Endings -s/-es & -ed
Ending -s/-es
Read the rules
/s/ after voiceless p, t, k, etc.: tips, buckets, rocks
/z/ after voiced l, m, d, etc. or vowel i, o etc.: tomatoes, tags, sums
/iz/ for -ies: diary – diaries, party – parties, comedy – comedies
/iz/ for -es: (-sses, -ches, -shes, -xes ): matches, kisses, bushes, taxes
Now repeat after the speaker.
- /s/: wallets, banks, cats, students
- /z/: keys, bags, umbrellas, phones
- /iz/: diaries, watches, glasses, hairbrushes
Practice
Words With -s/-es
Match the words and the endings.
Before doing each exercise below, listen carefully to the audios and repeat after the speaker. It will help you to complete the task successfully.
Find the right ending for each word.
More words with -s/-es
First, listen to the speaker and repeat. Then group the words according to their endings.
- /s/: looks, tapes, takes, myths,
- /z/: bags, leads, comes, buds,
- /iz/: kisses, buzzes, pitches, bushes, embraces
Now group the words according to their endings.
Ending -ed
Read the rules
Voiced consonants and vowels (v, n, m, r, b, g, z, y, e) + -ed (cleaned) → -ed sounds like /d/.
Unvoiced consonants (p, k, s, ch, sh, f, x) + -ed (looked) → -ed sounds like /t/.
t, d + -ed (hated)→ -ed sounds like /id/.
Now repeat after the speaker.
- /t/: cooked;
- /d/: begged;
- /id/: wanted;
- /t/: flicked;
- /d/: called
- /d/: believed
- /t/: confessed
- /id/: decided
Practice
Words with -ed
Match the words with their endings.
Find the right ending for each word.
More words with -ed
Listen to the words, then group them according to their endings.
- /id/: fainted, painted, flooded, graded,
- /d/: rained, blamed, organized, ruled,
- /t/: packed, passed, raced, flipped
Now group the words.
Your turn!
Record yourself, then download your recording to your computer and after that send it to your teacher.
Read the following words clearly and loudly: faced, faces, rated, rates, mashed, mashes, kissed, kisses, packaged, packages, picked, picks, decided, decides, cleaned, cleans.
