1. Eha Mängel Tallinn University Language Centre

2.  Short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ, ɒ, ʊ, ə, (i, u)  Long vowels: i:, ɑ:, ɔ:, u:, ɜ:  Diphthongs: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, aʊ, ɪə, eə, (ʊə)  Consonants  (voiceless): k, p, t, s, ʃ, f, θ, ʧ  (voiced): g, b, d, z, ʒ, v, ð, ʤ  j, w, m, n, ŋ, l, r, h

3.  1 No connection between the signs  2 No capital signs  3 No double consonants

4.  The ghost of ancient sights haunts the lonely stroller  ðə gəʊst əv eɪnʃənt saɪts hɔ:nts ðə ləʊnli strəʊlə

5.  Vowels  /ɪ/  women  /wɪmɪn/  busy  /bɪzi/  /e/  bury  /beri/  says/said  /sez/ /sed/

6.  breath  /breθ/  BUT: to breathe /bri:ð/  leisure  /leʒə/ US /li:ʒə/  jeopardy  /ʤepədi/  heifer  /hefə/

7.  /ʌ/  blood / flood  /blʌd/ /flʌd/  onion  /ʌnjən/  among  /ə’mʌŋ/  ton / won  /tʌn/ /wʌn/  southern  /sʌð(ə)n/

8.  twopence  /tʌpən(t)s/  threepence  /θrʌpən(t)s/  / ɑ: /  clerk  /klɑ:k/  sergeant  /sɑ:ʤənt/  aunt  /ɑ:nt/

9.  /ɒ/  knowledge  /nɒlɪʤ/ /nɒləʤ/  bureaucracy  /bjʊə’rɒkrəsi/  swan  /swɒn/  Swan swam over the sea-  Swim swan, swim;  Swan swam back again-  Well swum swan.  yacht /jɒt/

10.  /ɔ:/  poor, sure,tour  /pɔ:/ /ʃɔ:/ /tɔ:/  Baltic  /bɔ:ltɪk/  chalk, talk, walk  /ʧɔ:k/ /tɔ:k/ /wɔ:k/  autumn  /ɔ:təm/  sward  /sɔ:d/

11.  /u:/  tomb, womb  /tu:m/ /wu:m/  blue, glue  /blu:/ /glu:/  suit, juice, cruise, bruise  /su:t/ /ʤu:s/ /kru:z/ /bru:z/

12.  /ɜ:/  journey  /ʤɜ:ni/  colonel  /kɜ:nəl/

13.  /eə/ and /ɪə/  hair- here, heardare- dear,deer  bear- beerchair- cheer  air- earClare- clear  fair- fearstare- steer  rare- rearspare - spear  pear- pierrarely - really

14.  Silent letters  /p/ and /b/  cupboard, comb, bomb, climb, doubt, debt  /kʌbəd//kəʊm//kəʊm//klаɪm//dаʊt//det/  psychology, psalm, pseudo, psychi/psycho  /sаɪ’kɒləʤi/ /sɑ:m/ /sju:dəʊ/ /saɪki/saɪkəʊ/  /t/ and /d/  castle, hasten, Christmas, mustn’t, handsome  /kɑ:sl/ /heɪsn/ /krɪsməs/ /mʌsnt//hænsəm/

15.  /h/  honour, heir, exhaust, exhibit, vehicle  /ɒnɪst//eə//ɪg’zɔ:st//ɪg’zɪbɪt//vi:əkl//vɪəkl/  /l/  salmon  /sæmən/

16. CHINGINRICHRIDGE CHEERJEERSEARCHSURGE CHOKEJOKEHAGE CHAINJANELARCHLARGE Look out! He’s choking/joking. The audience cheered/jeered at her speech. It’s not a little fir tree, It’s a larch/large tree. What happened to your chin/gi n

17.  Ian  /i:ən/  Sean  /ʃɔ:n/  Seamus  /ʃeməs/  Sinead  /ʃɪ’neɪd/  Scylla  /sɪlə/

18.  Scythia  /sɪðiə/  Deirdre  /dɪədri/  Isla  /аɪlə/

19.  Cholomondeley  /ʧʌmli/  Colquhoun  /kə’hu:n/  Dalziel  /di:’el/ or /dælzi:l/  Featherstonehawe  /fænʃɔ:/ or /feðəst(ə)nhɔ:/  Quesnel  /keɪn(ə)l/

20.  Marylabone  /mɑ:lɪbə(ʊ)n/ or /mær(ə)ləbən/  Grosvenor  /grəʊvnə/  Alnwick  /ænɪk/  Leicester  /lestə/  Gloucester  /glɒstə/

21.  Worcester  /wʊstə/  Cirencester  /sɪsɪtə/ or /saɪər(ə)nsestə/  Woolfardisworthy  /wʊlz(ə)ri/ or /fʊlfɑ:dɪswɜ:ði/  Tucson  /tu:sɒn/  Arkansas  /ɑ:kənsɔ:/ BUT: river /ɑ:’kænzəs/

22.  Vowel diagraphs  In strong syllables  AE (BrE)E (in US)  aestheticesthetic  i:s’θetɪkes’θetɪk  Caesar  si:zəsi:zə  When followed by /r/  aeroplane  eərəpleɪnerəpleɪn

23.  gynaecologygynecology  gaɪnə’kɒləʤigaɪnə’kɑ:ləʤi  Transcribe the following words:  aether/(US)ether, aery, aestival/(US)estival  i:θəeəri/eri/eɪərii:s’tаɪvəl/ ‘estəvəl

24.  Oedipus, oesophagus, oecumenic  i:dɪpəs/edɪpəs, i:’sɒfəgəs/ɪ’sɑ:fəgəs, i:kjʊ’menɪk/ ekjə’menɪk

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