English Phonetics and Phonology

A practical course

Peter Roach

Fourth edition

Chapter 1
Written exercise

Each item is a pair of words. For each pair, you must decide if their BBC pronunciations are the same or
different; choose from same or different on the drop-down menus. When you have made your decision,
check your answers by clicking the Check answers button.
1 right write

<select>

2 caught court

<select>

3 three tree

<select>

4 knot not

<select>

5 pool pull

<select>

6 sitting seating

<select>

7 chews choose

<select>

8 bowl bowel

<select>

9 walk work

<select>

10 grate great

<select>

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Audio Exercise

Click on the Play button for each item. Each time you hear a word, you must identify it as one of three
possible words given in spelling form. Choose a, b or c and click the corresponding radio button. When
you have made your decision, check your answers by clicking the Check answers button.
(a)

(a)train
train

chain
(b)chain

strain
(c)
strain

wetter
(a)wetter

feather
(b)feather

weather
(c)weather

(a)pest
pest

(b)pests

pests

(c)pets
pets

gull
(a)gull

curl
(b)curl

girl
(c)girl

flight
(a)flight

fright
(b)fright

fight
(c)fight

gale
(a)gale

scale
(b)scale

sale
(c)sale

paying
(a)paying

playing
(b)playing

pain
(c)pain

brand
(a)brand

band
(b)band

bland
(c)bland

(a)might
might

(b)nice
nice

(c)night
night

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(c)

(b)

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Answers, Chapter 1 Audio exercise

1 b

chain

ten

2 a

wetter

wet

3 b

pests

pests

4 c

girl

5 a

flight

flat

6 c

sale

sel

7 a

paying

pe

8 c

bland

blnd

9 b

nice

nas

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