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English Phonetics Mid-Term Exam

This document contains a mid-term exam for an English phonetics course. The exam consists of 7 questions testing students' knowledge of phonetic concepts like the difference between dialects and accents, classifications of vowels and consonant phonemes, and transcription of words using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Students are asked to fill in charts and short answer responses to demonstrate their understanding of key topics covered in the course.

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English Phonetics Mid-Term Exam

This document contains a mid-term exam for an English phonetics course. The exam consists of 7 questions testing students' knowledge of phonetic concepts like the difference between dialects and accents, classifications of vowels and consonant phonemes, and transcription of words using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Students are asked to fill in charts and short answer responses to demonstrate their understanding of key topics covered in the course.

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ENGLISH PHONETICS MID-TERM EXAM

Student´s name: ___________________________________ Date: ________________

Professor: Lic. Nohemy Tocto Llacsahuanga.

Answer the following questions.


1. 1. What is the difference between a dialect and an accent? (2 points)
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2. What branches of phonetics are distinguished, and what does each branch
investigate? (2 points)
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3. Which organs of speech are called active and which are called passive? What is
the difference between an active and a passive articulator? (2 points)
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4. According to International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), there are 44 phonemes in


English, draw and classify these in the following chart. (4 points)

             
             
             
               
               
               
5. According to what aspects are vowels classified? (2 points)
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6. Transcribe the consonant phonemes in the following words: (4 points)

WORD VOWEL WORD CONSONANT


Sea Too
Glance Show
Sign Chew
Walk Hair
How The
Foot Thin
First Zoo
Pool Massage
Cream Large
wash old
WORD SONORANT WORD SONORANT
Use Song
Comb Twelve
Rice thumb

7. Give the characteristics of these vowels in the chart below: (4 points)

N° SOUND TENSENESS/LENGH SHAPE OF POSITION OF THE TONGUE


THE LIPS HEIGHT / ADVANCEMENT
1
/æ/
2
/ʊ/
3
/ʌ/
4 /ɔ:/
5 /I/

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