The Three S Exercise A Place the words below into the correct columns. Where there are two S sounds, refer to the underlined S sound. as business business bush cabs caps cars cats caves centuries centuries comes dots easy eggs eyes graphs hills his history ice interesting kiss keys lose patient please she she's shoe shoes shop silence sure takes was /s/ /z/ /sh/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B Check your answers and decide which sounds or phonemes below typically combine with /s/ and /z/. Phonemes or Sounds /b/ /f/ /g/ /i:/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /p/ /t/ /u:/ /v/ /s/ /z/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are these consonants voiced or unvoiced? Are these consonants voiced or unvoiced? www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007 Answers A /s/ business as /Z/ /sh/ bush caps business patient cats cabs she centuries cars shoe dots caves shop graphs centuries sure history comes ice easy eggs interesting eyes kiss hills silence his takes keys lose please she's shoes was B Phonemes or Sounds /s/ /Z/ /f/ /b/ /m/ /k/ /g/ /u:/ /p/ /i:/ /v/ /t/ /l/ www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007