Phonetics Practice Exercises MOCK TEST

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Phonetics Practice Exercises I Linguistics 201 I. Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription.

1. heat

6.shrink

2. stroke

7. toque

3. phase

8. attentive

4. chump

9.flop

5.loonie

10. wrath

11. The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass. Each line of the poem contains one word that is transcribed incorrectly, at the phonemic or "broad" levei of transcription .. Task #1: Identify the word that has been transcribed incorrectly, and then write the correct form of the transcription. Task #2: Write each line in normal English orthography. 1: [Oatajm heez cl\m] 2: [Oawalras sed] 3: [tu talk av rneni 9Ir)z] 4: [av Juz and Jrps] 5: [rend silr!) wrex] 6: [av krebagaz eend k1!)Z] 7: [rend waj Oa si 1S bojl1!) hat] 8: [eendwE9ar prgz heevW1!)Z]

Phonetics Practice Exerclse #2 Llngulstlcs 201 I. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions, then give an English word that contains that sound. O. Example: voiced alveolar stop

[d}

"dough"

1. voiceless bilabial stop 2. low front vowel 3. voiced lateralliquid 4. voiced velar nasal 5. voiced interdental fricative 6. voiceless post-alveolar affricate 7. voiced palatal glide 8. mid lax front vowel 9. high back tense vowel 10. voiceless labio-dental fricative li. For each of the following consonants, state whether it is voiced or voiceless, its place of articulation, and its manner of articulation. 1. [m}

4. [h]

2. [r}

5. [s]

3. [3}

111. List the phonetic properties of each of the following vowels (height, frontJbackness, roundedlunrounded, and tensellax). 1. [o]

4. [o]

2. [I]

5. [A}

3. lu]

Linguistics 201 Phonetics Practice Exercise: Stress + Transcription A. For the following place names, mark ['] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item. Example: Halifax [hcéWcéks] 1. Ontario

2. Saskatchewan

3. Medicine Hat

4. Drumheller

5. Regina

6. Alberta

7. Quebec

8. Whitehorse

9. Dawson Creek

10. Uranium City

B. Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants. 1. elephant

2.hyena

3.monkey

4. giraffe

5. gorilla

6. wombat

7.kangaroo

8. zebra

9. gopher

10. vampire bat

C.Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical terms. Also, circle any alveolar consonants. 1. astronomy

2. galaxy

3. equinox

4. autumnal

5. solstice

6. telescope

7. satellite

8. radar

9. spaceship

10. vernal