation rule we use for ‘s’ endings?
Pronounce ‘es’ like /əz/ if the word ends with /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, or /ʒ/
Pronounce ‘s’ like /s/ if the word ends with a voiceless sound like /p t k f θ/
Pronounce ‘s’ like /z/ if the word ends with a voiced sound (/b d g v ð/, /m n ŋ/, /y r l w/, vowels)
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He breathes deep breaths.
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What different things can an ‘s’ ending mean?
- plural nouns (breath -> breaths)
- 3rd sg verbs (take -> takes)
- possessive (Alabama -> Alabama’s)
- contractions
	with “is”: it is -> it’s
	with “has”: it has -> it’s
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Greg’s been here for two hours.
Chris’s been herer for two hours. - You might write this, but “Chris has been” would have the same pronunciation because we drop the /h/.
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p. 30 exercise 6A - Do we add a single sound or a complete syllable to these words?