8/8/2019 Phonetics Worksheet

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8/8/2019 Phonetics Worksheet

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Collection:

a. /kelekn/ b. /tlekn/ c. /kelec n/ d. /klekn/

Merger:

a. /mer/ b. /merd(r)/ c. /m d(r)/ d. /mr/

Power:

a. /pr/ b. /pa(r) / c./p

v

(r)/ d. /pv

(r)/

Volatile:

a. /vltal /b. /wltal / c. /vltel / d. /vltel /

Outside:

a. /tsed/ b. / atsde/ c. /atsad/ d. /tsad/

Identify the missing sounds in the words:

1. Pertinent /p___tn___nt /

2. Language /l__ __wd/

3. Drought /dr__t /

Rules regarding accent marks:

-tion, -ic, -ical, -ial, -ian, -ious, ically the accent mark is put on the last but one

syllable.

Example: application, patriotic, grammatical, celestial, physician, perfidious,

sympathetically

-ity, ate on the third syllable from the end

Electricity, Cultivate - accent mark on the third syllable

Difference in the noun and verb form accent rule: Noun stress on the first syllable, Verb

stress on the second syllable

Example: present (noun), present (verb)

Weak suffixes: Abroad, admit, expect, refer, compose

Inflectional suffixes: -es, -ing, -ed and the following suffixes do not affect the accent: -age,-dom, -en, -er, -ess, -ness, -some, -ward, -ment, -ly, -ful, -fy.

Example Godess, appointment (weak prefix), breakage, freedom, begin (weak prefix)