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Phonetic Transcription Exercises-Answersheet

The document provides examples of phonetic transcriptions and their standard English spellings. It also contains passages transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and examples of well-known quotes and lines with transcription errors to identify. The goal is to practice phonetic transcription and transcription to English spelling as well as identifying errors in transcriptions.

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Phonetic Transcription Exercises-Answersheet

The document provides examples of phonetic transcriptions and their standard English spellings. It also contains passages transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and examples of well-known quotes and lines with transcription errors to identify. The goal is to practice phonetic transcription and transcription to English spelling as well as identifying errors in transcriptions.

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1.

Phonetic transcription exercises:

'grab' 'how' 'spiked' 'breaths'


'pluck' 'honor' 'rotten' 'xray'
'stream' 'attract' 'yawned' 'coughed'
'went' 'mood' 'phones' 'chandalier'
'rouge' 'should' 'include' 'through'
Answer:

'grab' /'græb/ 'spiked' /spaɪkt/


'pluck' /plʌk/ 'rotten' /ˈrɑːtn/
'stream' /'stri:m/ 'yawned' /jɔːn/
'went' /'went/ 'phone' /fəʊn/
'rouge' /ruːʒ/ 'include' /ɪnˈkluːd/
'how' /haʊ/ 'breath' /breθ/
'honor' /ˈɑːnər/ 'xray' /ˈeks reɪ/
'attract' /əˈtrækt/ 'cough' /kɔːf/
'mood' /muːd/ 'chandelier' /ˌʃændəˈlɪr/
'should' /ʃəd/ 'through' /θruː/

2. Practice in transcription, IPA to English. Write out the following passages in English spelling. The
transcriptions represent a fairly careful “General American” accent.

/ɪf juː kæn riːd ðɪs juː ɑːr ə ˈʤiːnjəs/


If you can read this you are a genius.

/ˈpiːpəl huː spiːk mɔːr ðæn wʌn ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ɑːr fæsʌˌneɪtɪŋ/


People who speak more than one language are fascinating.

/ðeɪ prəˈvaɪd ɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntuː ðə ˈpaʊər əv ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ænd haʊ ɪt ʃeɪps ðə weɪ wiː θɪŋk ænd ɪkˈspiːriːəns ðə
wɜːrld/
They provide insight into the power of language and how it shapes the way we think and experience
the world.

/ɪn ə ˈriːcənt ˈstʌdiː ɪt həz bɪn ʃoʊn ðæt ˈpiːpəl huː spiːk tuː ˈdɪfərənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ɪkˈspiːriːəns taɪm
ˈdɪfərəntliː/
In a recent study, it has been shown that people who speak two different languages experience time
differently. 

/meɪk ðə best əv ðə ˈprezənt ˈræðʌr ðæn dɪˈleɪ ər ˈfoʊkəs ɑːn ðə ˈfjuːʧər/


Make the best of the present rather than delay or focus on the future.
3. Find the transcription errors in the following well-known lines. There is at least one mistake in each
line.

twInk´l, twInk´l lIR´l star


hoU aI w√nd´r wat ju ar.

meri hQd a lIR´l lQmb


Its flis w√s waIt Qz sno
Qnd Evriwer TQt meri wEn/
D´ lQmb w√z Sur t´ go

twinkle twinkle little star /ˈtwɪŋkəl ˈtwɪŋkəl ˈlɪtl stɑːr/


how i wonder what you are /haʊ aɪ ˈwʌndər hwʌt juː ɑːr/
mary had a little lamb /ˈmeeriː həd ə ˈlɪtl læm/
its fleece was white as snow /ɪts fliːs wʌz hwaɪt æz snoʊ/
And everywhere that mary went /ænd evriːˌhwer ðæt ˈmeeriː went/
The lamb was sure to go /ðə læm wʌz ʃʊr tuː goʊ/

4. Below are known quotes from famous people. Transcribe it in English.

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