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YENNIFER VANESSA MURCIA
2018
UNITS 1 & 2 - TASK 6 - ORAL PRODUCTION ACTIVITY
1. Find the phonetic symbol for the first sound in each of the following words:
a- This: (ð)
b- Usual: (ju)
c- Church: (t ʃ )
2- Find the phonetic symbol for the last sound in each of the following words:
a- tough: (f )
b- kicked: (t)
c- loved: (d)
4- Put the following words into the corresponding columns:
a. ill - eel - kneel - nil - will – wheel- field - bean - filled - bin - ski – sick.
I i:
ill Eel
Nil Kneel
Will Wheel
Filled Field
Bin Bean
Sick Ski
c. caught - owe - coal - own - sore –mow - scowl - brow - door - now – paw-
found
C: eu: au:
sore owe mow
caught coal scowl
door brown
paw found
7. Put the following words into two columns according to whether their
consonant is voiced or not:
+ Voice: Du- i:g? - zd –beH- S? T-? V-C?-edY
-Voice: eHt hH?pi: ti: zu: saH of HtR Ri:
1 2
3 4
5 6 7
a. Can you list the sounds that are produced at each of these places?
touch each other. English [p], [b], and [m] are bilabial stops. (An [m] would
look the same, but with the velum lowered to let out through the nasal
passages.)The sound [w] involves two constrictions of the vocal tract made
bilabial approximant.
touches the upper teeth. English [θ] and [ð] are dental fricatives. There are
actually a couple of different ways of forming these sounds: The tongue tip can
approach the back of the upper teeth, but not press against them so hard that
the airflow is completely blocked. The blade of the tongue can touch the
bottom of the upper teeth, with the tongue tip protruding between the teeth --
still leaving enough space for a turbulent airstream to escape. This kind of [θ]
towards the part of the palate just behind the alveolar ridge. Examples [R,tR]
blade) approaches or touches the alveolar ridge, the ridge immediately behind
the upper teeth. The English stops [t], [d], and [n] are formed by completely
blocking the airflow at this place of articulation. The fricatives [s] and [z] are
touches the upper teeth. English [f] and [v] are bilabial fricatives.
• PALATAL: sounds are very similar to palatoalveolar ones, they are just
produced further back towards the velum. The only palatal sound in English is
PALATOALVELAR: pleasure.
PALATAL: yellow
12. Put the following words in the relevant column according to the manner of
articulation of the underlined consonant.
sHst?m, sHl?b?l, meHl, kPnd?z, vaT?lHM, f?Tni:mHk, leMS, stres, ti:tR?, meY?,
rHdY, vi:l?m, wUn,
Jzp, RN: t, pzl?t, brUC?, spelHM, wi: k, lzMgwHdY, haH, gl?Tt?l, laTd, dentl.
LzMgwHdY: Language.
Laʊd: Laud
Meɪl: mail
brʌðə: Brother
Rɪʤɪd: Rigid
ʃɔːt: Short
13. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following descriptions,
and then give a word that contains the phoneme.
Example: voiceless alveolar plosive: / t /, two.
A. voiced alveolar lateral: / l /, long.
B. short high back rounded monophthong:
C. voiced dental fricative: / S C /, breath.
D. voiced velar nasal: / M /, ram.
E. voiced palatal approximant: / j /, youth.
F. voiceless palato-alveolar affricate: /tR/, rich.
G. voiced bilabial plosive: / p b/, park
14. On the following diagram indicate with an arrow the movement of the
tongue for the diphthongs in the given words.
Give a phonetic transcription first.
Hair: hɛr ɛ.
Sure: ʃʊr ʊ.
High: haɪ a.
Owl: aʊəl ʊ.
Own: oʊn ʊ
Do the same thing for the trip thongs in the words:
Player: pleɪɚ ɪɚ.
Fire: faɪɚ ɪɚ.
Royal: rɔɪəl ɪə.
Lower: lɔɚ ɚ.
Hour: aʊɚ ɪɚ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://ia801801.us.archive.org/35/items/Phonology/Phonology.pdf