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Phonetics worksheet:

Given below is the orthographic form of the word, identify the word:

1. /pɔːtl /:___________________

2. /pæsɪv/: _____________

3. /vɑːst/: _______________

4. /ʃʊə(r) /: __________________

5. /dɪmɪnɪʃ/:________________

6. /hɪstɒrɪkl /:_______________

7. /əliːvieɪt /:________________

8. /næʃnəl /:________________

9. /eɡzaɪl /:_________________

10. /aʊl /:____________________

11. /mɪstɪəriəs /:____________

12. /sɜːdʒ /:__________________

Match the following: Find the match (A,C) with (B,D)

Column A Column B Column C Column D

1. Engineering /ɡluːmi / 2. Restraint /dɑːknəs /

3. Knowledge /pəlaɪt / 4. Play /kəmplekʃn /

5. Puritan /əmeɪzmənt / 6. Valuable /ɪnkwaɪə(r) /

7. Enquire /fjʊəriəs / 8. Enjoy /pjʊərɪtən /

9. Darkness /pleɪ / 10. Gloomy /nɒlɪdʒ /

11. Complexion /væljuəbl / 12. Exclude /dɪraɪv /

13. Pair /endʒɪnɪərɪŋ / 14. Amazement /kaʊəd /

15. Polite / ɪndʒɔɪ / 16. Furious / peə(r) /

17. Derive / ɪkskluːd / 18. Coward / rɪstreɪnt /

Transcribe the following words:

Contest: _________________________________ School: _________________________________

Symbiotic: ______________________________ Restore: _________________________________

Courage: _________________________________ Taunt: ___________________________________

Benign: _________________________________ Eternal: _________________________________

Tenor: __________________________________ Bound: __________________________________

Judgment: _____________________________ Abstract: ________________________________

Circle the correct transcription:


Collection:

a. /kelekʒn/ b. /tʃælekʃən/ c. /kelecʃən/ d. /k əlekʃən/

Merger:

a. /mɑːʒer/ b. /merdʒə(r)/ c. /mɜː dʒə(r)/ d. /mərʒə/

Power:

a. /pʊər/ b. /paʊə(r) / c./pəvə(r)/ d. /pɜːvə(r)/

Volatile:

a. /vɒlətaɪl / b. /wɒlətaɪl / c. /vɒləteɪl / d. /vɒlteɪl /

Outside:

a. /əʊtsed/ b. / aʊtsɪde/ c. /aʊtsaɪd/ d. /ʌtsaɪd/

Identify the missing sounds in the words:

1. Pertinent /p___tɪn___nt /

2. Language /l__ __ɡwɪdʒ /

3. Drought /dr__t /

Rules regarding accent marks:

“-tion”, “-ic”, “-ical”, “-ial”, “-ian”, “-ious”, ically – the accent mark is put on the last but one syllable.

Example: appli’cation, patri’otic, gram’matical, ce’lestial, phy’sician, per’fidious, sympathetically

“-ity”, “ate”– on the third syllable from the end

Elec’tricity, ‘Cultivate - accent mark on the third syllable

Difference in the noun and verb form – accent rule: Noun – stress on the first syllable, Verb – stress on the
second syllable

Example: ‘present (noun), pre’sent (verb)

Weak suffixes: A’broad, ad’mit, ex’pect, re’fer, com’pose

Inflectional suffixes: -es, -ing, -ed and the following suffixes do not affect the accent: -age, -dom, -en, -er, -ess,
-ness, -some, -ward, -ment, -ly, -ful, -fy.

Example ‘Godess, ap’pointment (weak prefix), ‘breakage, ‘freedom, be’gin (weak prefix)

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