Phonetics Test yourself 5

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Phonetics: Test yourself 5

How many r's does an RP speaker pronounce in this sentence:
"After the divorce I never saw a penny."

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

-(e)s ending

/s/

/z/

/IZ/

mugs

forks

laughs

James's

clashes

Ella's

-ed ending

/t/

/d/

hosted

released

borrowed

hacked

plunged

waded

The /p/ in 'kept' is ...

1. aspirated
2. not aspirated
3. preglottalised

The /t/ in 'toad' is ...

1. aspirated
2. not aspirated
3. preglottalised

The /k/ in 'scone' is ...

1. aspirated
2. not aspirated
3. preglottalised

Allophones of /p, t, k/

Give a definition for 'phoneme'

Give a definition for 'allophone'

What do you hear?

1. I slapped my niece/knees.
2. Please hand me a pot/pod.
3. You can put it in my lap/lab.
4. Can you tell me about your coat/code?

How can we hear the difference between pairs like niece/knees, lap/lab, etc?

Which answer is NOT correct?

1. because of the allophonic length of the vowels
2. because of the phonemic length of the vowels
3. because of the final consonant
4. because a final fortis consonant shortens the preceding voiced portion

The allophonic length of the VP (voiced portion) in this word is LONG:

1. cramp
2. beak
3. turn
4. splash

The allophonic length of the VP in this word is SHORT:

1. tough
2. card
3. bills
4. fair

board - bored is:

1. a homographic pair
2. a minimal pair
3. a homophonic pair

hurt - heard is

1. a homographic pair
2. a minimal pair
3. a homophonic pair

Which words can be reduced (=pronounced with their weak form) to make this sentence sound more natural:
"I am happy to be of service."

"We're looking for a pen."

"looking" & "pen" are:

1. a major category words
2. a minor category words

"I'm her sister."

"I'm" & "her" are:

1. a major category words
2. a minor category words

"He would do it again."

"He" & "would" are:

1. major category words
2. minor category words

The pronunciation phenomenon where minor category words are pronounced with their weak form is called:

List the words that are pronounced with their weak form:
"She has had a horrible time."

List the words that are pronounced with their weak form:
"He will tell you where the pub is."