Audio Exercises

Unit 7

Predicting Pronunciation from Spelling (and Vice Versa)

Unit 7 – Exercise 1

Pronunciation of the letter <a> and combinations thereof. When you hear the number, say the word containing the letter <a>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the vowel.

1. lad	2. fall	3. quarter	4. ladder	5. water
6. take	7. salt	8. warn	9. change	10. chalk
11. dollar	12. ask	13. many	14. can´t	15. chocolate
16. care	17. half	18. animal	19. aren´t	20. bath
21. normal	22. mail	23. swan	24. star	25. say
26. want	27. garden	28. again	29. chair	30. daughter
31. says	32. sauce	33. sausage	34. aunt	35. because

1. /ӕ/	2. /ɔː/	3. /ɔː/	4. /ӕ/	5. /ɔː/
6. /eɪ/	7. /ɒ/	8. /ɔː/	9. /eɪ/	10. /ɔː/
11. /ә/	12. /ɑː/	13. /e/	14. /ɑː/	15. /ɪ/
16. /eә/	17. /ɑː/	18. /ә/ /ә/	19. /ɑː/	20. /ɑː/
21. /ә/	22. /eɪ/	23. /ɒ/	24. /ɑː/	25. /eɪ/
26. /ɒ/	27. /ɑː/	28. /ә/ /e/	29. /eә/	30. /ɔː/
31. /e/	32. /ɔː/	33. /ɒ/	34. /ɑː/	35. /ɒ/

Unit 7 – Exercise 2

Pronunciation of the letter <c> and combinations thereof. When you hear the number, say the word containing the letter <c>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the consonant.

1. acid	2. church	3. cry	4. echo	5. cello
6. scene	7. choir	8. school	9. bicycle	10. social
11. anchor	12. chop	13. machine	14. moustache	15. special

1. /s/	2. /ʧ/ /ʧ/	3. /k/	4. /k/	5. /ʧ/
6. /s/	7. /k/	8. /k/	9. /s//k/	10. /ʃ/
11. /k/	12. /ʧ/	13. /ʃ/	14. /ʃ/	15. /ʃ/

Unit 7 – Exercise 3

Pronunciation of the letter <g>. When you hear the number, say the word containing the letter <g>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the consonant.

1. guess	2. sign	3. garage	4. give	5. gym
6. sing	7. egg	8. agent	9. prestige	10. danger
11. singer	12. magnet	13. bridge	14. might	15. finger
16. ghost	17. ginger	18. gift	19. weigh	20. guitar

1. /g/	2. /n/	3. /g/ /ʤ/	4. /g/	5. /ʤ/
6. --	7. /g/	8. /ʤ/	9. /ʒ/	10. /ʤ/
11. --	12. /g/	13. /ʤ/	14. --	15. /g/
16. /g/	17. /ʤ/ /ʤ/	18. /g/	19. --	20. /g/

Unit 7 – Exercise 4

Pronunciation of the letter <o> and combinations thereof. When you hear the number, say the word containing the letter <o>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the vowel.

1. top	2. code	3. come	4. enough	5. potato
6. son	7. do	8. voice	9. foot	10. blood
11. food	12. house	13. group	14. country	15. town
16. tower	17. tow	18. toy	19. pour	20. sour
21. honour	22. would	23. world	24. gold	25. port
26. word	27. visitor	28. colour	29. wonder	30. above
31. money	32. rough	33. thorough	34. shoe	35. mould

1. /ɒ/	2. /әʊ/	3. /ʌ/	4. /ʌ/	5. /ә/ /ә/
6. /ʌ/	7. /uː/	8. /ɔɪ/	9. /ʊ/	10. /ʌ/
11. /uː/	12. /aʊ/	13. /uː/	14. /ʌ/	15. /aʊ/
16. /aʊ/	17. /әʊ/	18. /ɔɪ/	19. /ɔː/	20. /aʊ/
21. /ɒ/ /ә/	22. /ʊ/	23. /ɜː/	24. /әʊ/	25. /ɔː/
26. /ɜː/	27. /ә/	28. /ʌ/ /ә/	29. /ʌ/	30. /ʌ/
31. /ʌ/	32. /ʌ/	33. /ʌ/ /ә/	34. /uː/	35. /әʊ/

Unit 7 – Exercise 5

Pronunciation of the sequence <ough>. When you hear the number, say the word containing the combination of letters <ough>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the vowel.

1. bought	2. tough	3. bough	4. although	5. thorough
6. cough	7. through	8. hiccough	9. thought	10. enough

1. /ɔː/	2. /ʌ/	3. /aʊ/	4. /әʊ/	5. /ә/
6. /ɒ/	7. /uː/	8. /ʌ/	9. /ɔː/	10. /ʌ/

Unit 7 – Exercise 6

Pronunciation of the <-ed> ending. When you hear the number, say the word containing <-ed>. Then, listen and repeat. Give the phonemic transcription of just the ending.

