1. UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA
LICENCIATURA EN LENGUA INGLESA
PRONUNCIATION COURSE I
Claudia Andrea Cárdenas Jiménez
Student’s Full Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ______________
1. Label the following graph with the appropriate number or letter
1. Tongue 6. Upper Lip
a. Centre 7. Nasal Cavity
b. Blade 8. Upper teeth
c. Back 9. Alveolar ridge
d. Tip 10. Hard palate
e. Front 11. Pharynx
2. Soft Palate 12.Lower teeth
3. Uvula 13. Larynx
4. Lower Lip
5. Glottis
2. Match the following concepts with the appropriate terms provided in the box.
Velar- homonyms- phonetics- labiodental- fricative- phonemes- articulation-
minimal pairs
a. The different sounds within a language ___________
b. A place of articulation that occurs when the upper teeth touch the lower lip ___________
c. Words or utterances that differ by only one phoneme__________
d. A manner of articulation that occurs when two vocal organs come close enough together
for the movement of air between them to be heard, e.g. /f/ and /v/ _________________
e. A place of articulation that occurs when the back of the tongue is used against the soft
palate, e.g. /k/ ________________
f. Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling and meaning
_____________
g. A term that refers to the study of the speech sounds _________________

2. 3. Write the phonemic symbols for the underlined parts of the words.
Vowels Consonants
seat Cake treasure schedule
call Toy yacht usually
want High hero diphthong
food Beer machine award
step Sure thigh answered
about where enough Sing
shirt Go education Anger
hit house charity coherence
took option Critical
hat music Giant
run clothes clocks
far arrives ridge
4. Read the description of the sounds and choose the one that matches the description.
a. Alveolar, nasal and voiced sound. The tongue blade closes against the alveolar ridge and the rims
of the tongue against the side teeth.
/ñ/ /ŋ/ /n/
b. This is a close vowel; the back of the tongue is raised to just below the close position. Lips are
rounded, but loosely so, the tongue is tense
/ɔ:/ /u:/ /ʊ/
c. Alveolar, voiceless and fricative sound. The tongue blade makes light contact with the alveolar
ridge
/s/ /ʃ/ /z/
d. This is an open vowel; the front of the tongue is raised to just below the half-open position. Lips
are neutrally open
/ə/ /æ/ /ʌ/
e. Velar, plosive and voiceless sound; closure is made by the back of the tongue against the soft
palate.
/ŋ/ /k/ /g/
f. This is a close vowel; the part of the tongue slightly nearer the center is raised to just above the
half close position. The lips are spread loosely and the tongue is more relaxed. The sides of the
tongue may just touch the upper molars.
/ʊ/ /i:/ /ɪ/
g. Fricative, dental, voiced sound; the tongue tip makes light contact the upper and lower teeth.

3. /t/ /θ/ /ð/
h. A diphthong that moves from a close spread relaxed vowel towards the schwa.
/əʊ/ /ɪə/ /eə/
i. A palate- alveolar, approximant and voiced sound; the tongue tip is held just behind the alveolar
ridge. The soft palate is raised.
/r/ /w/ /h/
j. This is a long mid vowel; the center of the tongue is between the half-close and half-open position.
Lips are relaxed and neutrally spread.
/ə/ /ʌ/ /ɜ:/
5. Say if the next statements are true (t) or false (f)
a. Vowels can be produced alone and may be short or long. ( )
b. In English there are two affricates. ( )
c. /j/ and /w/ are semivowels. ( )
d. Vowels are classified into close and open vowels. ( )
e. There are three nasal alveolar consonants in English. ( )
f. Vowels are differentiated from the consonants by their position of the tongue and the lips. ( )
g. The IPA has 24 consonant sounds and 20 vowel sounds. ( )
h. Fricative sounds result from the combination of a plosive and an affricate sound. ( )
i. The IPA has eighteen diphthongs. ( )
6. Write a word for each sound.
/i:/ /ə/ /ɑ:/
/ŋ/ /ʒ/ /h/
/ɜ:/ /ʊ/ /j/
/dʒ/ /tʃ/ /ð/
/u:/ /ɔ:/ /ʌ/
/ʃ/ /θ/ /æ/
7. Correct the following phonetic transcriptions
1. charm /kɑ:rm/ 6. Boxing /ˈbɑːxɪŋ/
2. Riding /ˈrɪdɪŋ/ 7. Manage /'mænɪʃ/
3. Mechanism /ˈmetʃənɪzəm/ 8. Edge /edtʃ/
4. Church / tʃʌrtʃ / 9. Special /ˈspeʒəl/
5. Machine /məˈtʃiːn/ / 10. Conclusion / kənˈkluːʃən /

4. 8. Underline the word that has a different pronunciation pattern.
1. a. Coat b. Mope c. Hop d. Stole
2. a. Cleared b. heard c. beard d. feared
3. a. Loose b. Goose c. Choose d. Cook
4. a. Great b. seat c. reach d. Peach
5. a. Among b. wrong c. sung d. begun
6. a. Hope b. Note c. Done d. Tone
7. a. Confusion b. Division c. Occasion e. Admission
8. a. first b. bird c. girl d. dear
9. a. Thousand b. think c. bother d. both
10. a. chaos b. charity c. mechanic d. character
9. Put these words into the columns below.
Answered- Walked- Planned- Wasted- Laughed- Mended- Watched- Showed- Tried-
Washed- Believed- Started- Carried- Invited- Called- Stopped- Decided- Ordered
/t/ / ɪd/ /d/
10. Rewrite the next paragraph into English alphabet.
Phonetic Alphabet English Alphabet
| ðə ˈhjuːmən ˈbɑːdi ɪz ˈmeɪd ˈəp əv ə ˈhed | ˈnek
| ˈtɔːrˌsoʊ | ˈtuː ˈɑːrmz ənd ˈtuː ˈleɡz | ði ˈævərɪdʒ
ˈhaɪt əv ən əˈdəlt ˈhjuːmən ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈfaɪv tə ˈsɪks
ˈfiːt ˈtɔːl | ðə ˈhjuːmən ˈbɑːdi ɪz ˈmeɪd tə ˈstænd
ɪˈrekt | ˈwɑːk ɑːn ˈtuː ˈfiːt | ˈjuːs ði ˈɑːrmz tə ˈkæri
ənd ˈlɪft | ənd həz əˈpəʊzəbl ˈθəmz ˈeɪbl tə
ˈɡræsp |
/ɡʊd lʌk/