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PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY TEST

1. Look at the underlined vowel sounds and put the words under the right heading. The first two have been done for you.

divorce, common, court, husband, couple, imporant, intolerable, broken, become, flowers, home, hurt

/Q/: common

/O:/: divorce

/V/:

/3:/:

/9/:

/@U/:

/aU/:

2. Underline the "odd one out". The first group is based on grammatical endings, the second on the pronunciation of diphthongs, the third on silent letters.

1.

a) related naked assasinated discovered waited

b) happened seemed troubled missed judged

c) tracks traps nests crowns lamps


2.

b/ chief died beach peace leek


c/ bowl mauve note shore coke


d/ paid dreamt laid wait made


e/ nurse bury suburb disturb world


3.

  1. heir honest hotel hour honour

  2. who where wrinkle answer wrap

  3. knot knuckle knockers key kneel


3. Which parts of your speech organs are involved in the articulation when you pronounce /b/ as in the word "bread"? Answer: an upper and lower lip


/t/ "teacher" .............................


/g/ "ghost" .............................


/Ù / "jam" .............................




4. Put down front, back, and central vowels using the appropriate phonemic transcription (only short vowels).

front vowels: ..............................


central vowels: ……………………………


back vowels: ...............................


5. Put the words under the appropriate heading according to the voicing of their endings: chemist's, butcher's, friends, matches, sausages, cigarettes,

wanted, inspired, wounded, hailed, walked, perceived, cared


/s/: e.g. chemist's

/z/:

/Iz/:


/t/:

/d/:

/Id/:


6. Read the poem and put down one minimal pair:

The polar bear is unaware

Of cold that cuts me through.

For why? He has a coat of hair.

I wish I had one too.


7. Transcribe the poem above using the phonemic transcription.


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8. Work out the spelling of the following words. When indicated, give two or three possibilities:

20 points

1. /tI@ / ‑ ........... 6./heIpni/ ‑ ...............


2. /te@ / ‑ ............


3. /reIn/ ‑ .......... , .............


4. /s@U / ‑ .......... , ............, .................


5. /daI / ‑ ........... , .............


9. Define the following and explain or give examples where possible:

a/ R.P. ‑


b/ voicing ‑


c/ a phoneme ‑


d/ a stress-timed rhythm –


  1. secondary stress –

  2. 4 functions of intonation -

g) difference between intrusive and linking /r/

10. Fill in the blanks:

a/ There are ..... nasal sounds. They are: ....................

b/ Four examples of plosives (stops) are : ....................

c/ When the bottom lip is against the upper front teeth the place of articulation is said to be :...........................

d/ There are two dental sounds, in which the tongue is against the teeth. They are :....................

e/ An example of a palatal sound is :.............................

f/ Velar sounds occur in the ....................of the mouth.


11. Add a suffix to each of the words below.

Then mark the stress in both words, transcribe them and put down what type of suffix it is. An example: "yellow‑"yellowness /"jel@U/, /"jel@Un@s/ stress neutral suff.


a/ Form a noun: statue, photo, cigar, product

b/ Form an adjective: glory, amaze, picture, advantage



12. In the following text identify:

  1. all the schwas and circle them,

  2. all the grammar words in their weak forms and transcribe them,

  3. one grammar word in its strong form.


A little mouse ran out of his hole and through the big farmhouse kitchen, looking for something to eat. He did not see the kitten but the kitten saw him.






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