Phonetic test

№ 1

1. Give a definition of “transcription”.
2. What types of vowel reading in English do you know? Give an example.
3. Place the given words in two columns according to the type of reading: a) open syllable, b) closed syllable.

name, it, hi, its, rule, she, pop, this, these, list, check, stone, baby, bag, fat, use, egg, line, mix, my, number

4. Arrange the words given in two columns according to the type of reading of the stressed vowel: a) type III, b) type IV

her, birth, garden, work, large, dark, service, zero, pure, orbit, storm, before, occur, spire, mere, dirty, burn

5. Write out words in which:

a) The letter Aa reads type I syllable [ei]: ann, game, sharp, arm, care, take, bag, fame, rare, large, dare, make, glad, plane, mark.

b) The letter Ee reads in type II syllable [e]: Ted, he, perfume, spell, here, her, bee, herb, bench, person, ten, sere, rest, she, feet.

c) The letter Ii reads in type IV syllable [aiə]: I, big, skirt, sire, fine, fire, bird, swim, wire, silk, milk, spire, his, dire, firm.

d) The letter Yy reads in syllable type III [ə:]: Byrd, cry, baby, why,chyrt, mummy, my, byte, city, cyst, twenty, clyde, gym, type, myrtle.

e) The letter Uu is read as a type I syllable [ju:]: Tune, but, curve, cube, hurt, sun, tube, purple, trunk, cute, bus, burn, mule, purse, shrub.

e) The letter Oo reads in syllable type II [o]: Rose, doll, pork, phone, got, tore, log, bode, horn, hot, fork, go, bore, note, pond.

6. Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:

1. A park B warn C farm D yard
2. A river B right C children D hospital
3. A armchair B father C lamp D afternoon
4. A skip B picnic C tennis D pasttime
5. A camp B table C badminton D packet

№ 2

1. Define the concept of a diphthong. Give examples.
2. What is an open syllable? Write down the definition. Give an example.
3. Arrange the words given in two columns according to the type of reading: a) open syllable, b) closed syllable.

help, then, shop, rhyme, song, sing, table, sister, boss, eve, date, that, map, rubbish, Sue, phone, com’plete

4. Arrange the words given in two columns according to the type of reading of the stressed vowel: a) type III, b) type IV

bar, fear, fern, her, severe, care, hare, during, term, nerve, vary, surface, shirt, star, coral, jury, fur, purr, cure

5. Write out the words in which:

a) The letter Aa reads type II syllable [æ]: March, skate, flag, barn, star, bark, cab, farm, large, flat, made, bad, hare, can, shake.

b) The letter Ee reads in syllable type I [i:]: Pete, pet, mere, see, net, scene, her, term, me, chess, bed, kerb, be, atmosphere, nerve.

c) The letter Ii reads in syllable type III [ə:]: Billy, lime, birch, brick, line, kite, stir, ring, first, this, bird, pine, dive, kid, fir. 

d) The letter Yy reads in type IV syllable [aiə]: Tiny, try, twenty, byre, yard, cry, tyre, my, type, by, pyre, puppy, gyps, sky, lyre.

e) The letter Uu reads type II syllable [A]: Bruce, cut, huge, pure, but, dude, cure, must, nurse, curl, plump, tune, sure, cup, obscure.

e) The letter Oo reads in syllable type I [əu:]: Tom, bone, fore, frog, more, stove, short, corn, no, storm, home, fort, tore, nose, lot.

6. Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:

1. A live B city C big D time
2. A photo B post C motorbike D work
3. A sit B live C city D fine
4. A kite B swim C twice D sometimes
5. A teacher B read C eat D ready

№ 3

1. Define “diphthong”. Give examples.
2. What is a closed syllable? Write down the definition. Give an example.
3. Arrange the words given in two columns according to the type of reading: a) open syllable, b) closed syllable.

age, write, red, black, blue, blond, like, wife, date, radio, think, nice, tick, male, basic, rob, fee, stuck, pipe

4. Arrange the given words in two columns according to the type of reading of the stressed vowel: a) type III, b) type IV

for, assure, pore, lord, fur, dare, short, admire, bare, storm, fire, car, first, sport, turn, here, farm, sir, form

5. Write out the words in which:

a) The letter Aa is read in syllable type III [a:]: Dad, age, far, share, cat, gas, sharp, face, table, garden, ware, dark, hand, stage, car.

b) The letter Ee is read in type IV syllable [iə]: Steve, mere, serve, street, where, fern, leg, jerk, keep, there, shelf, bere, perfect, end, sphere.

c) The letter Ii is read as type II syllable [i]: Gill, wide, firm, chick, spire, like, sir, kilt, dine, rich, mine, shirt, trip, firm, site. 

d) The letter Yy reads in type I syllable [ai]: tyre, try, gym, by, myth, cry, gyps, type, lynx, twenty, yard, cyst, byre, shy.

e) The letter Uu reads in syllable type III [q:]: Turk, nurse, curds, flute, buzz, curl, mute, rule, fur, yuck, cute, nurse, true, bun, trung.

e) The letter Oo is read as a type IV syllable [o:]: More, home, store, long, tore, phone, for, hop, fore, dole, bore, no, pond, cost, coke.

6. Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:

1. A brother B honey C love D lose
2. A after B late C half D hard
3. A love B trousers C come D some
4. A lovely B cozy C come D some
5. A shoot B door C more D saw

№ 4

1. Give a definition of “transcription”.
2. 2.What types of vowel reading in English do you know? Give an example.
3. Place the given words in two columns according to the type of reading: a) open syllable, b) closed syllable.

see, mug, big, pike, top, got, type, dome, block, make, bitter, no, set, mine, lend, be, page, tap, hope, on, use

4. Arrange the words given in two columns according to the type of reading of the stressed vowel: a) type III, b) type IV

morning, fur, return, thorn, more, sure, berth, partner, fear, vary, care, before, nerve, turbine, spire, term, fir

5. Write out words in which:

a) The letter Aa reads type IV syllable [εə]: Grace, scarf, rat, spare, came, compare, mat, bar, stare, hard, mare, take, sand, bare, carpet.

b) The letter Ee reads in syllable type III [ə:]: Serge, sleep, we, certainly, green, egg, steel, merge, meet, sweep, bell, verb, sincere, serf, greet.

c) The letter Ii reads in type I syllable [ai]: Mike, shirt, nine, dish, fire, bird, kite, dirty, kick, lie, wing, sing, hill, five, girl. 

d) The letter Yy reads in type II syllable [i]: Lynn, shy, gym, yelp, gyps, yet, why, cry, puppy, crypt, type, yellow, my, tyre, syllable.

e) The letter Uu reads type IV syllable [juə]: Pure, brume, us, cure, fuss, duck, secure, purl, huge, obscure, juke, gum, endure, slur, fume.

e) The letter Oo is read as a type III syllable [o:]: Pose, born, cock, torn, bone, more, pork, stove, sport, not, fore, pond, storm, dog, bore.

6. Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:

1. A swamp B sweet C swear D sword
2. A luggage B fragile C general D bargain
3. A thank B that C their D the 
4. A busy B much C butterfly D sun
5. A beef B beat C hit D heat