A PHONOLOGY TEST BASED ON
G. PORCELLI and F. HOTIMSKY's

A Handbook of English Pronunciation


Test written by G. Porcelli
Using JavaScript code by Steven M. Liti

THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE GRAPHEMES 'S' or 'SS'.

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When there are more 's' or 'ss' graphemes, consider the one(s) in RED.
"Other" here means anything else, different from /s/ or /z/.

01. ROSE /s/ /z/ other
02. POSSESS /s/ /z/ other
03. POSSESS /s/ /z/ other
04. EXCLUSIVE /s/ /z/ other
05. VISION /s/ /z/ other
06. CASUAL /s/ /z/ other
07. ISLAND /s/ /z/ other
08. DISAGREE /s/ /z/ other
09. SNOOPY /s/ /z/ other
10. MISSION /s/ /z/ other
11. REPOSE /s/ /z/ other
12. RESORT /s/ /z/ other
13. DESSERT /s/ /z/ other
14. VISCOUNT /s/ /z/ other
15. to HOUSE /s/ /z/ other
16. DESERT /s/ /z/ other
17. to DESERT /s/ /z/ other
18. POROSITY /s/ /z/ other
19. OBSERVE /s/ /z/ other
20. RESIST /s/ /z/ other
21. SLEEP /s/ /z/ other
22. THESAURUS /s/ /z/ other
23. MOUSE /s/ /z/ other
24. DEBRIS /s/ /z/ other
25. RESET /s/ /z/ other
26. RESENT /s/ /z/ other
27. SUGAR /s/ /z/ other
28. CLEANSE /s/ /z/ other
29. MISCHIEF /s/ /z/ other
30. MISINTERPRET /s/ /z/ other



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