REVISION 2 (Unit 4 – Unit 6)

I. Capitalize the stressed syllable in the following words.

Word Stressed syllable

untruthful untruthful

alphabet ……….

competition ……….

garden ……….

information ……….

disbelief ……….

unhappy ……….

rebuild ……….

dependability ……….

discourage ……….

journalist ……….

understand ……….

important ……….

table ……….
 China ……….

decide ……….

geographic ……….

democracy ……….

blackbird ……….

II. Place a mark ( ' ) over the words that should be stressed in the
following sentences. If a word has two syllables, place the stress mark
over the syllable that should be stressed.
1. The boys are pla•ying a vi•de•o game.
2. My com•pu•ter is bro•ken.
3. Where are you go•ing af•ter class?
4. She doesn’t like cake.
5. They’ve been wri•ting the test for a long time.
6. Do you pre•fer cof•fee or tea?
7. What are you do•ing to•night?
8. My bro•ther wants to buy a red car.
9. Are they go•ing to come to the par•ty?
10. He said he has a dog, not a cat.

III. Identify as many different aspects of connected speech

(primarily elision, coarticulation and assimilation) in the following
original text based on English collocations (Oxford Collocations
Dictionary for Students of English 2009)
John is a student of graphic design with black mane and cleft chin. He
received a gift voucher for a day in a training combat zone. John wanted to
prove he was not the young kid anymore, but a sharp nail. He took his modern
gas vehicle and with great zeal wrapped a tight bandage around his left knee
and when he arrived at the centre, he closely studied the basic guidelines
written in broad terms and identified his close kin in case of an acute disease.
He greeted his fellow fighters with a slight nod and John saw they were a
violent mob. He also heard a malicious rumour that the mobsters had killed all
intelligent life in the near surroundings. John managed to make some brilliant
catches at first, but shortly after he saw he was not a good fit for such sport.
Suddenly he fell on the ground and could not feel his hard palate. He closed
the deadbolt lock with a key and crawled to the nearest camp bed and with a
renewed focus called his best friend for help. After the fight he made the
great resolution to never fight again and celebrated the survival of hard
times with a large pizza, cheese sandwich and sweet grapes. With a renewed
focus he promised to improve his graphic design skills.

IV. Fill in the blank with one suitable word

1. We use____________________intonation for ‘unsure’ tag or unfinished

statement.

2. Without changing ____________________any spoken utterance would have

sounded extremely monotonous and it would have been difficult, if not impossible,
to recognize the most important part of a speech.

3. All intonation choices are seen as being related to the ____________________in

which they occur.

4. ____________________intonation communicates certainty and completion.

5. A rising intonation pattern would be used typically for ____________________
questions or for lists.

V. Read the statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F)

1. Rising intonation is the commonest pattern.

2. Some tag questions merely ask for confirmation or invite agreement, in which
case we use a falling tone at the end.

3. The falling-rising tune shows limitted agreement, response with reservation,

uncertainty, or doubt.

4. Using “magical words” such as “please”, “would you mind...?”,“thank you” etc.
are sufficient enough to sound polite.

5. An utterance can be taken for a statement, a question, an exclamation, or an

implication of one´s attitude depending on intonation.

VI. Draw the arrows (➚or ➘) to make the following sentence a statement, a
question… by means of intonation

1. Peter´s passed his exam. – a (pure) statement

2. Peter´s passed his exam? – a question

3. Peter´s passed his exam. – an exclamation

4. Peter´s passed his exam. – a statement suggesting that he must know something,
he may not be so lazy and now he deserves to take a rest after all.

VII. Read this conversation and draw the intonation arrows (➚or ➘)for the
underlined parts

Conversation 1

Peter: Edinburgh's one of my favourite places in England.

Ann: But Edinburgh isn't in England , it's in Scotland.

Conversation 2

Ann: How did you spend your vacation?

Peter: I went to Paris.

Ann: Was it expensive?

Peter: Yes, very.

 PRACTICE TEST 1

I. Find the phoneme which corresponds to each description below, then

transcribe an example phonemically.

1. long mid central unrounded vowel

2. voiceless dental fricative consonant

3. voiceless alveolar fricative consonant

4. voiced palato-alveolar affricate consonant

5. short mid-low central unrounded vowels

II. Choose the sound that is different from the other sounds. Explain your
choice.

6. /θ/, /ð/, /m/

7. /p/, /w/, /m/

8. /r/, /ŋ/, /j/

9. /f/, /θ/, /ð/

10. /ə/, /æ/, /ɔː/

III. Find a minimal pair for each of the following pairs of sounds. Transcribe
the words phonemically.

11. /ɔː/ and /əʊ/

12. /ɪ/ and /ɪə/

13. /eə/ and /ɪə/

14. /p/ and /b/

15. /t/ and /d/

IV. In English, different letters may represent the same sound. Give at least
two possible and then give 02 English words that contain this sound.
Transcribe phonemically.

Sound Letters

16. /ɪ/ ……………………………………………………………….

