1.

Write these words in the correct column (1m)

watched played sacred wicked imagined finished

worked needed stopped allowed changed

/t/ /d/ /ɪd/

imagined

2. Write these words in the correct column (1m)

clothes churches delays washes beliefs dreams

judges gloves foxes drinks months

/s/ /z/ /ɪz/

judges

3. Circle the word with a different vowel sound (1m)

1 watch catch match land
2. rain said fail train
3 come gone long want
4 what hot most salt
5 snow low show cow
6 cloth both clothes road
7. word wash boss cost
8. post coast rose lost
9. pull full put rule
10 soon book boot room

4. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. discussion b. passion c. decision d. expression
2. a. warned b. decided c. sacred d. hatred
3. a. merchant b. terminology c. commercial d. sergeant
4. a. colonel b. journal c. touring d. adjourn
5. a. amuses b. purses c. blouses d. pleases
6. a. Valentine b. imagine c. discipline d. determine
7. a. element b. preservation c. emission d. gesture
8. a. average b. massage c. marriage d. shortage
9. a. controlled b. believed c. combined d. discriminated
10 a. character b. chemistry c. Christmas d. childhood

5. Complete the table (2 ms)

Allophones of Example Broad Transcription Narrow Transcription
the phoneme /k/

6. How many phonemes are there in the following words? What is the phonemic symbol for
the last sound in each and what are its distinctive features? (2ms)
Number of Phonetic features of the last sound
phonemes
E.g. pat 3 /t/ – plosive, alveolar, voiceless
1. climb _________ ___________________________________
2. walk _________ ___________________________________
3. match _________ ___________________________________
4. brief _________ ___________________________________
5. aisle _________ ___________________________________

7. Identify the vowels in the following words and provide the articulatory description. (2ms)
No. Word Length Height Frontness / Backness Roundness
0 cat short low front unrounded
1 bird long between central neutral
mid &
low-mid
2 love short Fairly nearly central neutral
 low
3 lose long high back Rounded &
protruded
4 red short mid front Slightly
spread
5 meet long high Fully front spread