Consolidation Questions For Oral Test in Phonetics

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HIGHER INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES OF GUINEA

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COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
INSTRUCTORS: Mr. Facely 2 CONDE & Alpha Oumar DIALLO
LEVEL: 2nd year
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2021-22
Consolidation questions for oral test in Phonetics
Section 1
1. Define the followings
Phonetics, phonology, vowel sound, consonant sound, consonant
pair, vowel combination, dominant sound, dominated sound,
monophthong, diphthong, letter and sound.
2. Answer to the following questions
1. What difference is there between Phonetics and phonology?
2. What are the branches of phonetics?
3. What is the difference between letters and sounds?
4. What are the different positions a sound can occupy in a
word?
5. What are the vowel sounds groups in the IPA?
6. Choose one and list them.
7. Give 3 examples of vowel combination rules.
8. How is the final ‘ed’ pronounced?
9. How is the final ‘s’ pronounced?
10. What are some differences between AmE and BrE?
11. What is hissing sound?
12. What difference is there between a voiced and voiceless
sound?
13. What are some learner problems in pronunciation?
14. What is a silent letter? Give 3 examples.
15. What do we call homophones? Give 3 examples

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Section 2: Practice reading sounds in words or phrases.
1. The IPA Symbols:
/ɒ/ /ɪ/ /ʊ/ /uː/ /iə/ /ei/ /eiə/
/e/ /ə/ /ɜː/ /ɔː/ /ʊə/ /ɔi/ /ɑʊə/ /ɑiə/
/æ/ /ʌ/ /ɑː/ /iː/ /eə/ /ɑi/ /əʊə/ /ɔiə/
/əʊ/ /aʊ/
/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/ /k/ /g/
/f/ /v/ /Θ/ /ð/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ /ʒ/
/m/ /n/ /ŋ / /h/ /l/ /r/ /w/ /j/

2. Vowel sounds:
a.
• Feel free to eat and sleep well when we meet because I will
leave soon.
• She often parks her car near the yard and works hard.
• She keeps on talking and walking in a comfort zone doing
sport to the port.
• Word works well where violence fails with many persons.
• The fool’s blue shoe is in the pool too.
b.
/ləʊ/ /snəʊ/ /səʊ/ /kəʊk/
/lɔː/ /snɔː/ /sɔː/ /kɔːk/
/kləʊz/ /kəʊl/ bɔːt/ /pəʊk/
/klɔːz/ /kɔːl/ /bəʊt/ /pɔːt/

c.
/rɑʊ/
/nɑʊ/ /nəʊ/
/rəʊ/
/lɑʊd/ /ləʊd/ /taʊnz/ /təʊnz/
/fɑʊnd/ /fəʊnd/ /dɑʊt/ /dəʊt/
d.
/pʊə/ /ʃʊə/
/tʊərɪst/ /pjʊəlɪ/
/ʃʊəlɪ/ /kjʊə/
/pjʊə/ /kjʊərɪɒsɪtɪ/
/fjʊərɪəs/ /ɪnʃʊərəns/

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3. Consonant sounds:
1. This thing over here likes the other things over there.
2. Think of these, thank them for that theft.
3. I think you should thank those things for these thoughts
4. My brother thought he could think about those things all
these days.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!

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