Voicing Suffixes
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Does the word end with a consonant similar to the suffix?* START Voice the suffix /z/ /d/ Do not voice the suffix /s/ /t/ YES NO How to pronounce the suffixes -(e)s and -ed (regular plural nouns, verb 3ps, past & perfect, participle adjectives) want need wash pass Is the final consonant voiced? Any vowel, /b/, /d/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /v/ NO Pronounce /I/ (in plurals, write ‘e’) to separate the final consonant from the suffix passes washes Mark Dallas © 2009 unvoiced /s/ /∫/ /t∫/ voiced /z/ /ʒ/ /dʒ/ similar sibilants unvoiced /t/ voiced /d/ alveolar stops alike YES washed passed raised washed passed wants raised needs wanted needed *Exceptions include the adjectives wicked, naked and learned
description
-ed, -(e)s
Transcript of Voicing Suffixes
Does the word end with
a consonantsimilar to the suf�x?*
START
Voice the suf�x/z/ /d/
Do not voicethe suf�x
/s/ /t/
YES
NO
How to pronounce the suf�xes -(e)s and -ed
(regular plural nouns, verb 3ps,past & perfect, participle adjectives)
wantneedwashpass
Is the �nal consonantvoiced?
Any vowel, /b/, /d/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /v/
NO
Pronounce /I/(in plurals, write ‘e’)
to separatethe �nal consonant
from the suf�x
passeswashes
Mark Dallas © 2009
unvoiced/s//∫//t∫/
voiced/z//ʒ/
/dʒ/
similar sibilantsunvoiced
/t/voiced
/d/
alveolar stops alike
YES
washedpassedraised
washedpassedwants
raisedneeds
wantedneeded
*Exceptions include the adjectives wicked, naked and learned
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