KEY Pronunciation Tasks
Task 1. Consonants, Part 2
a.
Pronouncing /r/ in RP and GA.
1)
What is the rule for when /r/ is pronounced in RP? What is the difference
between RP and GA in this regard? Explain in your own words.
2)
What is the difference between linking /r/ and intrusive /r/ in RP?
See pages 57-58 in the course book
3)
b.
Unfortunately, her brother and her uncle were not there, but they were on
the way.
How is ch pronounced in the following words?
/tʃ/
1) cheese
2) Chicago
3) epoch
4) yacht
5) parachute
6) chaos
7) cheap
8) chef
9) chip
c.
/ʃ/
/k/
mute
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
The ending of the word approach is pronounced with a voiceless affricate. Which
one?
/əˈprəʊtʃ/
d.
How are the letters in italics pronounced in the following words?
/ɡ/
1) agenda
2) gear
3) juice
4) Belgium
5) Europe
6) use
7) legible
8) generation
/dʒ/
/j/
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
9) your
10) jar
e.
x
x
What instances of /dʒ/, /j/, /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ do you find in the following words taken from
Focus on Vocabulary? Practise by pronouncing the words out loud.
f.
attachment - /tʃ/
crucial - /ʃ/
emerge - /dʒ/
unique - /j/
gender - /dʒ/
intelligence - /dʒ/
challenge - /tʃ/ +/dʒ/
justify - /dʒ/
logical - /dʒ/
Transcribe the words below using phonetic symbols:
Shift /ʃıft/
Cite /saıt/
Ethnic /’eθnık/
Device /dı’vaıs/
Task 2. Reading IPA
1
I wish that my room had a floor
I don’t mind the lack of a door
But this crawling around
Without touching the ground
Is getting to be quite a bore
2
There was an old man fron Darjeeling
Who boarded a bus bound for Ealing
It said on the door
Don’t spit on the floor
So he stood up and spat on the ceiling