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Thinking about teaching in Korea? This
book contains all the information you need to know.
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Additional Links To
TEFL Resource, Training
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and Jobs Sites ▼
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An English
language site for students and teachers in the
hotel industry.
The site contains lessons plans which
cover specific functions
that hotel staff are likely to encounter on a daily basis.
Yadayada English
An English conversation
site
An
English conversation language site for students and teachers
focusing on English expressions used for various functions and
situations
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friendly advice written
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working overseas since 1989
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Information about
teaching English and living in Phuket- with Phuket, Thailand, and
world wide job listings
A site
listing hundreds
of EFL
related sites including job listings, teacher resources
and lesson plans, TESOL Training, and more
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Ending Sounds
Sometimes there are sound changes made at the end of words.
This page examines the sound changes when forming plurals by adding an 's'
ending.
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An 's' is added to some words form the plural
(car-cars) and to ensure the subject-verb agreement rule for
the
simple present tense (he likes, they like). (see note below for an
explanation of the verb-subject rule).
The 's' sound can be pronounced three different ways- 'uhz',
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1. In words ending in 'es', the 'es'
sound is pronounced as 'uhz' after the sounds 's',
'z', 'sh', 'ch',
'j', and /zh/.
Be sure to separate the word, adding another
syllable, so that the final syllable
begins with the /uhz/ sound.
sentence sen-ten-ces
church church-es
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There are ham sandwiches on the table. |
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Slim oozes down the fence post. |
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I hate doing dishes. |
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Carol cherishes the time with her
children. |
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I get terrible wages on my job. |
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2. In words ending with voiceless sounds, the 's' is pronounced like
's',
except after
the sounds 's', 'sh', 'ch'. (when it is pronounced 'uhz'- see above)
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It is rude if one slurps their soup.
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I have read many articles about global warming. |
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Lenny has a number of almanacs.
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The government bans many things it considers bad.
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3. In words ending with voiced sounds the 's' is pronounced as
'z', except
after 's'
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Harold needs a visa to visit
South Africa. |
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Teenage gangs are terrorizing the neighborhood. |
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Kangaroos are native to Australia.
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Mary sings in the church choir every Sunday.
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Note: Subject-verb Agreement-
when using the simple present tense, if the
subject of the sentence is
singular, he, she, or it, an 's' is required for to
maintain grammatical
correctness. If the subject of the sentence is
plural, they, you, or I NO 's'
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Other Ending Sound Pages
Page
1 'ed' endings
Page
3 numbers- 'teen' and 'ty'
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