1. abandoned	2. abolished	3. baked	4. benefitted	5. burned
6. carried	7. centered	8. chased	9. clashed	10. clothed
11. composed	12. cooled	13. debated	14. derailed	15. designed
16. diverted	17. dried	18. ducked	19. expired	20. fenced
21. hoped	22. kissed	23. laughed	24. learned	25. played
26. raked	27. remembered	28. sounded	29. talked	30. tamed
31. walked	32. wanted	33. wetted	34. wished	35. worked

1. /d/	2. /t/	3. /t/	4. /ɪd/	5. /d/
6. /d/	7. /d/	8. /t/	9. /t/	10. /d/
11. /d/	12. /d/	13. /ɪd/	14. /d/	15. /d/
16. /ɪd/	17. /d/	18. /t/	19. /d/	20. /t/
21. /t/	22. /t/	23. /t/	24. /d/	25. /d/
26. /t/	27. /d/	28. /ɪd/	29. /t/	30. /d/
31. /t/	32. /ɪd/	33. /ɪd/	34. /t/	35. /t/

Unit 7 – Exercise 7

Silent letters. When you hear the number, say the word, paying special attention to silent letters. Then, listen and repeat. Underline the silent letters.

1. foreign	2. debt	3. scene	4. folk	5. heir
6. vehement	7. salmon	8. sandwich	9. sign	10. scissors
11. Christmas	12. honour	13. vehicle	14. bomb	15. plumb
16. Theresa	17. honest	18. almond	19. know	20. castle
21. Wednesday	22. gnome	23. sing	24. chalk	25. exhibit
26. handsome	27. subtle	28. scent	29. could	30. aren´t
31. Birmingham	32. kneel	33. island	34. fasten	35. muscle

1. foreign	2. debt	3. scene	4. folk	5. heir
6. vehement	7. salmon	8. sandwich	9. sign	10. scissors
11. Christmas	12. honour	13. vehicle	14. bomb	15. plumb
16. Theresa	17. honest	18. almond	19. know	20. castle
21. Wednesday	22. gnome	23. sing	24. chalk	25. exhibit
26. handsome	27. subtle	28. scent	29. could	30. apostle
31. Birmingham	32. kneel	33. island	34. fasten	35. muscle

Unit 7 – Exercise 8

The following words you will hear are homophones. Can you give at least two possible spellings for each one? For example: /heә/ <hair, hare>

1. greɪt	2. θruː	3. raɪt	4. siːz	5. rәʊd
6. veɪn	7. wɔːn	8. weәr	9. pɑːst	10. fraɪә
11. preɪz	12. pɔː	13. sent	14. sәʊ	15. θrәʊn
16. meɪd	17. nәʊz	18. nʌn	19. tuː	20. piːs
21. kruːz	22. naɪt	23. njuː	24. baɪ	25. wʊd

1. grate – great	2. threw – through	3. wright – right – write – rite	4. seas – sees – seize	5. road – rowed
6. vain – vein	7. warn – worn	8 where – were	9. past – passed	10. friar – fryer
11. prays – preys	12. poor – pore – pour	13. scent – sent – cent	14. so – sew – sow	15. throw – throne
16. maid – made	17. nose – knows	18. none – nun	19. too – two	20. peace – piece
21.crews – cruise	22. night – knight	23. new – knew	24. buy – bye – by	25. wood – would

Unit 7 – Exercise 9

Frequently misspelled words. Listen to the following words and give them in spelling.

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21.	22.	23.	24.	25.
26.	27.	28.	29.	30.
31.	32.	33.	34.	35.

1. disappearance	2. definitely	3. millenium	4. irresistible	5. Wednesday
6. acknowledgement	7. adolescent	8. grateful	9. accidentally	10. enthusiasm
11. amphitheatre	12. length	13. license	14. ridiculous	15. approximately
16. encyclopedia	17. rhythm	18. foreign	19. immediately	20. drunkenness
21. accommodation	22. column	23. possession	24. maintenance	25. necessarily
26. pronunciation	27. conscience	28. discipline	29. advantageous	30. unbelievable
31. occasionally	32. exceed	33. neighbour	34. anniversary	35. noticeable

Unit 7 – Exercise 10

Nonsense words. Listen to the following nonsense words and give their most likely spelling. For example. /iːf/ <eef>

1. /pәʊ/	2. /tɔː/	3. /ʤaɪ/	4. /θuː/	5. /uːp/
6. /әʊm/	7. /aɪd/	8. /aʊʤ/	9. /әʊt/	10. /aʊk/
11. /ɒɪf/	12. / iːg/	13. /piːb/	14. /siːf/	15. /pɪm/
16. /skwɪt/	17. /nɪŋ/	18. /θeɪb/	19. /ʧeɪt/	20. /feθ/
21. /ʤeŋ/	22. /θӕp/	23. /tɒʃ/	24. /nʊʧ/	25. /mɔːk/
26. /ˈrɒtәk/	27. /faʊp/	28. /θaɪt/	29. /prɒɪ/	30. /stɔːb/
31. /iːlθ/	32. /ɪnt/	33. /bleɪg/	34. /ˈfrɪbl/	35. /ˈkeltә/

1. pow	2. toor	3. gi ji	4. thoo	5. oop
6. ome oam	7. aid	8. oudge	9. ote	10. ouk
11. oif	12. eeg eag	13. peeb peab	14. seef	15. pim
16. skwit	17. ning	18. thabe	19. chate	20. feth
21. jeng	22. thap	23. tosh	24. noodge	25. mork
26. rotec	27. foup	28. thite	29. proy	30. storb
31. eelf	32. int	33. blague	34. fribble	35. kelter

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