When there is a /t/ between two vowels, what sound does it become? Give an example.
A flap (letter).
100
What are our two goals for you?
Clear and Natural
200
Read this sentence. Be sure to use the proper within-word stress.
"I participated in a relay race."
RElay
200
Is this first sound voiced or voiceless? Pan.
Voiceless
200
Define and use "kill two birds with one stone."
I had to eat and get gas, so I went to Costco and I killed two birds with one stone.
200
If one word ends with a continuous end and the next word begins with the same sound, what do you do? Give an example.
You extend the sound between them (waSHirts)
200
What is a syllable?
It's like a beat, you can break up words into parts.
300
Read this sentence. Be sure to use the proper within-word stress.
"Please present the present to her."
Please preSENT the PREsent to her
300
In what order are we reading the following words?
A) Bit
B) Beat
C) Bite
...
300
How can you say that you're not feeling well using an idiom? Use it in a sentence.
Feel under the weather.
300
When you have three consonant sounds in a row, what do you do?
You drop the middle sound (most people -> mospeople)
300
Give examples of the "past tense sounds" in words.
/t/ following voiceless (placed), /d/ following voiced (buzzed), and /ɪd/ following /t or d/ (planted)
400
Read this sentence. Be sure to use the proper within-word stress.
"I had to console him after his console broke."
I had to conSOLE him after his CONsole broke.
400
Read the following words, be sure to pronounce the vowels correctly!
Look, Luke, Luck, Leek, Lick
Bad, Bed, Bud, Bid, Bod
Good job.
400
How do you say something happens infrequently? Use it in a sentence.
Once in a Blue Moon.
400
What sound do you link with in the word cooperate?
/w/. Co-wop-er-ate.
400
Give examples of the three "plural sounds" in words.
/s/ following voiceless sounds (cups), /z/ following voiced (bees), and /ɪz/ following /s, z, sh, ch, dʒ/ (pushes)
500
When you de-stress a syllable in English, what sound does usually it become?
*It does not always have to change.
Schwa (uhh).
500
How well do you know your vowels in IPA? Use the sound in a word.
1) ɔɪ
2) ə
3) æ
4) eɪ
5) ʊ
1) boy
2) about
3) hat
4) say
5) book
500
Name one of the "Halloween" idioms
Send a chill down their spine
In cold blood
Made the blood boil (or run cold)
A witch-hunt
Skeleton in the closet
Hair stand on it’s end
Dig one’s grave
Mad as a hatter
500
How do you link this sentence? "I decided to go there."
I decidida go there.
500
What is the -ed rule regarding adjectives vs verbs?
Zero exceptions to verbs (always follows the voiced and voiceless rule). Adjectives follow a strict pattern /ɪd/