UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE FINAL PROJECT

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS PRONUNCIATION
FULL-TIME PROGRAM
TEST
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SECTION 1 Listen and choose the word or phrase you hear in each sentence. Write your
answers on the answer sheet. You will listen to the recording TWICE. The
first has been done for you as an example. (1.5 points)
0. It’s cool in the shed / shade .
On the recording you hear “shade”, so on the answer sheet write __shade__.
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SECTION 2 Listen and fill in the blanks. Each blank may contain more than one word.
You will listen to the recording TWICE. The first has been done for you as
an example. (2 points)
0. I was just __going to bed___ when the __doorbell__ rang.
From what you hear on the recording, the gaps can be filled with “going to bed” and
“doorbell”, so on the answer sheet write __going to bed__ and __doorbell___.
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SECTION 3 Form minimal pairs by changing the sound of the underlined part in each
of the given words. The first has been done for you as an example. (1.5
points)

0. write ___ride____ peek ___pick____

1. __________ 6. __________
2. __________ 7. __________
3. __________ 8. __________
4. __________ 9. __________
5. __________ 10. __________

SECTION 4 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three. The
first has been done for you as an example. (1.5 points)

0. A. pain B. plaid C. stain D. slain

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SECTION 5 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress. (1.5 points)
0. A. complain B. comment C. noisy D. future
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SECTION 6 Write complete sentences based on the transcription. The first has been
done for you as an example. (2 points)
0. | ɪt wəz ˈverɪ leɪt | jet ðə ˈlɪtl ˈmɜ:meɪd kəd nɒt teɪk ◡ər◡aɪz frəm ðə ʃɪp | ɔ: frəm ðə ˈbju:tɪfl
prɪns|
It was very late; yet the little mermaid could not take her eyes from the ship, or from the
beautiful prince.

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