[Z] SOUND "PHONETICS"

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A SET OF RULES TO PRACTICE WHEN TO PRONOUNCE THE [Z] SOUND IN SPOKEN ENGLISH
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Slide 1

    -TONGUE IS IN THE SAME POSITION AS FOR [S]-AIRSTREAM: IS CONTINUOUS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION-VOCAL CHORDS: ARE VIBRATING
    PRONOUNCING [Z]

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    IF YOU SAY [S] INSTEAD OF [Z]
      ZOO                                                     WILL SOUND  EYES                                                     WILL SOUND     PRIZE                                                   WILL SOUND
                                       SUE                                  ICE                                   PRICE

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    BEGINNING.................MIDDLE.....................END
                                   ZOO                                                                         LAZY                                                       AS  ZEAL                                                                        BUSY                                                       IS ZEST                                                                          EASY                                                       HIS ZINC                                                                          CRAZY                                                     WAS ZERO                                                                         RAZOR                                                    BUZZ ZONE                                                                         DOZEN                                                    DAZE ZEBRA                                                                        DIZZY                                                      RAISE ZIPPER                                                                       COUSIN                                                    AMAZE                                                                                  PUZZLE                                                   BREEZE  

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    [Z] SPELLED:
                                             "Z"               ZIP              SIZE              SEIZE              LIZARD              SNEEZE   THE LETTER "X" IS A COMMON SPELLING PATTERN FOR [Z]  EX: XYLOPHONE          XEROX
                                             "S"                        HAS                        EYES                        ROSE                        THESE                        BRUISE

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    HINTS
      THE LETTER Z IS USUALLY PRONOUNCED [z]    EXAMPLES:       ZIPPER        COZY        FREEZE        2. THE LETTER "S"  IS USUALLY PRONOUNCED  [Z] WHEN BETWEEN VOWELS IN A STRESSED SYLLABLE    EXAMPLES:      DESÉRVE        BECÁUSE         RESÍGN      PRESÉNT    3. THE LETTER "S" IN PLURAL NOUNS IS PRONOUNCED  [Z] WHEN IT FOLLOWS A VOWEL OR MOST VOICED CONSONANTS        EXAMPLES:  SHOES       LEGS        LEAVES      CARS    NOTE:    THE VOWEL BEFORE [z] AT THE END OF A WORD IS ALWAYS PROLONGED MORE THAN BEFORE  [s]. PROLONGING THE       VOWEL BEFORE [Z] HELPS TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM [s]   EXAMPLES:  EYES      BREEZE       RISE      BUZZ

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    THE BOLDFACE WORDS SHOULD BE PRONOUNCED WITH [Z]
    EASY DOES IT ZERO DEGREES  A COOL BREEZE  A DOZEN EGGS BUSY AS A BEE CLOSE YOUR EYES THE PUZZLE IS EASY I RAISE FLOWERS THERE ARE ZEBRAS AND LIONS AT THE ZOO HIS COUSIN COMES FROM NEW ZEALAND THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON TUESDAY MY HUSBAND GAVE ME A DOZEN ROSES LIZA TOOK A CRUISE TO BRAZIL. JAZZ MUSIC IS PLEASANT

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    REPEAT THE PAIRS OF WORDS CAREFULLY
                                            [s]SUE FACERACEBUSICEWE SAW THE PLACETHEY MADE PEACETHE PRICE WAS $1000DID YOU SEE THE RACER?HE LOST THE RACE
                                               [Z]  ZOO  PHASE  RAISE  BUZZ  EYES  WE SAW THE PLAYS  THEY MADE PEAS  THE PRIZE WAS $1000  DID YOU SEE THE RAZOR?  HE LOST THE RAISE    

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    Several nouns and verbs are the same in the written form. however we can distinguish between these pairs in the spoken form. the letter "s" in the noun is pronounced [s]; in the verb it is pronounced [z]
                                                  NOUNS  EXCUSE (EXCUSA)  HOUSE (CASA)   USE (USO)  GREASE (GRASA)  ABUSE (ABUSO, MAL, USO)  
                                                     VERBS    EXCUSE (PERDONAR)     HOUSE (HOSPEDARSE)     USE (USAR, UTILIZAR)       GREASE (ENGRASAR, LUBRICAR)      ABUSE (ABUSAR DE)

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    SENTENCES WITH NOUNS AND VERBS
    PLEASE EXCUSE ME HE HAS A GOOD EXCUSE MAY I USE YOUR CAR? THE OBJECT HAS NO USE THE MUSEUM WILL HOUSE THE PAINTING WE BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE CHILD ABUSE IS A TERRIBLE THING PLEASE DON'T ABUSE ME.  
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