№ 1
- Give a definition of “transcription”.
- What types of vowel reading in English do you know? Give an example.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:
- A park B warn C farm D yard
- A river B right C children D hospital
- A armchair B father C lamp D afternoon
- A skip B picnic C tennis D pasttime
- A camp B table C badminton D packet
№ 2
- Define the concept of a diphthong. Give examples.
- What is an open syllable? Write down the definition. Give an example.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:
- A live B city C big D time
- A photo B post C motorbike D work
- A sit B live C city D fine
- A kite B swim C twice D sometimes
- A teacher B read C eat D ready
№ 3
- Define “diphthong”. Give examples.
- What is a closed syllable? Write down the definition. Give an example.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:
- A brother B honey C love D lose
- A after B late C half D hard
- A love B trousers C come D some
- A lovely B cozy C come D some
- A shoot B door C more D saw
№ 4
- Give a definition of “transcription”.
- 2.What types of vowel reading in English do you know? Give an example.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Write out one word whose underlined letter or letter combination differs in pronunciation from the others:
- A swamp B sweet C swear D sword
- A luggage B fragile C general D bargain
- A thank B that C their D the
- A busy B much C butterfly D sun
- A beef B beat C hit D heat