The pronunciation of the endings: -S/es and -ed

The pronunciation of the endings: -s/es and -ed
Choose the word whose ending ‘-s/es’ or ‘-ed’ is pronounced differently from the others’
1. A. talked	B. naked	C. asked	D. liked
2. A. worked	B. stopped	C. forced	D. wanted
3. A. lays	B. says	C. stays	D. plays
4. A. waited	B. mended	C. naked	D. faced
5. A. promises	B. devises	C. surprises	D. realises
6. A. houses	B. faces	C. horses	D. goes
7. A. naked	B. sacred	C. needed	D. walked
8. A. asks	B. breathes	C. breaths	D. hopes
9. A. kissed	B. helped	C. forced	D. raised
10. A. sees	B. sports	C. pools	D. trains
11. A. naked	B. beloved	C. helped	D. wicked
12. A. ticked	B. checked	C. booked	D. sacred
13. A. tombs	B. lamps	C. brakes	D. invites
14. A. books	B. floors	C. combs	D. drums
15. A. investigates	B. provides	C. cloths	D. paths
16. A. confused	B. faced	C. cried	D. defined
17. A. trays	B. says	C. bays	D. days
18. A. kissed	B. pleased	C. increased	D. ceased
19. A. devoted	B. suggested	C. provided	D. wished
20. A. closes	B. loses	C. loves	D. chooses
21. A. gives	B. phones	C. switches	D. dives
22. A. cached	B. crashed	C. occupied	D. coughed
23. A. studies	B. flourishes	C. finishes	D. glances
24. A. hears	B. thanks	C. blows	D. coincides
25. A. started	B. looked	C. decided	D. coincided
26. A. designed	B. preserved	C. sawed	D. guided
27. A. encourages	B. climbs	C. pulls	D. televisions
28. A. cats	B. tapes	C. rides	D. cooks	
29. A. agreed	B. missed	C. liked	D. watched
30. A. measured	B. pleased	C. distinguished	D. managed
31. A. practised	B. amused	C. advertised	D. annoyed
32. A. embarrassed	B. astonished	C. surprised	D. decreased
33. A. walks	B. begins	C. helps	D. cuts
34. A. shoots	B. grounds	C. concentrates	D. forests
35. A. practised	B. raised	C. rained	D. followed
36. A. beloved	B. pretended	C. protected	D. introduced
37. A. chooses	B. houses	C. rises	D. horses
38. A. hours	B. fathers	C. dreams	D. thinks
39. A. laughed	B. ploughed	C. coughed	D. disliked
40. A. imagined	B. punished	C. diseased	D. determined
41. A. examined	B. released	C. serviced	D. ceased
42. A. diseases	B. pleases	C. loses	D. releases
43. A. watched	B. clothed	C. dressed	D. faced
44. A. allows	B. counds	C. loves	D. makes 
45. A. afterwards	B. towards	C. charges	D. bathes
46. A. filled	B. landed	C. suited	D. wicked
47. A. chased	B. wished	C. pursued	D. thanked
48. A. beds	B. doors	C. plays	D. students
49. A. preferred	B. worked	C. fixed	D. fetched
50. A. completes	B. engines	C. taxis	D. ferries
51. A. characters	B. enriches	C. classes	D. enlarges	
52. A. completed	B. clothed	C. enclosed	D. showed
53. A. breathed	B. housed	C. shared	D. mixed
54. A. caused	B. promised	C. kissed	D. discussed
55. A. listened	B. burgled	C. robbed	D. chatted
56. A. gossiped	B. rumoured	C. remembered	D. threatened
57. A. passes	B. challenges	C. sexes	D. projects
58. A. arms	B. suits	C. chairs	D. boards
59. A. aches	B. speaks	C. breaks	D. foretells
60. A. licks	B. risks	C. leans	D. drops
61. A. stacked	B. rubbed	C. played	D. believed
62. A. relieves	B. invents	C. buys	D. deals
63. A. comes	B. rolls	C. takes	D. goes
64. A. recognised	B. organised	C. pronounced	D. denied
65. A. dreams	B. heals	C. kills	D. tasks
66. A. wounded	B. routed	C. wasted	D. risked
67. A. cats	B. bags	C. sets	D. asks
68. A. boats	B. paces	C. plates	D. roofs
69. A. crashed	B. rushed	C. dated	D. fixed
70. A. worried	B. bored	C. disappointed	D. annoyed
71. A. difficulties	B. problems	C. retreats	D. universities
72. A. questions	B. thoughts	C. goats	D. chaos
73. A. practises	B. offices	C. teases	D. reduces
74. A. languages	B. rabies	C. assumes	D. consumes
75. A. estimated	B. weighed	C. suited	D. accepted
76. A. shipped	B. hitchhiked	C. traced	D. repainted
77. A. knocked	B. zipped	C. turned	D. slipped
78. A. chips	B. racks	C. ranks	D. rivers
79. A. banks	B. walls	C. balls	D. rains
80. A. fences	B. lisences	C. deletes	D. enlarges
