Question 22 of 25intermediate🔧 ApplyShort Answer2 marks

Read aloud the following words from the story: sage, promising, wisdom, trees, surprise. All these words have the letter 's' in them. But the sound of letter 's' is not always the same. Now, speak each word clearly along with your teacher and classmates. Your teacher will now say some words. Listen carefully to the sound of 's'. Write the sound next to the word. beds, sand, clothes, sea, was, keys, bags, nose

Correct Answer

Sound of 's' in each word:

beds - /z/ sound (the 's' sounds like 'z'), sand - /s/ sound, clothes - /z/ sound.

sea - /s/ sound, was - /z/ sound, keys - /z/ sound.

bags - /z/ sound, nose - /z/ sound.

Exercise: Let us speak | Q: 1 | (Page Page 10)
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Explanation

This pronunciation exercise teaches students that the letter 's' can have different sounds. As explained in the chapter: 'in sage and promising – the letter 's' has a /s/ sound; in wisdom – the letter 's' has a /z/ sound; in trees – the letter 's' has a /z/ sound; in surprise – the first letter 's' has a /s/ sound and the second has a /z/ sound.' Generally, 's' at the beginning of words has /s/ sound, while 's' after voiced consonants often has /z/ sound.

Solution Steps

  1. The letter 's' can have different sounds (/s/ or /z/) in different words

  2. Words with /z/ sound: beds, clothes, was, keys, bags, nose

  3. Words with /s/ sound: sand, sea

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