1. State two main phonetic features in which /p/ contrasts with /b/. (please do not describe them separately.

They have to be compared; otherwise your description will not be taken into a count. 2. State briefly what common phenomenon occurs in the sequences of consonants represented by the underlined letters: spill, steam, scary, stuck 3. Generally speaking, how are the plosives represented by the underlined letters in white tie, walk carefully, cheap purse pronounced? What is this phenomenon called? 4. State two main phonetic features in which /s/ contrasts with //. (please do not describe them separately. They have to be compared; otherwise your description will not be taken into a count. 5. State two main phonetic features in which /t/ contrasts with /n/. (please do not describe them separately. They have to be compared; otherwise your description will not be taken into a count. 6. Sort these words into three columns ( /-s/, /-z/, /-iz/) according to the ways in which their ending is pronounced: sizes, flares, bites, shares, tastes, calls, knocks, obeys, tips, catches. 7. Generally speaking, how are the sounds represented by the underlined letters in following, pronounced: leaked, let go, lag behind ? 8. Sort these words into three columns ( /-t/, /-d/, /-id/) according to the ways in which their ending is pronounced: tried, cared, believed, impressed, boyed, fade, rated, raided, choked, mashed .. 9. Describe in detail what happens when the sequence of consonants represented by underlined in lab monkey are pronounced? 10. Describe in detail what happens when the sequence of consonants represented by underlined in lately are pronounced? 11. Describe in detail what happens when the sequence of consonants represented by underlined in teach children are pronounced? 12. State two main phonetic features in which /f/ contrasts with //. (please do not describe them separately. They have to be compared, otherwise your description will not be taken into a count. 13. What is the difference between plosives and nasals and what do they have in common? 14. State the full names of the following English consonants: //, /k/, /j/, / /, / /

15. State all sounds classified as bilabials and give their names. 16. State one common phonetic feature that characterizes both nasals and vowels. 17. Why are some accents of English called rhotic? What sound determines if an accent will be called rhotic? Describe this sound. 18. Describe in detail how an allophone called dark // is pronounced. 19. In words like clamp and blink, how will the nasal sounds be affected by the following plosives? 20. What is liaison? Explain and exemplify. 21. Transcribe the following words phonemically. Do not forget to mark the stressed words with a stress mark ( ' ). a) Neighbours have called to ask whether you are still sleeping. b) I hurt my thumb playing tennis yesterday. c) She painted a knight with a sign on his sword. d) These tests really have to be thorough. e) Thank you for the longest day ever, she answered.

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