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Friday, December 23, 2011

Self-Assessment Quiz 4




Pronunciation 1
Self-Assessment Quiz 4
Contrastive Words

Name: ___________________________         Date: _______________

Part 1, Dictation
Instructions. You will hear a word in each pair which only differ in the vowel sound. Circle the correct word on your answer sheet.



01.                pet / pat
02.                mess / mass
03.                dead / dad
04.                set / sat
05.                lend / land
06.                spend / spanned
07.                N / an
08.                then / than
09.                merry / marry
10.                very / vary




Part 2, Dictation
Instructions. In this second exercise 10 words will be dictated for you. Write them down on the blanks provided on your answer sheet.



01._______________
02._______________
03._______________
04._______________
05._______________
06._______________
07._______________
08._______________
09._______________
10._______________




Part 3, Dictation
Instructions. In this new exercise you will be dictated four sentences containing /æ/. Write them down in the blanks provided on your answer sheet.

1.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________
2.   ___________________________________
3.   ___________________________________
4.   ___________________________________


Part 4, Transcriptions
Instructions. In the space provided below, transcribe the following words that include /iy/, /ɪ/, /ey/, and /ɛ/.

01.these        /__________ /
02.thinks       /__________ /
03.sense       /__________ /
04.sand        /__________ /
05.meaning   /__________ /
06.women     /__________ /
07.mess        /__________ /
08.sang        /__________ /


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Self-Assessment Quiz 3




Pronunciation 1
Self-Assessment Quiz 3
Contrastive Words

Name: ___________________________         Date: _______________

Part 1, Dictation
Instructions. You will hear a series of words. In each set, circle the correct answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.



01.                fed / fade
02.                bread / braid
03.                west / waste
04.                special / spatial
05.                pepper / paper
06.                wreck / rake
07.                led / laid
08.                wet / wait
09.                get / gate
10.                Ed / aid




Part 2, Dictation
Instructions. In this exercise you will be dictated isolated words. Write them donw on the blanks provided.



01._______________
02._______________
03._______________
04._______________
05._______________
06._______________
07._______________
08._______________
09._______________
10._______________




Part 3, Dictation
Instructions. In this new exercise you will be dictated five sentences. Write them down on the blanks below. The sentences contain /ɛ/ and /ey/.

1.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________
2.   ___________________________________
3.   ___________________________________
4.   ___________________________________
5.   ___________________________________



Part 4, Transcriptions
Instructions. In the space provided below, transcribe the following words that include /iy/, /ɪ/, /ey/, and /ɛ/.

01.cheap     /__________ /
02.ship        /__________ /
03.lace        /__________ /
04.felt         /__________ /
05.jeep        /__________ /
06.gym        /__________ /
07.Jake        /__________ /
08.them       /__________ /
09.still          /__________ /
10.less         /__________ /



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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Self-Assessment Quiz 2




Pronunciation 1
Self-Assessment Quiz 2
Contrastive Words

Name: ___________________________         Date: _______________

Part 1, Dictation
Instructions. You will hear a series of sets of contrastive words. For each pair circle the word you hear on your answer sheet.



01.                pit / pet
02.                pick / peck
03.                Sid / said
04.                hid / head
05.                din / den
06.                since / sense
07.                miss / mess
08.                rid / red
09.                bit / bet
10.                knit / net
11.                win / when
12.                imminent / eminent
13.                sit / set
14.                nick / neck
15.                lid / led
16.                bliss / bless
17.                Jim / gem
18.                did / dead
19.                pig / peg
20.                mitt / met




Part 2, Dictation
Instructions. You will now be dictated three sentences including words with /ɪ/ or /ɛ/. Write them down in the blanks on your answer sheet.

1.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________
2.   ____________________________________
3.   ____________________________________

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Self-Assessment Quiz 1




Pronunciation 1
Self-Assessment Quiz 1
Contrastive Words

Name: ___________________________         Date: _______________

Part 1, Dictation
Instructions. You will either hear the first or second word in each pair. On worksheet circle the contrastive word you hear.



01.                pit / Pete
02.                sick / seek
03.                slip / sleep
04.                grits / greets
05.                live / leave
06.                sit / seat
07.                ship / sheep
08.                mitt / meet
09.                rid / read
10.                chip / cheap
11.                lip / leap
12.                hit / heat
13.                sin / seen
14.                gyp / jeep
15.                fit / feet
16.                dip / deep




Part 2, Dictation
Instructions. You will now be dictated five sentences including words with /iy/ or /ɪ/. Write them down on the space provided.

1.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________
2.   ____________________________________
3.   ____________________________________
4.   ____________________________________
5.   ____________________________________

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