V – vowel C – consonant S – sonorant
1) V C V – li|per, Pe|te V X V – fox|y, tax|i
2) V C / C V – con|sonant, sum|mer, bor|row
3) V / C S V – ta|ble, i|dle
4) i + ld, nd, gh, gn, gm – mi|ld, ki|nd, hi|gh, si|gn
o + ld, ll, st – o|ld, ro|ll, mo|st
a + nge, ste, the – ra|nge, ba|the, ha|ste
5) V / V – giv|e → exception: ga|ve
Phonetic drills
Transcribe the following English words and underline the transcription symbol which corresponds to each syllabic sound in the words.
Can, candle, sand, sadden, doesn’t, can’t couldn’t, melt, meddle, don’t, didn’t, listen, listening, here, fire, pure, our, chair, player, low, lower, employer, floor, mightn’t, needn’t, mustn’t, oughtn’t, listener, drizzle, drizzling.
Transcribe the following words, show the point of syllable division in each of them by putting a bar between the syllables (ta|ble [teɪ|bl] and define each type of syllable)
Reading, ready, standing, nature, natural, picture, brightly, finish, many, pity, colony, colonial, pulling, pupil, flower, during, Mary, marry, starry, merry, study, studying, enjoying, without, another, over, discover, pooling, follower, father, story, brother, sorry, body
Decide how many syllables there are in each of the following words.
Ex.: student ( 2 )
biology ( ) bridge ( ) strength ( )
watches ( ) unabridged ( ) support ( )
jumpers ( ) policeman ( ) decided ( )
photographer ( ) jumped ( ) obeyed ( )
Stress
It is important to become aware of the number of syllables in a word. But if you want to speak English with the correct rhythm there is something ever more important: the place of stress.
Read the following sequence:
Dostları ilə paylaş: |
