The pronunciation of the endings S- ES -ED

The pronunciation of the endings -s/es
and -ed
Choose the word whose ending ‘-s/es’ or ‘-ed’ is
pronounced differently from the others’
1. A. talked B. naked C.
asked D. liked
2. A. worked B. stopped C.
forced D. wanted
3. A. lays B. says C. stays
D. plays
4. A. waited B. mended C.
naked D. faced
5. A. promises B. devises C.
surprises D. realises
6. A. houses B. faces C.
horses D. places
7. A. naked B. sacred C. needed
D. walked
8. A. asks B. breathes C. breaths
D. hopes
9. A. kissed B. helped C. forced
D. raised
10. A. sees B. sports C.
pools D. trains
11. A. naked B. beloved C.
helped D. wicked
12. A. ticked B. checked C.
booked D. sacred
13. A. tombs B. lamps C.
brakes D. invites
14. A. books B. floors C.

combs D. drums
15. A. investigates B. provides C.
clothes D. paths
16. A. confused B. faced C.
cried D. defined
17. A. trays B. says C. bays
D. days
18. A. kissed B. pleased C.
increased D. ceased
19. A. devoted B. suggested C.
provided D. wished
20. A. closes B. loses C.
loves D. chooses
21. A. gives B. phones C. switches
D. dives
22. A. catched B. crashed C.
occupied D. coughed
23. A. studies B. flourishes C.
finishes D. glances
24. A. hears B. thanks C. blows
D. coincides
25. A. started B. looked C. decided
D. coincided
26. A. designed B. preserved C.
sawed D. guided
27. A. encourages B. climbs C. pulls
D. televisions
28. A. cats B. tapes C. rides
D. cooks
29. A. agreed B. missed C. liked

D. watched
30. A. measured B. pleased C.
distinguished D. managed
31. A. practised B. amused C.
advertised D. annoyed
32. A. embarrassed B. astonished C.
surprised D. decreased
33. A. walks B. begins C. helps
D. cuts
34. A. shoots B. grounds C.
concentrates D. forests
35. A. practised B. raised C.
rained D. followed
36. A. beloved B. pretended C.
protected D. introduced
37. A. chooses B. houses C. rises
D. horses
38. A. hours B. fathers C. dreams
D. thinks
39. A. laughed B. ploughed C.
coughed D. disliked
40. A. imagined B. punished C.
diseased D. determined
41. A. examined B. released C.
serviced D. ceased
42. A. diseases B. pleases C.
loses D. releases
43. A. watched B. clothed C.
dressed D. faced
44. A. paid B. said C. laid

D. made
45. A. afterwards B. towards C.
charges D. bathes
46. A. filled B. landed C. suited
D. wicked
47. A. chased B. wished C. pursued
D. thanked
48. A. beds B. doors C.
plays D. students
49. A. preferred B. worked C.
fixed D. fetched
50. A. completes B. engines C.
taxis D. ferries
51. A. characters B. enriches C.
classes D. enlarges
52. A. completed B. clothed C.
enclosed D. showed
53. A. breathed B. housed C.
shared D. mixed
54. A. caused B. promised C.
kissed D. discussed
55. A. listened B. burgled C.
robbed D. chatted
56. A. gossiped B. rumoured C.
remembered D. threatened
57. A. passes B. challenges C.
sexes D. projects
58. A. arms B. suits C.
chairs D. boards
59. A. aches B. speaks C. breaks

D. foretells
60. A. licks B. risks C.
leans D. drops
61. A. sticked B. rubbed C. played
D. believed
62. A. relieves B. invents C. buys
D. deals
63. A. comes B. rolls C.
takes D. goes
64. A. recognised B. organised C.
pronounced D. denied
65. A. dreams B. heals C. kills
D. tasks
66. A. wounded B. routed C.
wasted D. risked
67. A. cats B. bags C. sets
D. asks
68. A. boats B. paces C.
plates D. roofs
69. A. crashed B. rushed C. dated
D. fixed
70. A. worried B. bored C.
disappointed D. annoyed
71. A. difficulties B. problems C.
retreats D. universities
72. A. questions B. thoughts C.
goats D. chaos
73. A. practises B. offices C.
teases D. reduces
74. A. languages B. rabies C.

assumes D. consumes
75. A. estimated B. weighed C.
suited D. accepted
76. A. shipped B. hitchhiked C.
traced D. repainted
77. A. knocked B. zipped C. turned
D. slipped
78. A. chips B. racks C.
ranks D. rivers
79. A. banks B. walls C. balls
D. rains
80. A. fences B. lisences C.
deletes D. enlarges
81. A. widens B. referees C.
sacks D. cancels
82. A. expelled B. dismissed C.
encountered D. returned
83. A. sunbathed B. created C.
fitted D. divided
84. A. succeeds B. devotes C.
prevents D. coughs
85. A. biscuits B. magazines C.
newspapers D. vegetables
86. A. packed B. punched C.
pleased D. pushed
87. A. disguises B. bruises C.
cruises D. suits
88. A. seizes B. machines C.
vases D. forces
89. A. bushes B. buses C.

lorries D. charges
90. A. waited B. replaced C.
expanded D. predicted
91. A. imprisoned B. pointed C.
shouted D. surrounded
92. A. roses B. villages C.
apples D. matches
93. A. clubs B. duties C.
jumps D. saves
94. A. beloved B. solved C. objected
D. wicked
95. A. teaches B. replies C.
centralizes D. uses
96. A. judges B. aches C.
boots D. dwarfs
97. A. tells B. talks C.
stays D. steals
98. A. washed B. parted C. passed
D. barked
99. A. concealed B. fined C.
resembled D. resisted
100. A. ceilings B. tries C.
damages D. profiles