Phonetics test Advanced & Proficiency

Name:____________________________________________________________________
Date (in American English):_______________,20____

Teacher:_____________________

1. Match
Thought (1)
Tough (2)
Sheep (3)
Ship (4)
Shit (5)
Sheet (6)
Foot (7)
Cut (8)
Put (9)
Tooth (10)

( ) [p]
( ) [pt]
( ) [tf]
( ) [tu]
( ) [t]
( ) [kt]
( ) [ft]
( ) [t]
( )

[p]

( ) [t]

2. Write the transcripts.

a) [s] [z] [] [bk].

b) [ma] [nem] [z] [bi:] [n].

c) [a] [b'liv] [n] [Gd].
d) [wer] [z] [ma] ['brr]?
e) [e] [se] [j] [r] ['krez].
f) [ma] [has] [z] ['drt].
g) [h] [z] [kn].
h) [w] [r] ['stjudnts] [t] ['gl] [fr] [ju].
i)

[ma] ['lnlns]

[z] ['kl]

[mi].

3. Circle the alternative that indicates the right correlation between spelling and phonetics.
[] [left] [hr]

[p]

[t]

[] [bit]

a)

She left her ship at the beach.

b)

She left her sheep at the beach.

c)

She left her ship at the bitch.

4.

Complete with the missing phoneme.

a) Boss - [b___s]
b) Clock - [kl___k]
c) Eye - [_____]
d) Again - [___'gen]
e) Apple - ['____pl]
f) Shampoo - [m'p_____]
g) Neighbor - ['ne___________]
h) Think - [_____k]
i) Weather - ['we______r]
j) Letter - ['le______r]
k) Bag - [b____g]
l) Computer - [com'p_______u:ter ]
m) Uniform - ['_____unfrm]
n) Thorough - ['_____r]
o) Female - ['fme_______]
5. Read the text and answer the questions.
[ma] ['prfal]

[ma] [nem] [z] [hli:]. [a] [m] [f:r'tn] [jrs] [ld] [n] [a] [m] [frm]
[knd].
[a] [m] [] ['pjupl] [t] [str] ['kdm]. [t] [z] []

['fems] [skul] [v]

['drm], ['mjuzk], [n]

[dns] [n], [t] [z] [n] [nju][j:rk]. [t] [z] []

['fn'tstk] [skul] [n] []

['pjuplz] [r] ['ver] [kul]. [ka:il], [dz], [n] [lks] [r] [ma] [frendz].
[wt] [els]? [ma] ['fevrt] [bnd] [z] [k] [] [len]. [e] [r] ['merkn] [n]
[er] [s] [mnhtn] [z] ['mez]!
[ks] [ks]
[hli:]
a) [wtz] [] [grlz] [nem] ? Answer: Her names Holly.
b) [werz] [] [frm] ?
c) [ha] [ldz] [] ?
d) [wer] [dz] [] ['std]?
e) [z] [hr] [skul] ['fems]?
f) [wt] [r] [hr] [frendz] [nemz] ?
g) [wtz] [hr] ['fevrt] [bnd]?
h) [werz] [] [bnd] [frm]?
i) [wtz] [] ['tatl] [v] [] [tekst]?

Good Luck!!!!