TECNOSZUBIA 2020.

English for Secondary Education.

Phonetics I.

1. How many distinct sounds are there in each of the following words?
(a) cough: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(b) chemist: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(c) bottle: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(d) fish: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(e) Churches: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(f) straw: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(g) hit: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(h) far: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(i) these: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(j) there: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(k) rock: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(l) axe: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2. Listen to the following sounds, give a complete description of the

sound represented by the symbols and then write down a word
containingeach sound:
(a) /æ/
(b) /I/
(c) /a:/
(d) /aʊ/

(e) /eƏ/
3. Find words with /i:/ and /1/ and put them in the columns below:
Find a seat and sit down or lie down, relax and look up at the ceiling. Don't get excited.
Have a cup of tea and eat a piece of cake. I feel pretty bad about the situation and I know
you are sick of sitting here but I hope you will kill the time with me. Just feel the rhythm
of the waves. We all want to leave but it's not easy. The sinking feeling in your stomach
will not go away but we each have to stick to our posts. The ship is leaking but it won't
sink although we might be knee-deep in seawater soon as the water has risen a little. The
reason we are still here is that the rescue ship can't meet us till they are given the signal.
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English for Secondary Education.
Phonetics I.

/i:/ /1/

4. Write the symbol for the short vowel sound in each of the following words:

(a) health (e) once (i) bank (m) milk

(b) man (f) left (j) thing (n) dog

(c)book (g) cot (k) said (o) cook

(d) bit (h) put (1) debt (p) flat

5. Write the symbols for the long vowels in the following words:

(a) car (d) hall (g) birds (j) task

(b) roof (e) sir (h) saw (k) meal

(e) three (f) glass (i) need (1) more

6. Find words with /ʌ / and /u/and put them in the columns below.

Looking back at my good luck could put me just in the right mood to pull myself
together but would I also come to the conclusion that there isn’t much to be happy
about? I haven’t had enough tough times to worry too much. I have had a full life, I
have made money, written books, been loved by a good woman, had picnics on sunny
days. Sometimes I wonder if the road I took was the right one. I could have taken
many others. I try to push these things to the back of my mind above all because
once you set foot I haven't had enough tough times to worry too much. I have
had a full life, I have made money, written books, been loved by a good woman,
had picnics on sunny days. Sometimes I wonder if the road I took was the right
one. I could have taken others. I try to push these things to the back of my
mind

/ ʌ/
/u/