PHONETICS I

1- What do you think the ordinary spelling of these words is? Write the words in ordinary spelling.

e.g. / æpl/  apple

/ʃɑːp/ / tʃuːz/ /jɔːk/ /kɪŋdəm/ /θriː/

/dʒʌstɪs/ /juːʒʊəlɪ/ /miːnwaɪl/ /ðəʊz/ /dʒenərəs/

2- Write the transcription of the following words. Highlight the phonemes used to pronounce the letter “a”.

village father particular

many what accuse

splash quarter fame

3- Match the following phonemes with some common spellings:

common
phoneme as in …
spelling

/i:/ o  come

/ɪ/ a  alone

/e/ ee  meet

/æ/ u  put

/ᴧ/ ir  circle

/ɑ:/ u  flu

/ɒ/ or  form

/ɔ:/ e  ten

/ʊ/ i  listen

/u:/ a  map

/ɜ:/ o  stop

/ə/ ar  smart
4- Write the transcription of the following words. /j/
young yard
year yawn
yield youth
yellow unique
your yacht

5- Write the transcription of the following verbs. Complete the transcription of the last two columns taking into account
the rules of pronunciation of the past forms of regular verbs and the 3 rd pers. sing. simple present.

3rd person singular –

verb infinitive past / past participle
Simple present
smoke

watch
widen

date

enlarge

apply
shape

label

discard
involve

6- Write the transcription of the following words. /ʤ/

John jam
George June
just germs
jeans ages
jealous legible

7- Write the transcription of the following words.

this these cupboard surface purpose honesty
college colleague language answer question folk