University of Djillali Liabbes,

Sidi Bel Abbes

Faculty of Letters, Languages and Arts
Section: English
Second-year Students

Name and signature: ALTENDJI Mouaouia

Group: 01
First-mid Term Phonetics Exam
Task one (16 marks). Underline the correct option: a, b or c.
1) In past participles of regular verbs, "seethed" is pronounced:
a) /siːðd/ b) /siːðɪd/ c) /siːðt/
2) "Seethes" is pronounced
a) /siːðɪz/ b) /siːðz/ c) /siːðs/
3) "Girls' house" is pronounced
a)/ ɡɜːlɪz haʊs/ b) /ɡɜːlz haʊs / c)/ ɡɜːls haʊs/
4) In " The cat's claw / klɔ:/ is broken", there is
a) a linking/ r/ b) an intrusive/r/ c) a linking/w/
5) / s, z/ are
a) English sibilants b) English plosives c) both
6) / g,d,b/ are
a) lenis b) fortis c) both
7) "aged", as an adjective when it means" very old" never before a noun as in" Brenda looks after
her aged mother", is pronounced
a) /ˈeɪdʒɪd/ b)/ ˈeɪdʒd/ c) both possible
8)"aged" as an adjective when it means"
" having a specified age" as in" A woman aged 40" and in past and pp as in " Her father has aged
dramatically", is pronounced
a) a) /ˈeɪdʒɪd/ b)/ ˈeɪdʒd/ c) both possible
9) / ɔːθɒrɪˈteəriən/ has
a) 9 phonemes b) 10 phonemes c) 11 phonemes
10) In " The idea/ aɪdɪə/ is mine", there is
a) a linking/ r/ b) an intrusive/r/ c) a linking/j/
5)
11) An example of a word with word-final stress on a suffix is
a. cigarette b) unique c) both
12) An example of a stress-shifting suffix which takes primary stress is
a. -eer b. -ette c) d. both
13) An example of a stress-neutral suffix is
a. -less b. -ship c. -both
14) The stress in " He is bad-"tempered" falls on ('tempered) and in " He is a bad-tempered person",
the rhythmic stress falls on
a) 'bad-tempered 'person b) bad-'tempered 'person c) 'bad-'tempered 'person
15) In "A Spanish 'teacher" when stress falls on" " 'teacher", the meaning is
a) The teacher is English and does not necessarily teaches English.
b) a teacher who teaches Spanish.
c) both
16) In "Authoritarianism" / ˌɔːθɒrɪˈteəriənIzəm/ (in 'iən', /i/ is neutralized), there are
a) 6 syllables 2) 7 syllables 3) 8 syllables

Task two: (4 marks)

Mark the primary stress(') on the words in bold characters in the following dialogue. Only ONE
WORD receives the primary stress, so you should stress eight ( 08) words. (In between brackets is
my explanation)
Gerald: Are you 'going to the 'swimming pool? We'll grill some 'hot dogs (we do not describe
dogs here), and Mary will bring some crunchy 'chips (adj+noun, we describe chips)
Mike: 'Sorry, I 'can't. I'll be working in the 'darkroom (the room is not dark).
Gerald: But that's so old-'fashionned! 'Nowadays, 'kids share self-'pictures on 'social networks.
Mike: 'Selfies? No, this is for a pho'tography 'course I've signed 'up for.
Gerald:I 'didn't know you were an 'artist in your free time.
Mike: That's a 'talent I 'take after my 'grandmother was told she was a well-'known (rhythmic
stress) pho'tographer.
Gerald: You are a successful artist.