Present Simple

3rd Person Singular (he/she/it): Pronunciation

1. lives /z/
2. gets /s/
3. judges /ez/ or /iz/

1. Voiced Consonants (sounds):

 /m/ → comes
 /n/
 /l/ → travels
 /b/
 /d/ → depends
 /v/
 /ð/ /z/
 /w/ → grows
 /r/
 …
 → goes
 irregular → has
 → does

2. Voiceless Consonants (sounds):

 /p/
 /t/ → writes
 /k/ → bakes
 /f/ → laughs /s/
 /θ/
 /h/
 …

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 /s/ → rises
 /z/
 /j/ → judges
/ez/
 /sh/ → pushes
 /ch/
/iz/

Practice

❶Read the text.

Tom works at a bank. He is the manager. He starts work every day at 8:00 am. He

finishes work every day at 6:00 pm. He lives very close to the bank. He walks to

work every day. His brother and sister also work at the bank.

❷ Form the third person.

a. Example: try → tries

b. Destroy → ………………..

c. Dance → ………………..

d. Fix → ………………..

e. Eat → ………………..

f. Wait → ………………..

g. Need → ………………..

h. Speak → ………………..

i. Go → ………………..

j. Wash → ………………..

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 k. Relax → ………………..

l. Sleep → ………………..

m. Freeze → ………………..

❸ Put the verbs from the previous task in the correct column.

/z/ /s/ /ez/ or /iz/

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Key

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a. Example: try → tries /z/
b. Destroys /z/
c. Dances /iz/
d. Fixes /iz/
e. Eats /s/
f. Waits /s/
g. Needs /z/
h. Speaks /s/
i. Goes /z/
j. Washes /iz/
k. Relaxes /iz/
l. Sleeps /s/
m. Freezes /iz/