Phonetics and Phonology Final Test

Name:________________________________________________________

I. Instructions: Write the phonetic transcription of the following words below each word.

Could It Seal Girl Zoom

Food Wood Eat She Feel

Him foot Up Tip The

II. Instructions: Categorize the following sounds into voiced and voiceless in the chart below.

/b/ /f/ /ʃ/ /v/

/k/ /g/ /w/ /z/
/s/ /tʃ/ /t/ /ɵ/
/d/ /r/ /p/ /ð/

Voiced Voiceless

III. Instructions: Match the following phonetic transcriptions to the correct word by writing the number next to
the word.Not all the words have a phonemic transcription.

1. /pɪl/ Sort ( )
2. /hi:l/ Bee ( ) Pig ( )
3. /ku:l/ She’s ( ) Which ( )
4. /bi:/ Good ( ) Fill ( )
5. /pi:/ Peel ( ) Cool ( )
6. /wɪtʃ/ Heal ( ) Sex ( )
7. /pɪg/ Ditch ( ) Peg ( )
8. /sɪks/ Chess ( ) Gut ( )
9. /tʃes/ Pit ( ) Pill ( )
10. /gud/ Fill ( )
Pea ( )
IV. Instructions: Identify the ending for the underlined verbs in past /t/ /d/ /ɪd/ write it above each verb

Last week, we started a new course. Everybody liked it. The teacher arrived late but that was not a problem.

We waited for him just five minutes. Then, he explained the difference between some sounds. He needed some

Volunteers, so I went to the front and participated in the activity. He loved my examples and my classmates

Finished the activities because they understood the topic thanks to my participation.

V . By underlining, mark the stressed syllable of the following words and find the SCHWA sound.

American Computer Logical Teacher Picture About

VI. Transcribe the sentences given:

1. prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən ɪz mɔr ðæn kəˈrɛktnəs, mɔr ðæn saʊndz ænd strɛs ænd ɪntəˈneɪʃən.

2. My sister is a good friend. She is thin and happy.

VII. Categorize the following words in the correct section /s/ or /z/:

Rushes s Z ɪz
Dogs
Cats
Plays
Runs
Hits
Matches
Lips
Glasses
Stars

VIII. Oral exam answers