Facultad de Humanidades y Educación

Departamento de Inglés
Pedagogía en Inglés
ING101 English Language I

TRANSCRIPTION, STRESS AND RHYTHM EXERCISES

Based on
A Course in English Phonetics for Spanish Speakers
by Hector Ortiz and Diana Finch.
I. Read the first two sections.

A) ΄1 ΄2 ΄3 ΄4 ΄5 ̀6
΄1 2 ΄3 4 ΄5 ̀6
΄1 2 ΄3 4 5 ̀6
΄1 2 3 ΄4 5 ̀6
΄1 2 3 4 ΄5 ̀6

B) ΄A B ΄C D ΄E F ̀G
A ΄B C ΄D E ̀F G
A B ΄C D ΄E F ̀G
A B C ΄D E ̀F G
A B C ΄D ̀E F G

II Rivision of some concepts

Content Words Function Words
Main Verbs go, talk, writing Pronouns I, you, he ,they
Nouns student, desk Prepositions on, under, with
Adjectives big, clever Articles the, a, some
Adverbs quickly, loudly Conjunctions but, and, so
Negative Aux. Verbs can’t, don’t, aren’t Auxiliary Verbs can, should, must
Demonstratives this, that, those Verb “to be” is, was, am
Question Words who, which, where

III. Transcribe the following sentences and provide its stress pattern.
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Departamento de Inglés
Pedagogía en Inglés
ING101 English Language I

1. An extraordinary woman

She was an extraordinary woman

I guess she was an extraordinary woman

But I guess she was an extraordinary woman

2. A thousand

There were a thousand

There should be a thousand

There should have been a thousand

There should have been a least a thousand

3. I’m afraid it’s an accident

I’m afraid there was an accident

I’m afraid there may be an accident

I’m afraid there may have been an accident

4. How many were there?

How many more were there?

How many more of those were there?

How many of those flowers were there?

5. I’ve been there

But I’ve been there once

But I tell you I’ve been there once

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Pedagogía en Inglés
ING101 English Language I

But I tell you I’ve been there with them once

6. Say it as if you meant it.

Well, then say it as if you meant it

Well, but then say it as if you really meant it

Yes, well, but then say it as if you really meant it

1. | ən ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri ˈwʊmən |
|ʃi wəz ən ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri ˈwʊmən |
|ˈaɪ ɡes ʃi wəz ən ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri ˈwʊmən |
|bət ˈaɪ ɡes ʃi wəz ən ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri ˈwʊmən |

2. | ə ˈθaʊzn̩d |
|ðə wər ə ˈθaʊzn̩d |
|ðə ʃəd bi ə ˈθaʊzn̩d |
|ðə ʃəd həv biːn ə ˈθaʊzn̩d |
|ðə ʃəd həv biːn ə liːst ə ˈθaʊzn̩d |

3. | aɪm əˈfreɪd ɪts ən ˈæksɪdənt |

|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə wəz ən ˈæksɪdənt |
|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə meɪ bi ən ˈæksɪdənt |
|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə meɪ həv biːn ən ˈæksɪdənt |

4. | aɪm əˈfreɪd ɪts ən ˈæksɪdənt |

|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə wəz ən ˈæksɪdənt |
|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə meɪ bi ən ˈæksɪdənt |
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Departamento de Inglés
Pedagogía en Inglés
ING101 English Language I

|aɪm əˈfreɪd ðə meɪ həv biːn ən ˈæksɪdənt |

5. | aɪv biːn ðeə |

|bət aɪv biːn ðə wʌns |
|bət ˈaɪ tel ju aɪv biːn ðə wʌns |
|bət ˈaɪ tel ju aɪv biːn ðə wɪð ðəm wʌns |

6. | ˈseɪ ɪt əz ɪf ju ment ɪt |
|wel | ðen ˈseɪ ɪt əz ɪf ju ment ɪt |
|wel | bət ðen ˈseɪ ɪt əz ɪf ju ˈrɪəli ment ɪt |
|jes | wel | bət ðen ˈseɪ ɪt əz ɪf ju ˈrɪəli ment ɪt |