Unit 5. Exercises
1. Pronunciation of noun and verb inflections. Classify the following nouns and verbs according
to the pronunciation of the inflection and transcribe the final sound in the base.
Lizards, flashes, pots, clocks, papers, houses, bags, printers, box, lions, spares, illustrates, drawers, solutions, dashes,
peoples, boards, strains, polishes, forgets, smoothens, teachers, churches, George’s, shelves, puzzles, bottles,
marriages, discusses, kisses, sheets, tops, eyelashes, lies, vases.
/s/ /z/ /ɪz/
2. Pronunciation of verb endings. Classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of
the inflection and transcribe the final sound in the base.
Boycotted, confirmed, published, deemed, faced, estimated, paved, rejected, formalised, wanted, soared, blocked,
benefited, stretched, incorporated, enforced, reported, walked, worded, bombarded.
/t/ /d/ /d/
Pots /s/
clocks /s/
illustrates /s/
forgets /s/
sheets /s/
tops /s/
lizards
papers /z/
bags /z/
lions /z/
voiceless
printers /z/
flashes / iz/
houses
boxes
voices
boards
peoples
solutions
polishes
churches
georges
teachers
shelves;puzzles;
discusses
kisses
eyelishes
marriages
published /t/
walked
formalished
faced
blocked
stretched
enforced
walked
confirmed /d/
deemed
paved
soared
estimated
rejected
boycotted
wanted
benefited
incorporated /id/
worded /id/
reported
bombarded
