Phonetics

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AKSHARA THE TECHNO SCHOOL August 1, 2011

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CONTENTS

1. Vowels………………………………………………………………………2. Diphthongs…………………………………………………………………3. Trithongs……………………………………………………………………4. Consonants…………………………………………………………………5. List of words on vowels………………………………………………………6. List of words on

diphthongs…………………………………………………7. List of words on trithongs……………………………………………………8. List of words on

consonants…………………………………………………9. Contracted forms …………………………………………………………

1. Personal pronouns………………………………………………………2. Auxiliary verbs…………………………………………………………

10. Weak and strong forms……………………………………………………...

11. Pronunciation of -/ed/………………………………………………………

12. Pronunciation of -/s/es/……………………………………………………

13. Transcription………………………………………………………………1. English – phonetic (words)………………………………………………2. Phonetic - English (words)………………………………………………3. English – phonetic (sentences)

…………………………………………..4. Phonetic – English (sentences)

………………………………………….14. Basic level (550 words)

……………………………………………………..15. Junior level (790 words)

…………………………………………………….16. Senior level (690 words)

…………………………………………………….17. Advanced level (1035 words)

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Phonetic symbols

1. Monotones / Vowel sounds

Vowel Initial Medial Final /ə/ About Taboo Mother

/ɑː/ Ask Task Car

/i/ It Sit City

/iː/ Eat Seat Free

/ʊ/ Oomph Pull You

/uː/ Ooze Pool true

/e/ End Pen ……..

/æ/ Apple Cat ………

/ʌ/ Au Cut ……..

/ɜː/ Early Girl Sir

/ɒ/ Opt Cot …….

/ɔː/ all Caught saw

2. Diphthongs

Diphthong Initial Medial final

/eɪ/ Eight Gate May

/aɪ/ Ice Nice Try

/ɔɪ/ Oil Boil Boy

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/ɪə/ Ear Hearing Dear

/eə/ Air Sharing Fair

/ʊə/ …….. During Poor

/aʊ/ Out Doubt Now

/əʊ/ over close go

3. Trithongs / vowel sequenceThese are called vowel sequences. Here are a few of them for practice.

Vowel sequence Word Transcriptin/eɪ/+/ə/ Layer,player /leɪə/ /pleɪə//aɪ/+/ə/ Buyer, tyre /baɪə / /taɪə//ɔɪ/+/ə/ Coir, royal /kɔɪə/ /rɔɪə//aʊ/+/ə/ Vowel,towel /vaʊəl/ /taʊəl//əʊ/+/ə/ grower, thrower /grəʊə/ / θrəʊə//iː/+/i/ Being, seeing /biːiŋ/ /siːiŋ//uː/+/i/ Doing, booing /duːiŋ / /buːiŋ //əʊ/+/i/ Flowing, throwing /fləʊiŋ/ / θrəʊiŋ //aɪ/+/i/ Trying /traɪiŋ //eɪ/+/ɒ/ Chaos /keɪɒs//aɪ/+/ɒ/ Biography /baɪɒgrfi//eɪ/+/aɪ/ Grey-eyed /greɪaɪd//uː/+/aɪ/ Blue-eyed /bluːaɪd//əʊ/+/aʊ/ Go out /gəʊaʊt//uː/+/aʊ/+/ə/ Two hours /tuːaʊəs//eɪ/+/aɪ/+/əʊ/ May I open it? /meɪaɪəʊpen/

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4. Consonents

Consonant Initial Medial final

/P/ Page Captain Cap/b/ Battle Cabbage Tub/t/ Table Button Fat/d/ Doctor Garden Mad/tʃ/ Child Butcher Pitch/dʒ/ Judge Magic Bridge/k/ Kite Package Pack/g/ Gate Luggage Bag/f/ Fan After Half/v/ Van Every Five/θ/ Thin Pathetic Bath/ð/ Then Mother With/m/ Meet Common Trim/n/ Neat Canteen Can/ŋ/ ……… Bank Ring/h/ Hand Rehearse ………/s/ Seat Master Bus/z/ Zoo Puzzle Quiz/ʃ/ Sheep Fashion Bush/ʒ/ Genre Measure Garage/r/ Red Marriage Car/l/ Late Balloon Call/j/ Yes Beyond ………/w/ woman between ………

