Activities: Unit 1

1. How many phonemes are there in the following words?

write, through, measure, six, half, where, one, first, voice, castle, scissors,
should, judge, father, lamb

Write them in phonemic transcription.

2. Make a list of words in English which are spelt differently but

pronounced in the same way (homophones). For example, bear and bare.

3. Transcribe the following words phonemically

Mat, met, meet, mate, might, cot, cut, caught, lick, look, bird, board, load,
boys, bars, bears, sheer, sure, copper, green, charge, song, five, with, truth,
yellow, pleasure, hello