[00:00.00]Lesson One.We are going to practice the pronunciation of plural nouns.
[00:-1.00]Notice there are three different pronunciations for the plural ending s.Listen.
[00:-2.00]one drees   tow dresses     one skirt   two skirts
[00:-3.00]one sweater             two sweaters
[00:-4.00]Notice that the first noun,dresses,has an IZ sound,
[00:-5.00]which becomes a separate syllable:dress,dresses.Listen and repeat.
[00:-6.00]one drees  two dresses  many dresses  one page  two pages
[00:-7.00]many pages  one bluse   tow blouse   many blouses
[00:-8.00]one place   two places    many places
[00:-9.00]one size  two sizes   many sizes   one match  two matches   many matches
[00:10.00]When a noun ends with an S sound,as in place,or a Z sound,as in size,
[00:11.00]you add in IZ sound to the end to make it plural.
[00:12.00]Here are some examples:size becomes sizes;dress becomes dresses.
[00:13.00]When a noun ends with a sound as in page,
[00:14.00]or a sound,as in match,you and an IZ sound to make it plural.
[00:15.00]Here are examples:page becomes pages;match becomes matches.
[00:16.00]Then second plural ending is the S sound,as in one skirt,two skirts.
[00:17.00]Listen and repeat.
[00:18.00]one skirt            two skirts           many skirts
[00:19.00]one sock             two socks            many socks
[00:20.00]one week             two weeks            many weeks
[00:21.00]one hat              two hats             many hats
[00:22.00]one cup              two cups             many cups
[00:23.00]When a noun ends with a T sound,as in skirt,a K sound,as in sock;
[00:24.00]or a P sound,as in cup,add an S sound to the end to make the plural.
[00:25.00]Here are some examples:skirt becomes skirts;
[00:26.00]sock becomes socks:hat becomes hats;cup becomes cups.
[00:27.00]The third plural ending is the Z sound,as in one sweater,two sweaters.
[00:28.00]Listen and repeat.
[00:29.00]one sweater          two sweaters         many sweaters
[00:30.00]one shoe             two shoes            many shoes
[00:31.00]one hotel            two hotels           many hotels
[00:32.00]one job              two jobs             many jobs
[00:33.00]one color            two colors           many colors
[00:34.00]one television       two televisions      many televisions
[00:35.00]one game             two games            many games
[00:36.00]one thing            two things           many things
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