The document is a practice test for an English phonetics and phonology exam. It contains two parts:
1. A fill-in-the-blank section with 10 items testing knowledge of phonetic terminology.
2. Seven points worth of exercises testing phonetic transcription skills, including defining sounds, phonemic transcription, phonetic transcription with diacritics, syllable division, and word stress placement. The section lists rules for determining word stress.
The document is a practice test for an English phonetics and phonology exam. It contains two parts:
1. A fill-in-the-blank section with 10 items testing knowledge of phonetic terminology.
2. Seven points worth of exercises testing phonetic transcription skills, including defining sounds, phonemic transcription, phonetic transcription with diacritics, syllable division, and word stress placement. The section lists rules for determining word stress.
The document is a practice test for an English phonetics and phonology exam. It contains two parts:
1. A fill-in-the-blank section with 10 items testing knowledge of phonetic terminology.
2. Seven points worth of exercises testing phonetic transcription skills, including defining sounds, phonemic transcription, phonetic transcription with diacritics, syllable division, and word stress placement. The section lists rules for determining word stress.
The document is a practice test for an English phonetics and phonology exam. It contains two parts:
1. A fill-in-the-blank section with 10 items testing knowledge of phonetic terminology.
2. Seven points worth of exercises testing phonetic transcription skills, including defining sounds, phonemic transcription, phonetic transcription with diacritics, syllable division, and word stress placement. The section lists rules for determining word stress.
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The Final Test Form
English Phonetics and Phonology
Part 1: Fill in the blanks with given words. Write the letters A - T (3 points; 10 items) Ex: A. segments E. cartilage I. hard palate M. palatal Q. pharynx B. diphthongs F. stem J. phonetics N. consonant cluster R. phonology C. nasals G. fricatives K. ambisyllabic O. vowels S. labiodental D. bilabial H. homorganic L. pure vowels P. triphthongs T. vocal folds 1. ___G____ are consonants with the characteristic that air escapes through a narrow passage and makes a hissing sound. Here is the list of words that will be used for this part. 1. Soft palate 15. Phonemic transcription 27. Rhyme 2. Velar consonants 16. Phonetic transcription 28. Rhythm 3. Hard palate 17. Suprasegmental 29. Stress-timed rhythm 4. Palatal 18. Fricatives 30. Syllable-timed rhythm 5. Alveolar ridge 19. Homorganic 31. Foot 6. Alveolar 20. Glottal 32. Regressive assimilation 7. Dental 21. Nasals 33. Progressive assimilation 8. Bilabial 22. Approximant 34. Elision 9. Labiodental 23. Consonant cluster 35. Retroflex 10. A pure vowel 24. Ambisyllabic 36. Rhotic accents 11. Diphthongs 25. Diacritics 37. Nonrhotic accents 12. Triphthongs 26. Affricates 38. Onset 13. Vocal folds 39. Coda 14. Glottis
Part 2: (7 points) I/. Write definitions for the initial sounds in the normal pronunciation of the following words. (5 sounds) (1 point) Ex: fish [f] is a voiceless labiodental fricative.
II/. Transcribe the following words phonemically. (5 words) (1 point)
Ex: tea /ti:/
III/. Transcribe the following words phonetically by putting diacritics. (5 words) (1 point)
Page 1 of 2 Ex: tea [t h i:] The following diacritics should be used.
b, d, g pronounced without voicing are transcribed b̥, d̥, g̥
p, t, k pronounced with aspiration are transcribed p h , th, kh
(See more in “Written exercises” on pages 37 – 38)
IV/. Use the symbol . to divide the syllables of the following words. (10 words) (2 points) Ex: entertain /en.tə.ˈteɪn/
V/. Put primary stress marks on the following words (10 words) (2 points)
