Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Department of Arts and Foreign Languages Mayagüez Campus

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Student #: __________________________________________________ Eng. 115 Prof. Miguel A. Arce Ramos

Test #1 (150 points)

Part I. Identifying Consonant Sounds (20 points, 2 per item)Identify each sound and an example of words that have those sounds.

1. [b]= voiced bilabial stop ( b aby)

2. [ð]=____________________________________________________________________

3. [θ]= ____________________________________________________________________

4. [ј]= ____________________________________________________________________

5. [∫]=____________________________________________________________________

6. [r]= ____________________________________________________________________

7. [p]= ____________________________________________________________________

8. [ŋ]= ____________________________________________________________________

9. [m]= ___________________________________________________________________

10. [ʤ]= ___________________________________________________________________

11. [ʧ]= ____________________________________________________________________

Part II. Identifying Vowel Sounds (20 points, 2 per item)Identify each sound and write an example of words that have those sounds.

1. [ɪ] = high front lax vowel sound (f i t)

2. [ε] =____________________________________________________________________

3. [ο] =____________________________________________________________________

4. [a] =___________________________________________________________________

5. [æ] =___________________________________________________________________

6. [ə] =____________________________________________________________________

7. [i] =____________________________________________________________________

8. [ey] =____________________________________________________________________

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9. [ʊ] =___________________________________________________________________

10. [u] =____________________________________________________________________

11. [ɔ] =____________________________________________________________________

Part III. Letters/Sounds (10 points, 1 per item)Identify how many sounds do the following words have.

1. t ax _3__ L _4__ S

2. w ax _3__ L ____ S

3. r attle _6__ L ____ S

4. c ake _4__ L ____ S

5. g ang _4__ L ____ S

6. y ellow _6__ L ____ S

7. s ell _4__ L ____ S

8. j am _3__ L ____ S

9. th ink _5__ L ____ S

10. king _4__ L ____ S

11. th e _3__ L ____ S

Part IV. Compare and Contrast of [ ɪ ] and [i](10 points, 1 per item)Identify whether the following words have a [ɪ] or [i] sound.

1. feet _[i]_

2. hit ____

3. stick ____

4. steal ____

5. seal ____

6. middle ____

7. still ____

8. single ____

9. meal ____

10. me ____

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11. hindered ____

Part V. Compare and Contrast of [ ey ] and [æ]and [ɛ](10 points, 1 per item)Identify whether the following words have the [ e ] and [æ] or [ɛ] sound.

1. bat _[æ]_

2. best _____

3. ei ght _____

4. ai d _____

5. bet _____

6. a sk _____

7. e nd _____

8. men _____

9. rate _____

10. sad _____

11. head _____

Part VI. Transcription (40 points, 2 per item)Read the following transcriptions and write the word.

1. [pen] pain

2. [ə tæk] _________________________________________________________________

3. [iy zi] _________________________________________________________________

4. [ɹo bɑt] _________________________________________________________________

5. [feɪ vɹɪt] _________________________________________________________________

6. [εks pərt] _________________________________________________________________

7. [tɑɪm] _________________________________________________________________

8. [fæs tər] _________________________________________________________________

9. [kəm piu tər] _________________________________________________________________

10. [hɪm sεlf] _________________________________________________________________

11. [ə pɹuv] _________________________________________________________________

12. [hə rɪ keyn] _________________________________________________________________

13. [dɪ sɪ ʒɪn] _________________________________________________________________

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14. [pley yəɹ] _________________________________________________________________

15. [ɹε giyu ləɹ] _________________________________________________________________

16. [hæ mər] _________________________________________________________________

17. [bɪz nɪs] _________________________________________________________________

18. [plæ nɪt] _________________________________________________________________

19. [ta kɪŋ] _________________________________________________________________

20. [sɪm pəl] _________________________________________________________________

Part VII. Transcription (40 points, 2 per item)Transcribe the following words.

1. belt = [b ε lt]

2. beast _________________________________________________________________

3. repeat _________________________________________________________________

4. candle _________________________________________________________________

5. strategy _________________________________________________________________

6. channel _________________________________________________________________

7. weapon _________________________________________________________________

8. happy _________________________________________________________________

9. create _________________________________________________________________

10. disaster _________________________________________________________________

11. copy _________________________________________________________________

12. making _________________________________________________________________

13. wrestling ________________________________________________________________

14. street _________________________________________________________________

15. basics ________________________________________________________________

16. seven _________________________________________________________________

17. classmate _________________________________________________________________

18. brains _________________________________________________________________

19. double _________________________________________________________________

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20. swallow _________________________________________________________________

21. reptile _________________________________________________________________

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