Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

SELF –TEST

1. 
   Write down the transcription and state the number of the stressed phoneme in the following words:
   

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E.g. damage [ 'dæmɪʤ]

pleasant, thoughtful, languages, wardrobe, armchair, kitchen, cheerful, among, preface, embankment, between, convenience, furniture, everything, substantial, inclination, satisfaction, nevertheless, vegetables, librarian, manuscript, catalogue, bargain, reference, warehouse, sufficient, politician, passionate, advocate, preliminary, oriental, candidate, approximately, tiredness, mountaineering

2. 
   Read the following noun/verb pairs, mark the stresses.
   

conduct to conduct import to import

object to object record to record

transport to transport accent to accent

protest to protest refuse to refuse

export to export review to review

3. 
   Give the phonetic analyses of the words given below:
   

Pillow, city, Monday, possible, silence, cotton, table, potato

4. 
   Transcribe the following words:
   

Behind, couple, sound, blue, book, attention, bench, student, match, passage, atlas intonation, university, translation, noteworthy, catalogue, kilometre, microscopy

5. 
   Write down the following dialogue. Pay careful attention to the patterns of the various nouns and verbs in boldface type. Mark the stresses.
   

MICHAEL: Welcome to the annual meeting of the Perry Produce Company. Does everyone

remember our motto?
ALL: Yes. “We produce the best produce!”
MICHAEL: Thomas, do you think there will be an increase in profits next year?
THOMAS: Yes, Michael. We will increase our profits. Progress is our goal!
MICHAEL: Do you project having a new market?
THOMAS: Yes. Our latest project is the import of exotic fruit.
MICHAEL: Really! What will we import?
THOMAS: Pineapple from Hawaii and dates from the Sahara Desert.
MICHAEL: Did you say desert or dessert? I love desserts!
THOMAS: OK, Mike. I’m so content with the content of this meeting. I’ll treat you to some

fresh fruit.

MICHAEL: Please , Tom , no more fruit! Health Digest says fruit is hard to digest. I’ll have