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5. List of words on vowels

Ship sheep hat heart cut

should shooed Sit seat cat

cart hut would wooed Is

ease bad bard putt full

fool It eat had hard much

pull pool

6. List of words on diphthongs7. List of words on trithongs8. List of words on consonants

9. Contracted formsPersonal pronoun/Auxiliary verb

Personal pronoun Contraction transcription

Auxiliary verb

I am I’m /aɪm /

I have I’ve /aɪv /

I shall / will I’ll /aɪl /

I would/should/had I’d /aɪd /

You are You’re /jɔː /

You have You’ve /juːv /

You will You’ll /juːl /

You would/should/had You’d /juːd/

We are We’re /wɪə /

We have We’ve /wiːv /

We would/should/had We’d /wiːd /

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They are They’re /ðer /

They have They’ve /ðeɪv /

They will They’ll /ðeɪl /

They would/should/had They’d /ðeɪd /

He is/has He’s /hiːz /

He will He’ll /hiːl /

He would/should/had He’d /hiːd /

She is/has She’s / ʃiːz /

She will She’ll / ʃiːl /

She would/should/had She’d / ʃiːd /

It is/has It’s /its /

It will It’ll /itl /

It would/should/had It’d /itʌd /

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Aux. verb not Contraction transcription

Are not Aren’t /ɑːnt /

Can not Can ‘t /kɑːnt /

Could not Couldn’t /kʊdnt /

Will not Won’t /wəʊnt /

Would not Wouldn’t /wʊdnt /

Does not Doesn’t /dznt /

Do not Don’t /dnt /

Did not Didn’t /didnt /

Has not Hasn’t /hæznt /

Have not Haven’t /hævnt /

Had not Hadn’t /hædnt /

Is not Isn’t / iːznt /

Was not Wasn’t /wɒznt /

Must not Mustn’t /mʌsnt /

Need not Needn’t /niːdnt/

Ought not Oughtn’t / ɔːtnt/

Shall not Shan’t /ʃænt /

Should not Shouldn’t /ʃʊdnt /

Dare not Daren’t /deənt /

10. Weak and strong forms

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Word Strong form Weak form

A /eɪ/ /ə/

Am /æm/ /əm/

An /æn/ /ən/

And /ənd/ /ənd/ /ən/

Are / ɑː/ / ə/

As /æz/ /əz/

At /æt/ /ət/

Be /biː/ /bi/

Been /biːn/ /bin/

But /bʌt/ /bət/

Can /kæn/ /kən/

Could /kʊd/ /kəd/

Did /dɪd/ /dɪd/

Do /duː/ /dʊ/

Does /dʌz/ /dəz/

For /fɔː/ /fə/

From /frʌm/ /frəm/

Had /hæd/ /həd/ /əd/

Has /hæz/ /həz/ /əz/

Have /hæv/ /həv/ /əv/

He /hiː/ /hi//i/Her /hɜː/ /hə/Him /hɪm/ /ɪm/His /hɪz/ /ɪz/Is / iːz/ /z//s/Me /miː/ /mi/Must /mʌst/ /məst/Of /ɒv/ /əv//v/Shall /ʃæl/ /ʃəl/She /ʃiː/ /ʃi/Should /ʃʊd/ /ʃəd/Some /sʌm/ /səm/

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Than / ðæn/ / ðən/That / ðæt/ / ðət/The / ðiː / / ðə /Them / ðem/ / ðəm/There / ðeə / / ðə /To /tuː/ /tu//tə/Us /ʌz/ /əs/Was /wɒz/ /wəz/Were /wɜː/ /wə/Who /huː/ /hu/Will /wil/ /l/Would /wʊd/ /wəd/you / juː/ / ju/

