Phonetics practice with answers

Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription.. The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's boo

Phonetics Practice Exercises I

Linguistics 201

I Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription

II The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass Each

line of the poem contains one word that is transcribed incorrectly, at the

phonemic or "broad" level of transcription

Task #1: Identify the word that has been transcribed incorrectly, and then write the correct form of the transcription

Task #2: Write each line in normal English orthography

1: [ðә tajm hæz cʌm]

2: [ðә wɑlrәs sed]

3: [tu tɑlk әv mɛni θɪŋz]

4: [әv ʃuz ɑnd ʃɪps]

5: [ænd silɪŋ wæx]

6: [әv kæbәgәz ænd kɪŋz]

7: [ænd wɑj ðә si ɪs bojlɪŋ hɑt]

8: [ænd wɛθәr pɪgz hæv wɪŋz]

Phonetics Practice Exercises I (Answers)

Linguistics 201

I Write each of the following words in phonetic transcription

3 phase [fejz] 8 attentive [ətɛ́ntɪv]

II The following is a phonetic transcription of an excerpt of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", from Lewis Carroll's book Through the Looking Glass Each line of the poem contains one word that is transcribed incorrectly, at the phonemic or "broad" level of transcription

Task #1: Identify the word that has been transcribed incorrectly, and then write the correct form of the transcription

Task #2: Write each line in normal English orthography

1: [ðə tajm hæz cʌm] Correction: [cʌm] → [kʌm]

Orthography: the time has come 2: [ðə wɑlrəs sed] Correction: [sed] → [sɛd]

Orthography: the walrus said

3: [tu tɑlk əv mɛni θɪŋz] Correction: [tɑlk] → [tɑk]

Orthography: to talk of many things

4: [əv ʃuz ɑnd ʃɪps] Correction: [ɑnd] → [ænd]

Orthography: of shoes and ships

5: [ænd silɪŋ wæx] Correction: [wæx] → [wæks]

Orthography: and sealing wax

6: [əv kæbəgəz ænd kɪŋz] Correction: [kæbəgəz] → [kæbədʒəz]

Orthography: of cabbages and kings 7: [ænd wɑj ðə si ɪs bojlɪŋ hɑt] Correction: [ɪs] → [ɪz]

Orthography: and why the sea is boiling hot

8: [ænd wɛθər pɪgz hæv wɪŋz] Correction: [wɛθər] → [wɛðər]

Orthography: and whether pigs have wings

Phonetics Practice Exercise #2

Linguistics 201

I Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic

descriptions, then give an English word that contains that sound

0 Example: voiced alveolar stop [d] “dough”

1 voiceless bilabial stop

2 low front vowel

3 voiced lateral liquid

4 voiced velar nasal

5 voiced interdental fricative

6 voiceless post-alveolar affricate

7 voiced palatal glide

8 mid lax front vowel

9 high back tense vowel

10 voiceless labio-dental fricative

II For each of the following consonants, state whether it is voiced or voiceless, its place of articulation, and its manner of articulation

3 [ʒ]

III List the phonetic properties of each of the following vowels (height,

front/backness, rounded/unrounded, and tense/lax)

3 [ʊ]

Phonetics Practice Exercise #2 (Answers)

Linguistics 201

I Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions, then give an English word that contains that sound

0 Example: voiced alveolar stop [d] “dough”

1.voiceless bilabial stop [p] "peacock"

2.low front vowel [æ] "cat"

3.voiced lateral liquid [l] "lion"

4 voiced velar nasal [ŋ] "orangutan"

5.voiced interdental fricative [ð] "feather"

6.voiceless post-alveolar affricate [ʃ] "shark"

7.voiced palatal glide [j] "yak"

8.mid lax front vowel [ɛ] "elephant"

9.high back tense vowel [u] "goose"

10.voiceless labio-dental fricative [f] "pheasant"

II For each of the following consonants, state whether it is voiced or voiceless, its place

of articulation, and its manner of articulation

1.[m] voiced bilabial nasal

2 [r] voiced post-alveolar retroflex liquid

3.[ʒ] voiceless post-alveolar fricative

4 [h] voiceless glottal fricative

5 [s] voiceless alveolar fricative

III List the phonetic properties of each of the following vowels (height, front/backness, rounded/unrounded, and tense/lax)

1.[o] mid back rounded tense

2 [ɪ] high front unrounded lax

3 [ʊ] high back rounded lax

4 [ɑ] low back unrounded tense

5 [ʌ] mid back unrounded lax

Linguistics 201

Phonetics Practice Exercise: Stress + Transcription

A For the following place names, mark [ ́] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item

Example: Halifax [hǽlʌfǽks]

3 Medicine Hat 4 Drumheller

9 Dawson Creek 10 Uranium City

B Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants

C Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical

terms Also, circle any alveolar consonants

Linguistics 201

Phonetics Practice Exercise: Stress + Transcription

A For the following place names, mark [ ́] over the vowel in any stressed syllables, and then give a phonetic transcription for each item

Example: Halifax [hǽlʌfǽks]

1 Ontario [ɑntɛ́riow] 2 Saskatchewan [sʌskǽtʃʌwɑ́n]

3 Medicine Hat [mɛ́dɪsɪn hæt] 4 Drumheller [drʌmhɛ́lr̩]

5 Regina [rʌdʒájnʌ] 6 Alberta [ælbŕ̩tʌ]

7 Quebec [kʌbɛ́k] 8 Whitehorse [wʌ́jthɔrs]

9 Dawson Creek [dɑ́sɪn krik] 10 Uranium City [jʌréjniʌm sɪ́ti]

B Now try the same for the following animal names, and also circle any stop consonants

1 elephant [ɛ́lʌfɪnt] 2 hyena [hajínʌ]

3 monkey [mʌ́ŋki] 4 giraffe [dʒʌrǽf]

5 gorilla [gʌrɪ́lʌ] 6 wombat [wɑ́mbæt]

7 kangaroo [kǽŋgʌrú] 8 zebra [zíbrʌ]

9 gopher [gówfr̩] 10 vampire bat [vǽmpajr bæt]

C Finally, provide phonetic transcriptions, with stress, for the following astronomical

terms Also, circle any alveolar consonants

1 astronomy [ʌstrɑ́nʌmi] 2 galaxy [gǽlɪksi]

3 equinox [íkwʌnɑ́ks] 4 autumnal [ʌtʌ́mnl̩]

5 solstice [sówlstɪs] 6 telescope [tɛ́lʌskowp]

7 satellite [sǽtʌlʌjt] 8 radar [réjdɑr]

9 spaceship [spéjsʃɪp] 10 vernal [vr̩nl̩]