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EXERCISES BASED ON ENGLISH

2.01 SOUNDS AND SPELLINGS: English Consonants

1. For each of the following words, fill in the phonetic symbol that represents the pronuncia-
tion of the final consonant sound.

EXAMPLE wished [t]

bananas [ ] tarts [ ] potatoes [ ]

apples [ ] pies [ ] beans [ ]

oranges [ ] cookies [ ] turnips [ ]

peaches [ ] biscuits [ ] rutabagas [ ]

melons [ ] cakes [ ] carrots [ ]

avocados [ ] puddings [ ] cucumbers [ ]
grapes [ ] sorbets [ ] parsnips [ ]

lemons [ ] custards [ ] onions [ ]

kicked [ ] watched [ ] agreed [ ]

swooned [ ] eliminated [ ] strained [ ]

pushed [ ] studied [ ] stretched [ ]

looked [ ] typed [ ] measured [ ]

surrounded [ ] quashed [ ] erased [ ]

kicks [ ] watches [ ] agrees [ ]

swoons [ ] eliminates [ ] strains [ ]

pushes [ ] studies [ ] stretches [ ]

looks [ ] types [ ] measures [ ]

surrounds [ ] quashes [ ] erases [ ]

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2. For each of the following words, give the phonetic symbol for the sound represented by the
underlined letters.

breath [ ] leisure [ ] budget [ ]

breathe [ ] injure [ ] shovel [ ]
thistle [ ] insure [ ] bossy [ ]
thwart [ ] busy [ ] disease [ ]
though [ ] inched [ ] disuse [ ]
through [ ] insulate [ ] disabuse [ ]
measure [ ] touched [ ] resisted [ ]
assure [ ] wished [ ] resentment [ ]
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2.02 PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION: Reading Practice 1

Using standard English orthography, identify the English words represented by the following
phonetic transcriptions. (Note: Aspiration and stress have not been indicated.)

1. nstnsz _________________________________________

2. nawnsmnts _________________________________________

3. ggl _________________________________________

4. nd _________________________________________

5. ti _________________________________________

6. notwrins _________________________________________

7. sp li _________________________________________

8. tuzz _________________________________________

9.
nhæpins _________________________________________

10. m nn _________________________________________

11. lokwes _________________________________________

12. dspl r _________________________________________

13. bl
dnd _________________________________________

14.
nrfti _________________________________________

15. knsprtril _________________________________________

16. msfrtn _________________________________________

17. frmsukl _________________________________________

18. sajkonælss _________________________________________

19. æks _________________________________________

20. nldbl _________________________________________

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21. sks n _________________________________________

22. june _________________________________________

23. fziks _________________________________________

24. snszm _________________________________________

25. f rwet _________________________________________

26. nr ri _________________________________________

27. knsivd _________________________________________

28. kjuk
mbr _________________________________________

29. ris st _________________________________________

30. kmdenz _________________________________________

31. rilkwt _________________________________________

32. trbjlns _________________________________________

33. gzækt _________________________________________

34. homonr _________________________________________

35. kreds _________________________________________

36. pt nli _________________________________________

37. æmtr _________________________________________

38. lidner _________________________________________

39.  ntket _________________________________________

40. uajn _________________________________________