The final ‘s’ sounds in words can be confusing as there are three different ways that we can pronounce ‘s’ endings. Listen to the following three words and listen for the difference: Cooks Earns Damages There are slight differences here: Cooks makes the /s/ sound. Cooks / cooks. Other examples are: Checks Graduates Hates Earns makes the /z/ sound. Earns / earns. Other examples are: Boys Girls Hours Messages makes the /iz/ sound. Messages / Messages. Other examples are: Closes Damages Faces Listen to the following examples of words ending with ‘s’ and Identify the correct sound. We will tell you if you are right or wrong: wants things sandwiches products loves places paints lives phrases Flickr CC: William Chew