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Answer the questions as you are instructed to:

1. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
1.1. a. measure b. toys c. Asia d. decision
1.2. a. within b. think c. these d. with
1.3. a. mechanic b. chemistry c. machine d. chaos
2. Circle the groups of word which contains the same FINAL consonant sound.
a. learns – stops c. news –cheese
b. wanted – concerned d. laughs – works
3. Circle the words that begin with:
3.1. a dental consonant:
a. five b. come c. they d. me e. chin f. visa
3.2. an alveolar consonant:
a. singer b. ten c. this d. short e. thing f. cheap
3.3. a velar consonant:
a. though b. then c. thought d. through e. those f. girl
4. Circle the phoneme that does not belong to the class of sounds all sharing one or
more common properties.
4.1. /w/, /m/, /n/, /p/, /b /
4.2. / ∫ /, / Ʒ /, / ∫/, / ʧ/, /r/
4.3. /d/, /k/, /ŋ/, /b/, /p/
5. Circle the word where the /r/ is NOT pronounced.
a. for one thing b. for a job
c. their aunt d. for each
6. Circle the sound that cannot be omitted in the following words groups.
a. right way b. next Sunday
c. mixed sweet d. needed some

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7. The vowel sound in the first syllable of the word “comfortable” is …..
a. /ʌ / b. /Ə/
c. /ɒ/ c. /Ɔ:/
8. The stressed symbol of the word “nationalization” is …..
a. /’_ _ _ _ _ _/ b. /_ _ _ _ ‘_ _ /
c. /_ ‘_ _ _ _ _/ d. /_ _ _ ‘_ _ _/
9. There may be assimilation in ………………
a. not her b. those books
c. woolen gloves d. one shoe
10. When the word NOT occur in either the statement or the tag-question, use the
…………. to force the other person to agree with you.
a. second rising b. falling
c. first rising d. falling rising
II. Answer the following questions by writing T for True and F for False.
1. ____ Certain suffixes (-ity, -ion, -ic) attract the stress to the syllable immediately
preceding them.
2.____ Assimilation is the disappreance of sound under certain influence of
neighbouring.
3.____ A stress group is a stressed syllable together with any unstressed syllable
which may follow or after it.
4.____ If you want the command to sound more a request than an order, use the
dive.
5.____ In the falling tune, the stressed syllable of the last important word is high
and the voice rises from there.

III. Fill each gap in the following sentences with one suitable word.
1. Adjectives of more than three syllables keep the stress on the .......... syllable of
the verb.

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2. When an adjective and noun ……. to form a compound noun, the first element
often takes the …….. stress.
3. Important words are the words which carry most of the …….. in a word group.
4. If you are in doubt about which …… unit unstressed syllables belong to, put
them after a …….rather than before it.
5. Three-syllable adjective have stress on the ……. syllable if they derived from
………..verbs ending in –ate.
6. Certain suffixes (-ity, -ion, -ic) ……. the stress to the syllable immediately
……………them.
VI. Read the following utterances carefully. Transcribe them showing the
stress syllables, the strong, weak and contracted forms. Mark the linking
sound with a curve, point out assimilation, and elision if there are. Use the
rules of intonation, mark the intonation of each utterance and number it
accordingly.
1. His face went red when I mentioned her name.
…………………………………………………………………………….
2. Did I tell him that good news?
…………………………………………………………………………….
3. You did that yourself, didn’t you? (Forcing answer YES)
…………………………………………………………………………….
4. He looked out the window. (and put on his overcoat.)
…………………………………………………………………………

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