Elision and Assimilation Practice Activities Answer Key

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I.S.P. N˚8 “Alte. Brown” Teacher Education & Translation Programme Phonology II Source: Adapted from Hewings, M. (2007) English Pronunciation in Use (Advanced). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Elision and Assimilation - Answer Key 1)

2) 1. Almost there. 2 2. Have you passed your test? 3 3. I asked her to leave. 1 (Native speakers keep /t/ and tend to elide the following /h/) 4. Just a bit. 1 5. We must be nearly there. 2 6. Tell us what you did. 3 7. I washed all my clothes. 1 8. I expect an answer soon. 1 9. She stopped playing. 2 10. Next year. 3 11. My left ankle hurts. 1 12. I’ll have a soft drink. 2 13. Just use your common sense. 3 14. I can’t wait. 1 (Or 2. Some native speakers elide /t/ in modal and auxiliary verbs used in the negative form)

3) 1. She's world champion. 2. We sailed slowly. (within the limits allowed by language redundancy) 3. She changed clothes. (within the limits allowed by language redundancy) 4 I'll send Lucy. 5. She arrived there. (within the limits allowed by language redundancy) 6. Can you hold it?

I.S.P. N˚8 “Alte. Brown” Teacher Education & Translation Programme Phonology II Source: Adapted from Hewings, M. (2007) English Pronunciation in Use (Advanced). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

7. I understand that. 8. We climbed over. 4) 1. A: Is that him over there? B: Who? A: The man who took your bag. 2. A: He wasn't at home. B: No, he's on holiday. 3. A: It says here, the Queen's coming. B: Where? A: Here. B: I really hope we'll get to see her. 4. A: How's Tom these days? B: Haven't you heard about his heart attack? 5. A: Kate says she left her handbag here. Have you seen it? B: This one? But Judy says it's hers. (“hers” is emphasised here so you can’t elide /h/) 5) A: ǁ həv ju ɡɒtN mʌtʃ wɜˑ B: ǁ ɒ tə tʰɒməs əz ɡ

ʒəs naʊǁ ə ə

| bət a mʌ (t) get ə ləʊ m ˑ

t

ǁ

A: ǁa həd ən ˑɡju ə t w ð ma t uˑtə l ˑ w ˑ ǁ B: ǁwɒt hæpN

ǁ or ǁwɒt hæpN

A: ǁwel | a ʰʊ mi əŋ ə

ǁ

(t) fa m ma ʰɔˑswɜˑk | səʊ a ˑ

nd a wəz ɔˑ w

t fə

tʃə ǁ

ə ə ʰʌ

ə

t ə ǁ ʃi ɡɒt ə ə ɔ w

w | a tʰəʊ d ər a θɔˑt ə ʰɔˑs wəz ə w st ə

tʰ m | B: ǁ dʒuǁ wel | ətL ˑ ʰ ˑ

ɡ

ǁ

ɒ tə tʰɒməs ʌ (t) ʃ ʊt ət əs | ɔˑ ðəʊ a m nɒt

ʰɒɱf dN t

ta