Week 2: Plural Forms Pronunciation

How are the following words pronounced in plural forms? With, /s/, /z/, or /ɪz/?

GROUP 1: /s/ vs. /z/

1. injury / injuries
2. knee / knees
3. doctor / doctors
4. drink / drinks
5. teammate / teammates
6. guy / guys
7. brother / brothers
8. thought / thoughts
9. period / periods
10. week / weeks
11. check / checks
12. center / centers
13. emotion / emotions
14. liver / livers
15. family / families

GROUP 2: /z/ vs. /s/ vs. /ɪz/

1. friend / friends
2. wonder / wonders
3. athlete / athletes
4. player / players
5. letter / letters
6. minute / minutes
7. season / seasons
8. month / months
9. place / places
10. cartoon / cartoons
11. wish / wishes
12. donor / donors
13. service / services
14. slogan / slogans
15. increase / increases

NOW LET’S ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. How many brothers do yo have? (Name them.)

2. Can you explain why humans eat cattle's livers?

3. What qualities make good friends? (Mention them.)

4. Name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

5. Mention at least three outstanding Costa Rican athletes.

6. Name the amount of soccer players in a team by their field-position name.

7. How many minutes are there in a day?

8. Can you name the months of the year or the days of the week in other languages? (Tell your partner.)

9. Which places have you visited this year? (Name them.)

10. What were your favorite cartoons as a kid? Why?

11. What other services should the university provide?

12. How many types of doctors can you name?

NOW READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE

American newspapers are very large. On Sunday, they usually cont^hain over a hundred p^hages. Much of this space is occupied by large advert^hisements. Much of the rest of the newspaper is filled with “features” of all k^hinds. These inc^hlude household and beauty suggestions, c^homic strips, gossip c^holumns, and political commentary. Many of these features are syndic^hated, that is, they are sold to large numbers of newspapers throughout the c^hountry and p^hrinted on the same day in all of them.

NOW TRANSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING WORDS FROM THE TEXT ABOVE

1. newspapers
2. pages
3. advertisements
4. kinds
5. suggestions
6. strips
7. columns
8. features
9. numbers