PRONUNCIATION 2

TENTATIVE FINAL TEST FORMAT – 60 minutes

I. –S/-ES AND –ED ENDINGS: Write the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the others (10 items / 2ms)
Ex:
1. chairs jobs pies hats Answer: hats
2. watched cleaned stopped laughed Answer: cleaned

II. WORD STRESS: Write the word that has different stress pattern. (10 items / 2ms)
Ex:
money machine mountain message Answer: machine
III. SENTENCE STRESS: Write the words that are stressed in the following sentences.
(10 items / 2ms)
Ex:
Where do you live? Answer: where, live
IV. JOINING WORDS: Write the ‘hidden’ words when the following words are
phonetically joined together (10 items / 2ms)
Ex:
stopped aching  stop … Answer: taking
her eyes  her … Answer: rise
V. TONE: Identify whether the voice goes up or down at the end of the sentence with the
underlined word. Write UP or DOWN. (10 items / 2ms)
Ex:
A: I’ll come in tomorrow.
B: We’re closed tomorrow.
Answer: UP