Partial Exam III Jennifer Peña

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Facultad de educación

Phonetics & Phonology II


Final exam

Names: Jennifer Katherinne Peña Herrera

Part 1.

1. Schwa can be spelled as A, E, I, O and U; however, it can be spelled as a whole


syllable:

0. OUS _ for example Generous _____or Suspicious_____


1. AU________ for example __August__ or ___Aunt
2. EU________ for example _Europe___ or _Euphoria
3. OI_________for example ___Oil_______ or ___Coin___

2. Write four shwa-free words

1. ____Passage/ pæsɪdʒ____________
2. ____Elephant/ _ɛləfənt___________
3. ____Pencil/ ˈpɛnsəl_____________
4. ____Freedom/ ˈfridəm_____________

3. Match the concepts with their corresponding definition

10. Tonic syllables__A____ A. syllables that establish a pitch that stays constant
up to the most stressed syllable.
11. Onset syllables_C____ B. Group of words that contain meaning and are
enclosed between double slashed.
12. Tone units___B___ C. syllables where the main pitch gets to its highest
point and its falling movement occurs.

4. Number the words with the appropriate stress pattern (A-E) one example is done for you.

A. Oo B. oO C. Ooo D. oOo E. ooO

13. Education D 14. Contract (n) _B_ 15. Proyect (v) _B_ 16. Impact (v) _B_
17. Contract (v) A__ 18. Second _B_ 19. Conduct (n) _B_ 20. Spelling _B_
21. Common _A_ 22. Progress (n) A__ 23. Geographically D 24. Conduct (v) A__
25. Proyect (n) _A_ 26. Correctly D 27. Instruction_D____ 28. Progress (v) B
Part 2

5. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions,
then give an English word that contains that sound.

29. Voiceless post-alveolar affricate /_ ʃ ___/ ______Fashion________


30. Voiced palatal glide /__ j__/ __New____________
31. Voiced velar nasal /__ղ__/ __bang____________
32. Voiced interdental fricative /_ ð ___/ ___This ___________
33. Voiceless labio-dental fricative /_f___/ __information____________

6. Write the following passage in English alphabet.

taɪm fɔːr ən ədˈvɛnʧə?


ɑː juː ə bɪt bɔːd wɪð jɔː naɪn-tuː
faɪv ruːˈtiːn? hæv ə lʊk æt ˈaʊər ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ reɪnʤ ɒv ˈhɒlədeɪz ænd dɪˈsaɪd wɒt taɪp ɒv ədˈvɛnʧə juː
dlaɪk. ˈaʊər ækˈtɪvɪti ˈhɒlədeɪz ɑː fɔːr ˈɛvrɪwʌn, ˈpiːpl huː lʌv ˈdeɪnʤər ɔː huː ʤʌst laɪk spɔːts. wiː h
æv ə hjuːʤ vəˈraɪəti ɒv ˈwɔːtə, snəʊ ɔːˈdɛzət ˈhɒlədeɪz. wiːl teɪk juː ˈskuːbə ˈdaɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə rɛd siː ɔː ˈ
kaɪækɪŋ ænd waɪt ˈwɔːtə ˈrɑːftɪŋ ɪn ˈkænədə. ɪf juː priˈfɜː snəʊ, juː kæn traɪˈskiːɪŋ ɔː ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdɪŋ ɪ
n ði ælps ɔːr ˈiːvən ˈɪgluː-
ˈbɪldɪŋ. fɔː ðəʊz huː laɪk ˈwɔːmə ˈwɛðə, wiː ˈɔːlsəʊ hæv sandboarding (ðə ˈdɛzət ˈvɜːʃənɒv ˈskeɪtbɔː
dɪŋ) ɔː ˈkæməl səˈfɑːriz.
Time for an adventure?
Are you a bit bored with your nine to five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of
holidays and decided what type of adventure you´d like. Our activity holidays are for
everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a huge variety of water,
snow or desert holidays. We’ll take you scuba diving in the red sea or kayaking and white
water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding in the alps
or even igloo-building. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding (the
desert version of skateboarding) or camel safaris.

Part 3. Listen to the audio and write the examples of connected speech that you can hear

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/arnold-sierra-126209840/connected-speech-
conversation?si=2e295a66ccdb4635ae37bbffcd3428a4

Examples:
I´ve got (Contraction)
I couldn´t (Contraction)
With the (Assimilation)
Period Time (Elision)
Becomes (Elision complex)

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