Exercises

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II. Sound phenomena

1) Aspirationis a slight puff of breath that is heard after the plosion of consonants /p, t, k/ before the beginning of the vowel immediately following.

BUT! Aspiration is not heard in combinations /sp, st, sk/

Pace – space

Take – stake

Kate – skate

Table – stable

Pan – span

Pot – spot

Tick – stick

2) Assimilationis a sound phenomenon when the articulation of one sound becomes similar to the other one.

Voicing of <is>

1. Using a dictionary transcribe the following words. Match the words to obtain pairs which are differentiated by only one phoneme.

Man, lay, pan, cap, dog, bad, walk, pot, sit, it, foot, goal, rod, men, say, pen, dock, cab, port, work, bed, seat, eat, feet, red, goat.

1. In the following lists of words four words rhyme. Circle the odd word out in each case. Transcribe the words.

a) Feast, beast, best, priest, least.

b) Tea, pea. Sea, tee, tie.

c) Bough, now, vow, sow, cow.

d) Weigh, high, pay, obey, gray.

e) Care, fair, fire, dare, pair.

f) Raft, what, daft, can't, haft.

g) Pull, bull, wool, dull, full.

h) Cart, part, ward, dart, heart.

i) Tough, cough, rough, enough, muff.

j) Load, road, toad, loud, goad.

1. Chose the appropriate word.

1. The (pen, pan) leaks.
2. There's something wrong with my (bag, back).
3. Don't (seat, sit) on that (seat, sit).
4. The (men, man) are tired.
5. My (foot, feet) aches.
6. It's a (bad, bed) mistake.
7. I (bag, beg) your pardon.
8. The hotel has a (pull, pool).
9. There's a (ship, sheep) in the field.
10. The (price, prize) is high.
11. His eye-brows are (sick, thick).
12. The (rag, rack) is on the (rag, rack).