IPA test 5.

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Time: 90p

Part I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following
questions. (2p) (mỗi câu 0.2) 1.4
Question 1. A. mood B. flood C. spoon D. moon
Question 2. A. listens B. reviews C. protects D. enjoys
Question 3. A. daunt B. vaulting C. astronaut D. aunt
Question 4. A. thumb B. there C. mouth D. wraith
Question 5. A. ploughed B. laughed C. coughed D. roughed
Question 6. A. choir B. chemist C. chaos D. scheme
Question 7. A. major B. applicants C. native D. sailor
Question 8. A. hand B. whom C. prehistoric D. vehicle
Question 9. A. exam B. saxophone C. except D. axis
Question 10. A. occur B. production C. occasion D. mother

Part II. Write the suitable phonetic transcription for each word/sentence (2p) (mỗi câu 0.2)

***You may use these: ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ, θ, ð, ŋ, ɒ, æ, ɪ, aɪ, aʊ, eɪ, ɔɪ, əʊ, ɪə, eə, ʊə, ɜː, ʊ, ʌ, ə.
For the remaining sounds, you can use your keyboard to type.*** 0.8
Question 11. penguin
→
Question 12. uncle
→
Question 13. apple
→
Question 14. eyes
→
Question 15. texts
→
Question 16. information
→
Question 17. lengthened
→
Question 18. sacred
→
Question 19. I have an ox
→
Question 20. He can’t take it
→

Part III. Translate the phonetic transcription into Latin script (1p) (mỗi câu 0.2) 0.8
Question 21. maɪ ˈfɑːðə hæz ə ˈvɛri kjuːt kæt.
→
Question 22. wɒt dʌz ʃiː duː fɔːr ə ˈlɪvɪŋ?
→
Question 23. ɪf aɪ wɜː hɪm, aɪ wʊd tɛl ðɛm ðə ˈhɜːtfʊl truːθ.
→ hurtful
Question 24. ɔːl juː hæv tuː duː ɪz ˈɛksəsaɪz.
→
Question 25. səʊ ˈbjuːtəfʊl ɪz ðə ˈfɜːnɪʧə ðæt aɪ dɪˈsaɪd tuː ˈpɜːʧəs ɪt.
→ So beautiful is the furniture that I decide to purchase it.

Part IV. Change the font color of the box to purple to indicate the minimal pair in each of
the following question. (2p) (mỗi câu 0.2) 1.6
 Question 26. glamour / grammar
 Question 27. quay / key
 Question 28. plough / slough
 Question 29. flea / free
 Question 30. colonel / corner
 Question 31. sage / beige
 Question 32. faith / scythe
 Question 33. turned / burnt
 Question 34. bid / bead
 Question 35. vine / fine

Part V. Listen to the audio and mark the letter S (same) or D (different) on the “S or D”
column. For every row, write the minimal pair (if the two words are the same then write
only one word) (2p) (đánh S, D sai 1 chỗ trừ 0.25 và tiếp tục như vậy, được nghe nhiều lần;
viết minimal pair đúng nhiều hơn hoặc bằng 15 thì sẽ không sao, nhưng nếu sai hơn 15 cặp sẽ
không có điểm cho bài, kể cả không có điểm phần đánh S,D) (có ví dụ bên dưới: 11a, 12b)
 S or D Minimal pair
11a D Cup cap
11b D Heel eel
12a D Comb cone
12b S Cow
13a D Big bigger
13b D Closing clothing
14a D Girl goal
14b D Walk work
14c D Bed bird
14d D Drain train
15a D Pen pain
15b S Piece/peace
16a D Boat bought
16b D Fern phone
16c D Jack yack
17a D Laugh live
17b S Wheel
18a D Beard bead
18b S Bin
19a D Air ear
19b S Some
20a D Buzz bus
21a D Push puss
22a D All oil
22b D Road load
23a D Mouse mouth
23b D Free three
24a S pleasure

Part VI. Read the text aloud to the teacher. Make sure the pronunciation is good enough.
(1p) (mỗi câu 0.2) (chỉ làm sau khi nộp bài 5 phần trước) (sau khi nộp bài có 5 phút tập đọc)
0.6
Question 36. The women standing next to Smith are Jenny and Olivia.
Question 37. It is Susan that changes the clothes of the dolls.
Question 38. Does the world nowadays become a better place than before?
Question 39. He catched the pink boxes and puts them in the dark garage.
Question 40. Susie's sister sewed socks for soldiers