Phonetics worksheet:

Given below is the orthographic form of the word, identify the word:

1. /ptl /:___________________

2. /psv/: _____________

3. /vst/: _______________

4. /(r) /: __________________

5. /dmn/:________________

6. /hstrkl /:_______________

7. /liviet /:________________

8. /nnl /:________________

9. /ezal /:_________________

10. /al /:____________________

11. /mstris /:____________

12. /sd /:__________________

Match the following: Find the match (A,C) with (B,D)

Column A Column B Column C Column D

1. Engineering /lumi / 2. Restraint /dkns /

3. Knowledge /plat / 4. Play /kmplekn /

5. Puritan /mezmnt / 6. Valuable /nkwa(r) /

7. Enquire /fjris / 8. Enjoy /pjrtn /

9. Darkness /ple / 10. Gloomy /nld /

11. Complexion /vljubl / 12. Exclude /drav /

13. Pair /endnr / 14. Amazement /kad /

15. Polite / nd / 16. Furious / pe(r) /

17. Derive / ksklud / 18. Coward / rstrent /

Transcribe the following words:

Contest: _________________________________ School: _________________________________

Symbiotic: ______________________________ Restore: _________________________________

Courage: _________________________________ Taunt: ___________________________________

Benign: _________________________________ Eternal: _________________________________

Tenor: __________________________________ Bound: __________________________________

Judgment: _____________________________ Abstract: ________________________________

Circle the correct transcription:

 Collection:

a. /kelekn/ b. /tlekn/ c. /kelecn/ d. /k lekn/

Merger:

a. /mer/ b. /merd(r)/ c. /m d(r)/ d. /mr/

Power:

a. /pr/ b. /pa(r) / c./pv(r)/ d. /pv(r)/

Volatile:

a. /vltal / b. /wltal / c. /vltel / d. /vltel /

Outside:

a. /tsed/ b. / atsde/ c. /atsad/ d. /tsad/

Identify the missing sounds in the words:

1. Pertinent /p___tn___nt /

2. Language /l__ __wd /

3. Drought /dr__t /

Rules regarding accent marks:

-tion, -ic, -ical, -ial, -ian, -ious, ically the accent mark is put on the last but one
syllable.

Example: application, patriotic, grammatical, celestial, physician, perfidious,

sympathetically

-ity, ate on the third syllable from the end

Electricity, Cultivate - accent mark on the third syllable

Difference in the noun and verb form accent rule: Noun stress on the first syllable, Verb
stress on the second syllable

Example: present (noun), present (verb)

Weak suffixes: Abroad, admit, expect, refer, compose

Inflectional suffixes: -es, -ing, -ed and the following suffixes do not affect the accent: -age,
-dom, -en, -er, -ess, -ness, -some, -ward, -ment, -ly, -ful, -fy.

Example Godess, appointment (weak prefix), breakage, freedom, begin (weak prefix)