English phonetics and phonology - Worksheet 2

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Part 1/Practice (phần này các bạn tự luyện đọc phát âm cho đúng, nên tra từ điển
những từ không chắc về cách phát âm, khi luyện tập phát âm thi ghi nhớ luôn 3 tiêu
chí liên quan đến âm phụ âm đó nhé- phần này sẽ không nằm trong bài tập nộp lại)
The sound [θ] as in THIN
theme – thief – theater – theory – thin – thick – thing – think –
therapy /ˈθer.ə.pi/ – thank – thorn – thought – third – thirty – thirsty – thermometer –
Thursday – thoroughly – thumb – thunder – thousand;
three – thrifty – thrill – thread – threat – throb /θrɑːb/ – through – threw – thrust – thrive –
throw – throat – throne;
method – author – lethal – anything – everything – nothing – diphthong /ˈdɪf.θɒŋ/ –
without – sympathy;
breath – bath – path – booth – tooth – teeth – truth – north – cloth – moth – earth – birth –
faith – south – both – growth;
health – wealth – length – strength – width /wɪtθ/ – fifth – sixth – thirteenth – thirtieth
/ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/
The sound [ð] as in THIS
these – this – then – them – their – there – that – than – the – they – those – though;
other – mother – father – brother – leather – feather – weather – whether – together –
gather – either – neither – further;
although – without – southern – northern – rhythm /ˈrɪð.əm/ – clothes;
breathe – bathe – soothe – smooth – clothe
The sound [∫] as in SHOW
she – sheep – sheer – chic – ship – shed – share – champagne – short – shot – shoe – sure
– sugar – should – shook – shirt – shut – shame – shake – shape – shine – show;
shriek – shrimp – shrink – shrug – shrine;
special – social – official – financial – politician – efficient – patient – delicious –
suspicious – precious – cautious – discussion – expression – mission – pressure – fashion
– nation – section – condition;
push – bush – leash – fish – flash – rash – cash – cache /kæʃ/ – publish – foolish;
The sound [ʒ] as in BEIGE
usual – casual – visual – vision – explosion – erosion – measure – pleasure – treasure –
leisure;
beige – mirage – collage – sabotage /ˈsæb.ə.tɑːʒ/ – prestige – garage – rouge;
[bd], [gd]
grabbed – stabbed – robbed– rubbed – cubed;
begged – lagged – logged – hugged;
[vd], [ðd], [zd]
lived – received – saved – dived;
bathed – breathed – clothed;
seized – raised – closed – used;
[dʒd]
charged – managed – damaged – paged;
[md], [nd], [ld], [ŋd]
filmed – armed – stormed – hummed – aimed – teamed;
planned – rained – loaned – canned – lined;
boiled – called – hurled – sailed – sealed – filed;
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hanged – banged – longed – belonged – prolonged.
[lkt], [lpt], [lvd]
milked – bulked – hulked – skulked – sulked;
helped – yelped – scalped – pulped;
solved – involved – revolved – delved;
[mpt], [mft]
limped – camped – stamped – bumped – dumped – jumped;
triumphed;
Short tongue twisters
She sells sea shells by the seashore.
Which witch watches which watch?
If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Round the rough and rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran.
A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffeepot.
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
Part 2: bắt đầu từ phần này các bạn làm và nộp lại vào phần Assignment 2 nhé.
1. Description of consonants
Give the IPA symbol corresponding to the consonants underlined in the following words
and provide the appropriate description for them. The first two have been done for you.
IPA Voiced or Place of Manner of
symbol voiceless articulation articulation
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Peter /p/ voiceless bilabial stop
oven /n/ voiced alveolar nasal
singing / /
this //
chew / /
hall //
haggis //
funny / /
hedge / /
rough / /
fines / /
behind //
seizure / /
2. Phonetic description
Give the appropriate phonetic symbol in brackets for each of the sounds described
below:.
a) voiceless velar stop [ ]
b) voiced labiodental fricative [ ]
c) voiced palato-alveolar affricate [ ]
d) voiced palatal glide [ ]
e) voiced velar nasal [ ]
f) voiceless interdental fricative [ ]
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3. Phonetic description
In each of the following pairs of words, the underlined sounds differ by one or more
phonetic features. State the differences and in addition, state what features they have in
common.

e.g., face - facial

The c in face is alveolar/s/
The c in facial is palato alveolar/ʃ/
Both are voiceless fricatives.

a) bath – bathe /
b) wife – wives
c) reduce – reduction
d) cats – dogs

4. Relationships between consonants

If we consider three sounds such as /p/, /t/ and /l/ we could say that /p/ and /t/ are more
alike than either /p/ and /l/ or /t/ and /l/. This is because they share two articulatory
`features' involving voicing, place and manner. This shows up in the following
descriptions:
/p/ voiceless labial stop
/t/ voiceless alveolar stop
/l/ voiced alveolar approximant
In other words, /p/ and /t/ share the features `voiceless' and `stop', whereas /l/ shares only
one feature with /t/ (alveolar) and none with /p/. Given the following triplets, identify the
two features shared by two of the sounds and say how the third one contrasts with respect
to these features. The first answer is given.

(a) /t/, /b/, /m/

/b/ and /m/ are both voiced and labial whereas /t/ is voiceless and
alveolar.
(b) /b/, / k /, /g/,

(c) /s/, / z /, /f/

(d) / l /, / j /, /w/
5/ Underline the correct answer.
Q1. Which of the following phonetic transcriptions corresponds to the following
phonetic description : voiceless alveolar stop ?
a./ t / b. / t∫ / c. / d / d. / j /
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Q2. Which of the following symbols corresponds to the following phonetic
description: voiceless bilabial stop?
a./ v / b. / g / c. / ð / d. / p /

Q3. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in place of articulation
from the other segments?
a./ t, r, d, s / b. / k, g , ŋ, w/ c./ p, b, m, n / d. / t, d, n, z /

Q4. Which of the following groups contains a segment that differs in voicing from the
other segments ?
a./ d, v, b, m / b./ m, n, ŋ, v / c. / w, z , r, l / d./z, t , ∫, s /

Q5. Which of the following statements is correct ?

a. Velars are sounds made at the soft area toward the rear of the roof of the mouth.
b. Palatals are sounds made just behind the alveolar ridge
c. Bilabials are sounds made at the teeth ridge
d. Alveolars are sounds made with the tongue placed against the teeth

Q6. Which of the following statements is incorrect ?

a. Fricatives are consonants produced with a continuous airflow through the mouth.
b. Stops are consonants produced with the complete stoppage of the air in the mouth
which causes an explosion.
c. Nasals are consonants produced with the lowering of the soft palate.
d. Fricatives are non-continuant consonants.