11. Pronunciation of – ed1. “ed” endings are pronounced “t” if the end of the word sounds like

/ K,S,Ch,Sh,F,P,Th /

Examples: WrappedPackedLookedLaughed

2. ‘ed’ endings are pronounced ‘d’ for all other ending sounds:A B E G H I J L M N O Q R VU V W X Y Z

Example: BaggedTriedMovedFreed

3. “ed” endings are pronounced ‘id’ if the end of the word sounds like T or D

Example: CountedBattedReputedRounded

12. Pronunciation of –s/es

/s/ after voiceless sounds except /s/, / / and /ts/

Example: CupsBooksPlates

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/z/ after voiced sounds except /z/, /3/ and /d3/Example: Bags

BoysGirlsLadies

/iz/ after /s/, / /, /ts/, /z/, /3/ and /d3/Example: Buses

CrashesChurchesQuizzes

13. transcription

Transcribe the following English Words:

Exercise 1

1. Bit, beat,2. bet, but,3. bat. Fit,4. feat , fat,5. fought, foot.6. Cut, caught,7. cat, court,8. kite. Full,9. fool, fill,10. fee, fall

Exercise: 2

1. Hell / / hail, 2. hill, / / heal.3. Sit / / seat, 4. sat, / / sought, 5. sound. / / sage6. Dig, / / dug,7. dip, / / deep,8. depth, dot9. Fight, found, 10. fair, feather

Exercise: 3

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1. Gun, gone,2. get, gate.3. Hit, heat,4. hut, hot,5. house It6. eat, at7. out. ought8. Jet, jail,9. jump, job.10. Live, leave,11. let, late,12. luck, lock

Exercise: 4

1. Miss, meat,2. mat, mouth3. Knit, neat,4. knot, net5. Out, ought6. Pull, pool,7. pet, pale8. Run, ran9. Talk, take,10. teak, tick,11. took talk

Exercise: 5

1. Weather, worry, 2. winter, wonder3. Xerox, xenophobia4. Yung, youth,5. yellow, yet6. yolk yoke7. Zoo, zebra,8. zone, zealous9. Sound, soil,10. sail, sell11. Fell fail 12. bell bail

Exercise: 6

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1. Tell, tale,2. pen pain3. State, fowl, 4. phone, pure,5. chair, cheer6. Sing, king7. tight eyes8. Pleasure, measure,9. treasure, leisure10. Go give11. Good Bridge,12. shy ship 13. sheep, shirt,14. short, show

Exercise: 7

1. Chit cheat2. Chart chat3. News views4. review few5. Teeth think 6. Thought threat7. Trust treat8. This these 9. those that10. there this11. Lease, fees12. tease, niece,13. please lease

Exercise 81. pray praise2. prompt pride proud3. play place4. plate please5. plump plot 6. pluck plum7. plus pupil 8. pure puke 9. few new 10. view sew

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11. queue mew

Exercise 91. tray train2. tree trick 3. trip treat 4. track try 5. treasure trial 6. tram trouble 7. tutor tuition8. tune twist9. twig twelve10. dry drag 11. drop drain 12. drum dream 13. drill droop 14. dribble dread 15. dress drip

Exercise 101. spy space 2. spill spray 3. spin spell 4. sky skaqte 5. scale school 6. skim scathe 7. slay slave 8. slow slim 9. slap slip 10. stay stale 11. stool stoop12. steel steak 13. street straight14. strong stroll15. streak strip

Exercise 111. child bold 2. scold find 3. mind send

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4. pink rank 5. sink next 6. text fixed 7. length breadth 8. depth most9. best test10. wounds binds 11. sends course 12. force farce

Exercise 121. beak claws 2. hands wings 3. toes eyes 4. nose ears 5. flat nest 6. house hut 7. night noon 8. lunch evening 9. butter curd 10. ghee oil

Exercise 13

Try to know the pronunciation of the following words with the help of a good pronouncing dictionary.

