English Phonetics Mid-Term Exam [PDF]

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ENGLISH PHONETICS MID-TERM EXAM Student´s name: ___________________________________ Date: ________________ Professor: Lic. Nohemy Tocto Llacsahuanga.



Answer the following questions. 1. 1. What is the difference between a dialect and an accent? (2 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. What branches of phonetics are distinguished, and what does each branch investigate? (2 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Which organs of speech are called active and which are called passive? What is the difference between an active and a passive articulator? (2 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________



4. According to International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), there are 44 phonemes in English, draw and classify these in the following chart. (4 points)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



5. According to what aspects are vowels classified? (2 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 6. Transcribe the consonant phonemes in the following words: (4 points)



WORD



VOWEL



Sea Glance Sign Walk How Foot First Pool Cream wash



WORD



CONSONANT



Too Show Chew Hair The Thin Zoo Massage Large old



WORD



SONORANT



Use Comb Rice



WORD



SONORANT



Song Twelve thumb



7. Give the characteristics of these vowels in the chart below: (4 points) N°



SOUND



1



/æ/ 2



/ʊ/ 3 4



/ʌ/ /ɔ:/



5



/I/



TENSENESS/LENGH



SHAPE OF THE LIPS



POSITION OF THE TONGUE HEIGHT / ADVANCEMENT