17. /ʊ/ ……………………………………………………………….

18. /n/ ……………………………………………………………….

19. /ŋ/ ……………………………………………………………….

20. /h/ ……………………………………………………………….

V. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined

part is pronounced differently from the rest.

21 A. food B. look C. took D. good

22 A. luggage B. fragile C. general D. bargain

23 A. nourish B. flourish C. courageous D. southern

24 A. naked B. sacred C. needed D. walked

25 A. walk B. wash C. on D. not

26 A. eight B. freight C. height D. weight

27 A. curriculum B. coincide C. currency D. conception

28 A. divisible B. design C. disease D. excursion

29 A. rather B. sacrifice C. hard D. father

30 A. hair B. stairs C. heir D. aisle

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each
of the following questions.

31 A. arrow B. arrive C. arrest D. about

32 A. excuse B. suburb C. garden D. swimming

33 A. fascinate B. discourage C. horrible D. terrify

34 A. tenant B. common C. rubbish D. machine

35 A. revision B. remember C. dialogue D. adverbial

36 A. Christmas B. champion C. chemise D. chimney

37 A. crowded B. language C. practice D. propose

38 A. marvelous B. courageous C. delicious D. religious

39 A. animal B. bacteria C. habitat D. pyramid

40 A. wonderful B. beautiful C. colorful D. successful

VII. Write the transcription, identify and explain aspects of connected speech
41. foreign mission

42. worst joke

43. put on your clothes

44. lettuce salad

45. white meat

46. it's true

47. roman candle

48. a while ago

49. hit you

50. most of people

VIII. Draw arrows that represents the intonation pattern in the following

sentences.

51. You are thirsty, aren’t you? (asking for agreement)

52. Cloudy weather is expected at the end of the week.

53. Dad wants to change his car.

54. Do you have any magazines?

55. Would you like another coffee?

56. Write your name here.

57. You didn't see him on Monday? 

58. You like fish, don't you? (to check information)

59. What a fast car!

60. Is John leaving on Thursday or Friday?
 PRACTICE TEST 2

I. Describe the following phonemes, then transcribe an example phonemically.

1. /ʃ/:

2. /b/:

3. /t/:

4. /i:/:

5. /e/:

II. For each group of sounds listed below, state the phonetic features which
they all share.

6. /f/, /θ/, /s/

7. /t/, /n/, /l/

8. /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /r/

9. /ɜ:/, /ə/, /ɔː/

10. /d/, /z/, /l/

III. Find a minimal pair for each of the following pairs of sounds. Transcribe
the words phonemically.

11. /ɑː/ and /aʊ/

12. /ɜ:/ and /əʊ/

13. /k/ and /g/

14. /s/ and /z/

15. /s/ and /ʃ/

IV. In English, different letters may represent the same sound. Give at least
two possible and then give 02 English words that contain this sound.
Transcribe phonemically.

Sound Letters

16. /ɔ:/ ……………………………………………………………….

17. /ʊə/ ……………………………………………………………….

18. /aɪ/ ……………………………………………………………….

19. /dʒ/ ……………………………………………………………….

20. /m/ ……………………………………………………………….

V. Select A, B, C or D only to indicate the word whose bold and underlined

part is pronounced differently from the rest.

21 A. evening B. key C. envelope D. secret

22 A. light B. fine C. knife D. principle

23 A. farm B. card C. bare D. marvelous

24 A. both B. bottle C. Scotland D. cotton

25 A. park B. farm C. warm D. marmalade

26 A. nature B. pure C. picture D. culture

27 A. faithful B. failure C. fairly D. painted

28 A. country B. cover C. economical D. ceiling

 29 A. new B. sew C. few D. nephew

30 A. with B. library C. willing D. if

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions.

31 A. fantastic B. gymnastics C. politics D. emphatic

32 A. difficulty B. equality C. simplicity D. discovery

33 A. challenge B. counter C. complain D. guardian

34 A. advance B. ancient C. carrier D. annual

35 A. female B. fellow C. husband D. mature

36 A. severe B. harbor C. tutor D. surface

37 A. father B. woman C. degree D. weather

38 A. example B. paragraph C. telephone D. favorite

39 A. discover B. appointment C. important D. telescope

40 A. partner B. excuse C. apple D. parents

VII. Write the transcription, identify and explain aspects of connected

speech

41. Is this?
42. Have to

43. circuit board

44. meet at eight

45. I will call her

46. enough food

47. good song

48. combine

49. birth certificate

50. kept quiet

VIII. Draw arrows that represents the intonation pattern in the following

sentences

51. I have just finished my homework.

52. Mary has already written five letters to him, hasn’t she? (to check information)

53. Tom moved to his home town in 1994.

54. My friend was in Canada two years ago.

55. Have you ever been to Canada?

56. What a nice colour!

57. Mary and Paul went to the cinema, didn’t they? (asking for agreement)

58. Did you spend your summer hoidays in Laos or Campodia?

59. Did they spend their holidays in Paris last summer?

60. Have you ever seen a whale?