81. A. widens	B. referees	C. sacks	D. cancels
82. A. expelled	B. dismissed	C. encountered	D. returned
83. A. sunbathed	B. created	C. fitted	D. divided
84. A. 	succeeds	B. devotes	C. prevents	D. coughs
85. A. biscuits	B. magazines	C. newspapers	D. vegetables
86. A. packed	B. punched	C. pleased	D. pushed
87. A. disguises	B. bruises	C. cruises	D. suits
88. A. seizes	B. machines	C. vases	D. forces
89. A. bushes	B. buses	C. lorries	D. charges
90. A. waited	B. replaced	C. expanded	D. predicted
91. A. imprisoned	B. pointed	C. shouted	D. surrounded
92. A. roses	B. villages	C. apples	D. matches
93. A. clubs	B. duties	C. jumps	D. saves
94. A. beloved	B. solved	C. objected	D. wicked
95. A. teaches	B. replies	C. centralizes	D. uses
96. A. judges	B. aches	C. boots	D. dwarfs
97. A. tells	B. talks	C. stays	D. steals
98. A. washed	B. parted	C. passed	D. barked
99. A. concealed	B. fined	C. resembled	D. resisted
100. A. ceilings	B. tries	C. damages	D. profiles
Date: 3/8/2011
Week: 3rd 
Period: 3, 4
TỰ CHỌN (Last sounds /s/, /z/ and pronunciation of –ed ending)
Exercises
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
1. 	A. trays	B. says	C. days	D. bays
2. 	A. knees	B. papers	C. trees	D. bats
3. 	A. because	B. nurse	C. horse	D. purpose
4. 	A. soups	B. friends	C. has	D. Mary’s
5. 	A. comes	B. hopes	C. talks 	D. likes
6. 	A. leaves	B. dishes	C. hurries	D. prepares
7. 	A. brothers	B. magazines	C. clothes	D. makes
8. 	A. Martha’s	B. Thomson’s	C. Philip’s	D. Barbara’s
9. 	A. repeats	B. coughs	C. amuses	D. attacks
10. 	A. walks	B. begins	C. helps	D. cuts
11. 	A. airports	B. loves	C. things	D. calculators
12. 	A. fills	B.adds	C. stirs	D. lets
13. 	A. shops	B. notes	C. mouths	D. blacksmiths
14. 	A. cease	B. chase	C. increase	D. rained
15. 	A. jumped	B. picked	C. relaxed	D. suited
16. 	A. hooked	B. hissed	C. traveled	D. diminished
17. 	A. passed	B. realized	C. wished	D. touched
18. 	A. enjoyed	B. achieved	C. moved	D. liked
19. 	A. wicked	B. wanted	C. earned	D. hunted
20. 	A. hoped	B. naked	C. wicked	D. confused
21. 	A. learned	B. sacred	C. believed	D. decided
22. 	A. moaned	B. presented	C. viewed	D. robbed
23.	A. liked	B. learned	C. laughed	D. stopped
24. 	A. proved	B. supposed	C. developed	D. followed
25. 	A. concerned	B. phoned	C. opened	D. learned
26. 	A. refused	B. used	C. confused	D. believed
27. 	A. noticed	B. washed	C. relaxed	D. markedly
28. 	A. worried	B. loved	C. married	D. hurried
29. 	A. reminded	B. presented	C. wicked	D. missed
30. 	A. connected	B. involved	C. compared	D. concerned
31. 	A. opened	B. laughed	C. rolled	D. turned
32. 	A. started	B. combed	C. shaved	D. quarreled
33. 	A. dressed	B. brushed	C. fixed	D. realized
34.	A. wanted	B. decided	C. toasted	D. entered
35. 	A. wicked	B. hurriedly	C. rushed	D. markedly
36. 	A. raced	B. obliged	C. determined	D. arrived
37. 	A. parents	B. biologists	C. motorbikes	D. brushes
38. 	A. works	B. families	C. is	D. does
39. 	A. rushes	B. George’s	C. feelings	D. watches
40. 	A. Alice’s	B. chores	C. sentences 	D. solutions
II. Tick (….) the sound for each letter -s/-es in bold in the following words.
	/s/	/z/	/iz/
1. meets
2. feels
3. cups
4. stories
5. crosses
6. pressures
7. hopes
8. drives
9. brushes
10. confides
11. precedes
12. sacrifices
13. says
14. bays
15. weeks
16. years
17. bus
18. price
19. Mrs
20. isn’t
21. hisses
22. buzzes
23. surprising
24. something’s
25. smells
26. Jones
27. these
28. bees
29. piece
30. peas
III. Tick (….) the sound for each letter -ed in bold in the following words.
	/t/	/d/	/id/
1. talked
2. watched
3. danced
4. landed
5. studied
6. wanted
7. hoped
8. played
9. brushed
10. confided
11. preceded
12. sacrificed
13. filled
14. tried
15. whispered
16. snowed
17. departed
18. waited
19. rained
20. damaged
21. listened
22. repaired
23. surprised
24. stayed
25. answered
26. pushed
27. emptied
28. closed
29. shouted
30. washed