Name: Logroño, Mutya Kismet

Course & Yr.: BSED-ENGLISH I

Learning Tasks/Activities:
Exercise 1

Instructions: This exercise will test how well you understand the relationship
between the phonetic alphabet and the English alphabet.

a. List the phonetic symbols for consonants that are usually

pronounced the same as they are spelled.

Answer:
pay [p]
bay [b]
may [m]
tie [t]
die [d]
no [n]
cake [k]
go [ɡ]
fee [f]
vow [v]

b. What English alphabetic symbols for consonants are used

in the phonetic alphabet but are used differently in the
English alphabet?
Answer:

thigh [θ]
they [ð]
show [ʃ]
Jacques [ʒ]
church [tʃ]
judge [dʒ]
rye [ɹ]
yes [j]
jungle [dʒ]

c. What symbols used in the phonetic alphabet for

consonants which do not have graphic representations in
the English alphabet?

Answer:
[Ɵ], [ð], [ʃ], [ʒ], [tᶴ], [dᶾ], [ŋ], and [ʍ]
Exercise 2
Instructions: Transcribe into phonetic symbols:

1. The initial consonant /vowel sounds:

a. grow – [g] f. zoo - [z]
b. vow – [v] g. cheap - [tᶴ]
c. hem – [h] h. judge - [ʤ]
d. shed – [ʃ] i. us – [ʌ]
e. thing - [ð] j. ask - [ə]
2. The final sounds
a. ooze – [z] f. tooth - [t]
b. have – [v] g. each - [ch]
c. sound – [d] h. ask - [k]
d. wrong – [ng] i. far - [r]
e. breathe - [th] j. plant – [t]
3. The underline sections of the following words:
a. enjoy - [i] f. anger - [ŋ]
b. inhale - [h] g. motion - [ʃ]
c. vision – [ʒ] h. birth - [ð]
d. rather – [ð] i. speech – [tᶴ]
e. twin - [w] j. scarf - [a]
4. Write an English word that contains each of the following
consonant/vowel sounds.
a. [ɛ] – guest f. [ʃ] - fish
b. [ᴂ] – bank g. [tʃ] – church
c. [ə] – alone h. [ɳ] - anger
d. [θ] – Matthew i. [ʒ] - measure
e. [ð] - bathe j. [dʒ] – Jack
 ASSESSMENT
Instructions: Read carefully and understand the instructions for each item
that follows:

1. For the following words, identify which letters are silent and
mark all combinations that represent only one sound.
Example: August
(Circled letters represent one sound. A slash through a letter
means that it is silent.)

a. Listen – Lis/t/en f. philosophy – Phi/losphy

b. Anger - Anger g. bride - Bride
c. Passed - Passed h. teeth - Teeth
d. Who - /W/ho i. mechanic -Mec/h/anic
e. Critique - Critique j. comb – com/b/

2. Transcribe into phonetic symbols the vowel sounds in:

a. hot – [a] f. all - [ɔ]
b. cat – [æ] g. we - [I]
c. hope- [o] h. foot - [v]
d. bate - [æ] i. boot - [v]
e. love - [ʌ] j. bet - [e]

3. The words listed below contain diphthongs. How would you

transcribe the diphthongs in the phonetic alphabet?
a. oil - [ɔI] f. toy - [ɔI]
b. sigh -[aI] g.by - [aI]
c. now --[u] h. owl - -[u]
d. aisle-[aI] i. sign - [aI]
 e. plough-[au] j. doily -[ɔI]

4. Write a word orthographically that contains each of the

following:
a. [a] - not f. [ʃ] -fish
b. [ᴂ] - lamb g. [tʃ] - church
c. [o] – toe h. [θ] - breath
d. [ᴐ] - often i. [ð] - those
e. [I] – since j. [ŋ] – gang

5. Answer this question in your own words briefly.

a. Why do linguists use phonetic alphabet as opposed to standard
orthography?

Answer:
An orthography is just a writing system. Different languages have different
orthographic systems. Even languages that share a phonetic-based writing system don’t
necessarily use the same glyphs to represent the same sounds. IPA is dedicated to
representing speech sound in clearly defined and comprehensive ways; ordinary
language spelling with phonographic writing systems doesn’t specify phonetics or
phonology, either in general or specific to a given language. It can be inaccurate,
incomplete, out of date, or unable to account for accent or idiolect differences. Standard
spelling is intended to convey meaning, not to represent sound accurately.