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.

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09._______________

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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/.

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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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Week 3: Brownie Points

Brownie Points

Listen to the following podcast entitled “Brownie Points,” which was taken from BBC Learning English. Answer the following questions below. And don’t forget to print a copy of this exercise to be checked in class.

Brownie Points /’brawniy poynts/ definition: 1. 2.
01. Why did William buy a box of chocolate and a bunch of flowers?
02. What are some of the activities William has this weekend at his in-laws’ house?
03. According to Feifei, what is William trying to do?
04. What does the British expression “brownie points” mean?
05. Why is it that William is not sure if he is liked by his mother-in-law?
06. Gary is also trying to get some brownie points. Why does he volunteer to do work for the bosses?
07. When was the last time Feifei tried to earn some brownie points?
08. How is William planning to get to his in-laws’ house?
09. When was the last time you tried to earn some brownie points with someone?
10. Transcribe the following words taken form the conversation	a) English /’ɪŋglɪʃ/
	b) spending
	c) weekend
	d) praise
	e) impress
	f) really
	g) train
	h) beginning
	i) selfish

Taken from BBC Learning English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ and adapted for educational purposes

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Week 3: Transcription Exercise

Transcription Exercise

To start with, let us read the following words to be certain how they are pronounced. After that, transcribe them on your notebooks.

01. minute

02. maybe

03. briefly

04. pieces

05. sixty

06. leaving

07. payday

08. itchy

09. living

10. really

11. petting

12. very

13. invented

14. many

15. believe

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Week 3: Reading Exercise, Paper Inventions

An Egyptian papyrus

Paper Inventions

What is a book made of? When we read books, magazines, and newspapers, we rarely stop to think about the paper used to make it. Without this invention our lives would be very difficult.

Paper, an old Egyptian invention

Paper is one of the most important inventions of all times. The word paper comes from the word papyrus –a grasslike plant. The Egyptians first used papyrus around the year 3000 B.C. to make a kind of paper. In A.D. 105, a Chinese man named Ts’ai-Lun created a new type of paper using pieces of old cloth. For centuries, people all over the world used this Chinese method to make paper. In 1838, Charles Fenerty, a Canadian man, invented a new method of papermaking using wood. Today, most of the paper we use is made from wood.

A papyrus plant

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Week 3: Vowel Practice 1

Runnymede, England

Vowel Practice 1

Instructions. Identify the vowels' sounds in the words that are part of the following text.

In a simple ceremony at Runnymede, Queen Elizabeth II gave three acres of English land to the American people as a memorial to the late President Kennedy.

Runnymede has special significance to English-Speaking people. In 1215 the barons of England forced King John to sign the Magna Carta there.

King John signing the Carta Magna

By this charter, the King was forced to give certain rights to his people. The ideas of freedom, contained in that document, are still important today.

Runnymede Memorial

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Week 3: Jeopardy for Pronunciation (Review)

Jeopardy for Pronunciation

It's time to review what we have studied the first two classes.

Let's review the class contents with a Jeopardy Game.

Visit the following link:

http://clear.msu.edu/quizbreak/play.php?board=35074-1274464903

Seven Tips to Improve your Accent

Please check the tips provided on this Web-page, and decide which can be applied to your particular learning needs and situation. Do not try to do too many things at a time; it’s better to begin with one “problem” and master it, than to try to cover many things and not succeed in any of them.

http://www.eslmania.com/students/accent_reduction/AccentTips.htm

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