Before I answer this question, you need to know about voiced and voiceless consonants, if you don’t know what these are, go to the Consonant page and study it, and then come back to this question. If you already have, there it is:
There are basically 3 types of s pronunciation in English as follows:
1-/s/ (When the consonant preceding s is voiceless)
2-/z/ (When the consonant preceding s is voiced)
3-/əz/ (when the consonant s is preceded by /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʧ/ /ʒ/ /ʤ/)
| /s/ | /z/ | /əz/ |
| Voiceless Consonant + /s/ | Voiced Consonant + /z/ | Consonants /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʧ/ /ʒ/ /ʤ/ + /əz/ |
| Hopes/ps/ | Robes /bz/ | Faces /feɪsəz/ |
| Laughs/fs/ | Loves /vz/ | Erases/ireɪsəz/ |
| Months /θs/ | Clothes /ðz/ | Washes /wɑːʃəz/ |
| Likes /ks/ | Logs /gz/ | Catches /kætʃəz/ |
| Hates /ts/ | Rides /dz/ | Changes /ʧeɪnʒəz/ |
| Manages /ʤəz/ |
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