Remember: final D's sound almost as hard as T's (stopped > ssstop't)
One consonant |
Consonant +s |
Consonant + hard consonant |
Two consonants + s |
---|---|---|---|
cat | cats | ||
stop | stops | stopped | |
walk | walks | walked | |
god | gods | ||
job | jobs | robbed | |
bag | bags | bagged | |
live | lives | lift | lifts |
love | loves | loved | |
bath | baths | bathed | |
call | calls | adult | adults |
teacher | teachers | work | works |
name | names | named | |
coin | coins | point | points |
house | houses /_sis/ | list | lists |
wash | washes /_shis/ | washed | |
face | faces /_sis/ | faced | |
watch | watches /_chis/ | watched | |
change | changes /_dshis/ | changed | |
freeze | freezes /_dsis/ | ||
tax | taxes /_ksis/ | sixth | sixths |
If you fail to pronounce them correctly, try these two tricks:
- Pronounce the words slowly, make the consonants very long, and a pause between hard consonants (stopped > ssstop'd). Then do it faster.
- Add a vowel sound at the end (stopped > ssstop'de). Then remove it.