3 PERSON

rd

PRONUNCIATION
What do you feel?

/ t/ NO VIBRATION

/ d/ VIBRATION
 PRONUNCIATION OF
/ S / ( he/ she/ it )

/S/ /Z/
 RULE 1
When the final sound of the verb doesn’t have VIBRATION of the
vocal cords, the /s/ of the verb has no vibration. The
pronunciation is /s/.
e. g. He walks to school.
My friend wants a new mobile.
/ p / t / k / s / f / gh / ph
 RULE 2
When the final sound of the verb has vibration of the vocal folds,
the /s/ sound continues with the vibration. We pronounce it /z/.

E.G. The boy comes on Mondays.

/ b / d / g / l / m / n / ng / r / v /
Listen and repeat the third person verb forms.

 /s/ She speaks Spanish.

He drinks coffee.
She cooks every day.
/z/ It rains a lot.
He has a cat.
She does exercise.
He goes to the cinema on Friday night.
/id/ He watches TV.
The film finishes in a minute.
The weather changes a lot

Same or different?

 1- say take SAME

 2-do go
 3-drink live
 4-want have
 5-give drive
 6-call walk
 7-read eat
 8-feel wear
 9-play watch
 10-buy like
 Decide which word ends in /iz/

 1-likes works dances

 2-lives drinks watches
 3-drives finishes plays
 4-uses takes speaks
 5-studies listens kisses
 6-changes gives wears
 RULE 3

Some final sounds need an extra syllable for the pronunciation of the verbs
in the present.
e.g. Ben watches Netflix every day.
uses
races

/ c / s / z / x / ss / ch / sh / ge /