Phonetics Assignment
Name Student ID
I- Write down the phonetic symbols representing the following: (5 pts.)
1- a voiced labiodental fricative. ……………….
2-a voiceless bilabial stop. …………………..
3- a voiced velar stop. ………………..
4- a voiceless fricative palatal………………….
5- a voiceless fricative alveolar …………………..
II- Write the shared features that distinguish the following sounds: (4 pts.)
/ m,n/ …………………………………….
/ f,t,k,s/ ……………………………….
/θ, ð/ ……………………………………..
/ p,b,m,w/ ………………………........
III- Which syllable is stressed in the underlined words? Capital letters represent the stressed syllable (6 pts.)
1-Theyexport mainly to South Africa.
A. exPORT
B. EXport
2. You don’t need apermit toimport toys.
perMIT /imPORT PERmit /IMport PERmit /imPORT perMIT /IMport
3. There was a smallincrease in sales last year.
inCREASE INcrease
4. I stronglyobject to the proposal.
OBjectobJECT
5. What a greatrecord!
REcordreCORD
IV- Read the sentences and decide what stress pattern the words in bold have. (10 pts.) EXAMPLE I got my firstrecord as apresent when I was eleven.
record = 0o present = 0o
1-You'veprogressed well this year, but I'd like to see even moreprogress. progressed = progress =
2-Weimport too much petrol and the country'sexport figures are going down. import = export =
3-It started as a studentprotest, but now the army hasrebelled against the government.
protest = rebelled =
4-In thedesert, there is a bigcontrast between temperatures in the day and at night.
desert = contrast =
5-These companiesproduce householdobjects such as fridges and washing machines.
produce = objects =
V-Write the sentences in the correct column, according to their stress pattern.
(5 pts.)