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A: With us.
B: Please, Mr. Swales.

Task 53. Practise reading the following words and phrases, paying
special attention to the pronunciation of [s] in combination with
other consonants and vowels:
Exercise l: words with -z-
Always, amazing, amusing, as, azalea, bags/bag's, bands/band's,
because.

Exercise 2: The -es- word ending
Abuses, arises, bosses, bridges, brushes, buses, cashes, catches,
classes, faces, forces, guesses, languages, judges, loses, houses,
messages, misses, nieces, passes, praises, pronounces, rushes,
spaces, washes, watches.

Exercise 3: The -ies- word ending
Babies, candies, daises, histories, hurries, ladies, nurseries, parties,
pastries,, stories, berries.

Exercise 4: -The letter -x-
Exact, exaggerate, exalted, examine, example, executive, exist,
existence, exit, exhilirate.

Exercise 5: -z- in phrases
Are these the, are these theirs, as this, buys this, has the, has them;
is that, is there, is this, There's the, there goes the, these things that,
this thing, this is the thing, this is the same thing.

Exercise 6: Sentences with -z-
1.Greg's legs tingle.
2.She sings songs about flags.
3.We would rather eat frog's legs than hotdogs.
4.She jogs with her dogs every day.
5.The executive exonerated the executor of the estate.

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