1. Árvay Erzsébet

2. The –s suffix Noun plural : dogs, cats, horses Verb third person: he likes, she knows, he surprises Possessive of nouns: Dorothy’s Contracted form of ‘is’: It’s raining. Contracted form of ‘has’: The question’s been asked.

3. The –s suffix /z/ : dogs, knows, owns, loves, beds /s/ : likes, its, it’s, cats, bets / ɪ z/ : horses, dishes, surprises Guess the rules!

4. The –s suffix /z/ - after voiced sounds: /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /m/, /n/, / ƞ /, /l/, /r/, /j/ + vowel sounds e.g. dogs, beds /s/ - after voiceless sounds: /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, / ɵ /, /h/ e.g. cats, caps / ɪ z/ - after sibilant consonant sounds: / ʧ /, / ʤ /, / ʃ /, / ʒ /, /s/, /z/ e.g. dishes, horses

5. Let’s practise! apples, bags, files, videos, chickens, moths, benches, hats, Dickens’, boxes, chairs, keys, watches, pages, baths, bathes, garages, tomatoes, eyes, Ivy’s, crosses, leaves, pounds, laughs, hates

6. Let’s practise a bit more! mouths, houses, youths, shelves, leaves, wolves /ma ʊɵ / → /ma ʊ ðz/ /ha ʊ s/ → /ha ʊ z ɪ z/ /ju ːɵ / → /ju ː ðz/ / ʃ elf/ → / ʃ elvz/ /li ː f/ → /li ː vz/ /w ʊ lf/ → /w ʊ lvz/

7. The –ed suffix Past tense and past participle: heated, finished, stuffed, lived /d/: played, arranged, robbed, cared /t/: wiped, kissed, danced / ɪ d/: hated, added, ended, permitted

8. The –ed suffix /d/ - after voiced sounds: /b/, /g/, /v/, /ð/, /z/, / ʒ /, / ʤ /, /m/, /n/, / ƞ /, /l/, /r/, /j/ + vowel sounds e.g. lived, bathed, loathed /t/ - after voiceless sounds: /p/, /k/, /f/, / ɵ /, /s/, / ʃ /, /h/, / ʧ / e.g. laughed, pushed / ɪ d/ - after root-final alveolar stops: /t/, /d/ e.g. wanted, founded

9. Let’s practise! managed, fixed, sniffed, halved, jogged, fined, dropped, kicked, used, pushed, backed, stopped, fired, doomed, filled

10. Fill in the gaps with /z/, /s/ or / ɪ z/ /b ə ʊ t_//desk_//m ɒ s_/ /s ɑː m_//'w ɪ nd ə ʊ _//w ɒʧ _/ /'r ɪ v ə _//b ʌ s_//'k ɪ dni_/ /p ɪʧ _//steri ə ʊ _//'ne ɪ b ə _/ /'b ɒ tl_//si ː _//e ə _/ Fill in the gaps with /d/, /t/ or / ɪ d/ / ə 'la ʊ _//k ə ʊ m_//d ɪ 'vel ə p_/ /d ɑː ns_// ʤɔɪ n_//m ɔː n_/ / ə ʊ 'be ɪ _//r ɪ 'gret_//r ɒ k_/ /tre ɪ d_//j ɔː n_// ə 'n ɔɪ _/ /gri ː s_//hæ ƞ _//g ɑː d_/

11. Conclusion

12. Thank you for your attention! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g10jFL423ho

13. Sources Balogné Bérces, K., & Szentgyörgyi, S. (2006). The Pronunciation of English. Budapest: Bölcsész Konzorcium. Nádasdy, Á. (2006). Background to English Pronunciation. Budapest: Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó.