ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ fəˈnetɪks ənd fəʊˈnɒlədʒi
Seminar 1
PRONUNCIATION DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Shopping list 1
1. some cheese (cheap cheese); some tea (Chinese tea)
2. fifty biscuits; four fish
3. ten eggs (big eggs)
4. jam ; apples and oranges; a cabbage
5. ten tomatoes (large tomatoes)
6. five kilos of veal (very good veal)
7. some strong string (long string)
8. four forks (small forks); spoons; cups; small paper plates
9. some good sugar; milk ; coffee; a cake
10. shoes for Mother (blue shoes); two kilos of fruit ; rice
(brown rice)
11. nuts ; honey ; one bun (a hot bun)
12. one lemon ; nine brow n onions ; flowers for the house
13. some paper for Mother' s letters (the cheaper paper);
a pair of trousers for Father
14. a girl' s shirt and a skirt; some cold drinks ; bread (good
bread)
15. eight cakes and paper plates; some sausages for
supper
16. some yellow roses for your sister
17. white wine (sweet wine) ; some ice
18.beer for Bob (not the dear beer)
19. some shampoo for Mary' s hair; some pears
20 .tins of peas and beans (tins, please)
21. fish from the fish shop (English fish)
22. a toy for the boy (a little blue or yellow ball)
2 3. something for Mr Smith (it's his birthday on Thursday)
24. a television
Shopping list 2
1. three peaches (Get the Scotch peaches. These are
cheaper.)
2. fifty biscuits (If they are cheap.)
3. ten eggs (Get big eggs.)
4. A jar of apple jam for Jack's sandwiches
5. tomatoes (Ask your aunt. Her garden isn't far from the
market, and her tomatoes are marvellous.)
6. five servings of veal for this evening and some very good
vodka
7. (Get a small bottle of vodka , because Uncle Oliver is
bringing something strong to drink.)
8. a pork chop or some soup for Paul's supper; also four
prawns for George
9. a good cookery book
10. choose two ripe grapefruit or buy some real fruit juice
, perhaps orange or pear juice
11. a dozen hot buns for our unhappy uncle, perhaps
honey buns
12. one pound nine ounces of brown flour
13. bacon (Remember that the bacon Father bought from
Feather's was better than the bacon from the other
grocer.)
14. a bird for David' s thirteenth birthday
15. eight small cakes (Mrs May makes some tasty cakes.)
16. some yellow onions (Go to old Mr Jones in York Road.)
17. buy some sweet or dry white wine, and some ice
18. beer for Bob and Robert (Buy it from the pub near
here.)
19. some pears (Compare the pears in the market with the
pears in Mr Claire's.)
20. a dozen tins of New Zealand peas, or frozen peas
21.fresh English fish from the fish shop
22. a loin or joint for boiling ; some olive oil ; a leg of lamb
23. three unusual things for Arthur Smith :
24. a television; a measuring tape; some rouge
LETTERS AND SOUNDS
Write down in letters the following words:
1. /ˈkwestʃən/ - ________________
3. /ˈfjuːtʃə/ - __________________
5. //sɪksθ/ - ____________________
7. /briːð/ - _____________________
9. /kəmˈpjuːtə/ - ________________
2. /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ - _________________
4. /dʒuːs/ - ___________________
6. /ˈəʊʃən/ - __________________
8. /ˈdʒʊəri/ - _________________
10. /kwaɪ t/ - ____________________

Which is the correct phoneme for the underlined letter?

1. Television - /g/ /z/ /ʒ/

2. House - /ə ʊ / /aʊ / /ʊ ə /
3. Write - /w/ /r/ /wr/
4. Sea - /iː/ /ɪ / /e/
5. Thumb - /ð/ /θ/ /t/
6. Bed - /e/ /æ/ /ie/
7. King - /n/ /ng/ /ŋ/
8. Chair - / ʃ/ /tʃ / /dʒ/
9. Cup - /a/ /ɑ ː/ /ʌ /
10. Cat - /a/ /æ/ /ʌ /

Listen and circle the word with a different vowel sound:

1. two shoe tow blue

2. bed said raid head
3. sea bee tree thread
4. lock hope sock clock
5. swim film gym time
6. shirt earth work fire
 Which of the following sounds does not contain the given sound?
1. /iː/ bean, peak, bead, pick
2. /ɪ / bit, bead, bin, bid
3. /e/ bell, bed, feed, fed
4. /æ/ bat, park, pack, hat
5. /ʌ / cup, bud, bat, bus
6. /ɑ ː/ pack, park, car, barn
7. /ɜ ː/ shirt, word, girl, short

Which word is this? /wɜ ːk/

walk work woke

Write the correct transcription under each image. There is one that you do not need.
a) /fɪʃ/ b) /fɪst/ c) /ʃiːp/ d) /fɪz/ e) /ʃɪp/

DIAGNOSTIC TEST – SOUND DISCRIMINATION

S D ? S D ? S D ? S D ?
1a 6a 12a 17a
1b 6b 12b 17b
2a 7a 13a 18a
2b 7b 13b 18b
2c 7c 14a 19a
3a 8a 14b 19b
3b 8b 14c 20a
4a 9a 14d 21a
4b 9b 15a 22a
5a 10a 15b 22b
5b 10b 16a 23a
5c 11a 16b 23b
11b 16c 24a