Name: Pronouncing ‘-s’ and ‘-ed’ endings - Learners' Questions
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T06:01:22.000Z
Duration: 5 min 13 s
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English uses escort E s endings in four different ways.

Number one plural announce, such as boots, trees or watches.

Number two verbs such as collapse, swims or finishes.

Number three possessive cz, such as Chris is Phillips or dance.

And finally, four contractions involving the verbs is or has for example, the dog's barking or the teachers arrived.

These s endings have one of three possible sounds.

Or is And how do we know which one to use while we look at the previous sound.

Well, if you put your hand to your throat here and say you will not feel a vibration, this is an unveil waste sound.

But if you say Z, you will feel your voice by break.

If the word finishes with an unveil waste sound such as boot snap chest, then the S sound is also unveil.

Now, if the word ends with a voiced sound such as Tree Swim or Dan, then the S sound is also voiced.

So trees swims or Dan's now for the others.

If the word finishes in the sounds, sir, Sure, Teacher or jer, for example, watch myths or finish.

Finishes Mrs and be careful, because when we use is we increase the number of syllables in the word by one watch Watch is okay, let's stop for a second so I can tell you about the learner's questions.

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E D is added to an infinitive verb to make a regular past or past participle.

Verbs like adding S e D can have one of three possible sounds.

While it's based on the last sound of the infinitive, either voiced unveil voiced or other verbs, which finishing an unveil iced sound like Ask help and stop Take the envoy, Ste.

Helped stopped verbs, which finished in a voiced sound such as Close play and arrive.

Finally, If the infinitive verb finishes in that order, such as want wait for need, then we use it.

And be careful because this increases the number of syllables by one wanted waited needed.

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