Chapter 4 - Homework Exercises

Exercise A. Put your own vowels in a chart ( PDF)

Exercise B. Plot the vowels of a speaker with an accent different from your own (PDF)

Exercise C. List words illustrating the occurrence of vowels in monosyllables closed by /p/. (Online)

Exercise D. List words with certain vowels closed by the certain consonants. (Online)

Exercise E. Which vowel occurs before the smallest number of consonants? (PDF)

Exercise F. Find examples illustrating the relationship between words with stressed and unstressed vowels (PDF)

Exercise G. Transcribe a sentence containing at least eight different vowels. (PDF)

Exercise H. Identify examples of six allophonic patterns found in English vowels. (Online)

Exercise I. Transcribe the sentences recorded by the British and American speakers (PDF) Audio clips

Additional transcription practice is in the "extras" part of the webpage