Task 7_Exercises

1. State whether the manner of articulation is the same (S) or

different (D) in the final consonants of each pair (Check the link
https://www.mimicmethod.com/ft101/manner-of-articulation/)

Example:

bomb – ten (S)

rough – zip (D)
a) album – broken (S)
b) aqueous – sociable (D)
c) barometer – finish (D)
d) ideal – keepsake (D)
e) inch – gauge (S)
f) prologue – confine (D)
g) variable – watch (D)
h) waste – adage (D)

2. Separate the following words into syllables (Check the link:

file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/syllabication%20rules.pdf)

Example:

home home
subject sub - ject
publishing pub – lish - ing
a) antidote An-ti- dote
b) calendar Cal-en-dar
c) computer Com-pu-ter
d) december De-cem-ber
e) dinner Din-ner
f) emotion E-mo-tion
g) fine fine
h) fitness Fit-ness
i) global Glo-bal
j) liver Liv-er
k) lotion Lo-tion
l) lovely Love-ly
m) mirror Mir-ror
n) money Mon-ey
o) oversleep o-ver-sleep
p) poem Poem
q) puppet Pup-pet
r) sunshine Sun-shine
s) tongue Tongue
t) wonderful Won-der-ful

3. Write the sound /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ next to the words (Check the link:
http://www.elementalenglish.com/3-sounds-of-the-plural-s-in-
english/)

Example:

weeks /s/
webs /z/
watches /ɪz/
a) attends /z
b) books s
c) breathes s
d) classes /iz
e) judges iz
f) lives z
g) plates s
h) tapes s
i) watches iz
j) wives z

4. Mark the silent letters in the following words (Check the link:
https://howtospell.co.uk/silentletters.php)

Example:

plumber b
honest h
 cute e
a) answer w
b) bomb b
c) castle t
d) cupboard d
e) design g
f) generous o
g) hoped e
h) interest e
i) island s
j) know k
k) subtle b
l) vegetable e
5. Mark the primary stress in the following words (Check the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbcEiFTmkQo)

Example:

example xam
photograph pho
a) anxiety xie
b) career reer
c) classify cla
d) economics no
e) passion pa
f) society ci
g) suffragette gette
h) talkative talk
i) universal ver
j) village vi