1. Chaste, indictment,2. fauxpas, entendre,3. rapport, rendezvous, 4. pot pouri, cuisine, 5. girl, world, 6. psychology, schedule, 7. impasse, coup, 8. camaraderie, chauffeur, 9. executive, jeopardize,10. fuel, history,11. bonanza, malaise, 12. vignette, crèche, 13. sobriquet, vendetta,14. genre, milieu, 15. betenoire, anant-garde,

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16. carteblanche, modus operandi, 17. alumni, query, 18. penchant, panache, 19. panacea, archives, 20. niche, aisle.

Exercise 14 (phrases)1. that’s right no more 2. come here ask mom3. read this write this4. work hard stand up 5. sit down that’s all 6. do fast

Exercise 151. not enough push it hard2. do it fast pull the car 3. note it down cut the tree 4. see below half an inch5. show the book write it down6. practise now say it now 7. say it aloud drink it now

Exercise 161. I thought so I didn’t2. I’m tired I went there3. I’d like to I did so 4. it’s possible I gave it to him5. she came with me please find it now

Exercise 17 (sentences)1. Have you seen him? Did you go there? 2. Can you come with me? Will you be there? 3. Can’t you do this? Could you help me? 4. May I come in? Do you know her? 5. Could you call him? Will you do it?

Exercise 181. Where’s your book? What’s his name? 2. Where’re your parents? Why’s she angry?3. What’re these? How’s your sister?

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4. How do you do this? What would you do? 5. When did he come? How did she eat? 6. Where did he go? Why did they scream like that?

Exercise 191. It’s a tall building it’s ten to eleven.2. This painting isn’t very beautiful. It’s nine-o-five3. It’s very cloudy today it’s ten past eleven4. This coin isn’t shining it’s a quarter after one.5. The drink is sweet it’s half-past nine.6. This question is very difficult. It’s six after seven.7. This problem isn’t very easy it’s a quarter to five.8. The city is very big it’s five to twelve.9. The well isn’t deep it’s a quarter past seven.10. The dog is very clever. It’s four after eight.

Exercise 20

1. He isn’t here. It’s her book.2. Send him away. Tell me something.3. She’s going out. Take them away.4. He asked us to go and see them. We can’t do this5. I thought you didn’t say that It’s her problem.6. She’s his wife. I want some books.7. I’m a doctor. Why’re you late?8. Don’t be late. He’s been appreciated.9. When can you come? I could go if I wanted to.10. What do you mean? Do you like it?

Exercise 211. How does it work? Has he done it before he left?2. When we reached there, the train had left. He said he’d lost it.3. Has he written to you? What’s he done?4. Who’s got it? Have you done it?5. Where’ve you been? You’ve been putting on weight.6. She is a lawyer. You must buy a vehicle.7. We must go and see them. At least one must.8. Shall I see him? I’ll do my best.9. Who’ll do it for me? You should be here in time.10. What was he doing? Where were you yesterday?

Exercise 221. He’ll never agree. Will they agree to this?2. that would be very kind of you. That’d be nice.3. Who’d like to go? He’s standing at the gate.

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4. What’re you looking at? It’s time for tea.5. What’re you looking for? Where’re you from?6. What’s it made of? In and our 7. Up and down Bread and butter.8. Finish it as soon as possible. One or two9. It’s harder than you think. Are there any problems?10. There’re some problems. There’s a man at the door.

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I. Basic Level (550 WORDS)

WORKSHEET - 1

absentabsorbacademicaccent

contagious content (adj) content (n) contingency

loose lose loss

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kneeknitknobknockedknotlamblaughedlearnlearnedleisurelethargylibrarylionlocked

womenworkedworldworseworstwrathwreckwretchedwrinkleswrite wrongyearyeszealzealous

II. Junior Level (790 WORDS)

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III. Senior Level (690 WORDS)

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