Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /s/ & Voiced /z/

Sound-Spelling Pattern

	/s/		/z/
s	sun son stop	z	zoo
		s	a few common words is as does was says his hers desert desert
ss	grass lesson	ss	a few words scissors dessert desert, dessert, to desert on YouTube
		zz	buzz
-se	nouns, adj., adv. house n. excuse n. close adj. adv. loose adj. use n.		verbs to house to excuse to close to lose to use a few common words these those whose because
c + e i y	(s)ce once (s)ci scissors c-ce /ks/ accent c-ci /ks/ vaccine cy icy cynic	-ism	patriotism baptism
x = /ks/	six box relax
(e)x + VL = /ks/	expect extra	(e)x + VD = /gz/	example exist
tz, zz = /ts/	a few foreign words pizza pretzel waltz
	Word Final S		Word Final Z
	Silent S
	Homophones		Homophones