Phonetics activity

ʃiz ˈnʌθɪŋ ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ə ɡɜrl juv ˈɛvər si:n bɪˈfɔr

• /laɪk/

• /leɪk/

Answer explanation

"Like" = diphthong /aɪ/

"Lake = diphthong /eɪ/

ˈnʌθɪŋ ju ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ kəmˈpɛr tu jʊər ˈneɪbərˌhʊd hoʊ

• /kæn/

• /kɛn/

Answer explanation

"Can" (verb) = vowel /æ/ as in "cat"

"Ken" (the proper name) = vowel /ɛ/ as in "bed"

aɪm ˈtraɪ.nə faɪnd ðə wɜrdz tu dɪˈskraɪb ðɪs ɡɜrl wɪˈθaʊt ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfəl

• /bɪn/

• /ˈbiːɪŋ/

Answer explanation

"Being" = Long vowel /iː/ followed by /ɪ/.

"Bin" = Short vowel /ɪ/

ðə weɪ ðæt ˈbuti ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ , aɪ kænt teɪk noʊ mɔr

• /ˈmʌfɪn/

• /ˈmuːvɪn/

Answer explanation

"Movin" = Long vowel /uː/

"Muffin" = Short vowel /ʌ/, as in "cup".

hæd tu stɑp wɑt aɪm ˈduɪn soʊ aɪ kæn pʊl ʌp ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ

• /kloʊs/

• /klɔːz/

Answer explanation

"Close" = Diphthong /oʊ/

 "clause" Vowel /ɔː/

aɪm ˈtraɪ.nə faɪnd ðə wɜrdz tu dɪˈskraɪb ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ ɡɜrl wɪˈθaʊt ˈbiːɪŋ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfəl

• /ðiːz/

• /ðɪs/

Answer explanation

"This" Short vowel /ɪ/ as in "bit".

"These" Long vowel /iː/ as in "see"