PRONUNCIATION – FINAL TEST

A. Written Test
Exercise 1: Write the words based on their phonetic transcription

/piːtsə/………

/ˈkiːləʊ/……..

/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/……..

/θruː/…………..

/wʊd/……….

/ˈɑːrtɪst/………

/ˈhænsəm/…………

/ˈwʌndərfl/……….

/ˈtʃɒklət/………..

/ˈdɔːtər/………..

/ˈsekrətri/………

/ˈrekɔːd/……..

/rɪˈkɔːd/………

/sneɪk/……………

/təˈmɒrəʊ/………..

/ˈelɪfənt/ ………….

/ˈhæmˌbɜːɡə/………

/wɪð/ ……
Exercise 2: Circle the word in each line that does not have the same vowel sound as others.

1. just sometimes put much wonderful

2. not opposite problem closed nonsense

3. blue move love do new

4. nothing just doesn’t under don’t

5. book food full push good

6. own over phone done those

7. small wrong wall should thought

Exercise 3: Listen. Write the number of syllables of each word in the space. Then underline
the stressed syllable. (Audio. Ex 3)

1. everything _____ 4. minute ______ 7. tomato _____

2. evening _____ 5. beginning ______ 8. cheesecake _____

3. salad _____ 6. vegetables ______ 9. delicious _____

Exercise 4: Listen to each sentence and circle the word you hear. (Audio. Ex 4)

Exercise 5: Listen to sentences. Underline the stressed syllables. (Audio. Ex 5)

 B. Oral Test
Exercise 1: Individual Sounds
Please read aloud the following words to your teacher.

Words
Man Men
Hurt Heart
Seat Sit
Ankle Uncle
Pool Pull
Wrote Road
Bag Back
Pill Bill
Plays Place
Wash Watch
Cheap Jeep
Towel Tower
Singer Single
Bang Bank
Try, dry, class, glass, bring, swear, floor,
scream, street
Film, tenth, help, first
Played, checked, decided
books, watches, scissors

Exercise 2: Syllables and Word Stress Patterns

Please read aloud the following words to your teacher.

Words
Brother, artist, teacher, hotel
Famous, happy, narrow, random
Answer, listen, happen, begin, finish
Record(n)-record(v), permit(n)-permit(v)
Bus stop, book shop, traffic light, first-class, hand
made
Vegetable, Internet, international, station, computer
Exercises 3: Sentence Stress, Intonation and Other Aspects of Connected Speech
Please read aloud the following passage.

“My favourite subjects at school were sciences, especially Chemistry and Biology. I’ve always
been good with numbers, so I was good at Mathematics. I didn’t really like the social science
subjects like Literature, History and Geography, and that was strange when I went to university I
did Sociology.”