Pronunciation

Stress & Rhythm

100

Where does the stress fall in "record" in the following sentence? Please don't forget to record the presentation given by the teacher.

reCORD (second syllable)

200

Where does the stress fall in "presentation" in the following sentence? That was a lovely presentation: you seemed to confident!

PREsent (first syllable)

300

What are the content words in the following sentence? "I want to play poker with my brother tomorrow."

want  play poker brother tomorrow 

400

What are the content words in the following sentence? "Are you gonna watch the League of Legends game on TV tonight?"

gonna  watch   League Legents game tv tonight 

500

What are the function words in the following sentence? I won’t be at the party, but Mary wants to go. 

I  be  at the  but to

Dropped Syllables

100

What is the dropped syllable in the word "interesting"? 

int(e)resting

200

What is the dropped syllable in the word "every"?

ev(e)ry

300

What is the dropped syllable in the word "practically"?

practic(a)lly

400

What is the dropped syllable in the word "temperature"? 

temp(e)rature

500

What is the dropped syllable in the word "uncomfortable"?

uncomf(or)table

Vowels

100

Which of the following words contains a long vowel sound? sleep / slip / slap

sleep

200

How many vowel sounds are in this word? mischievous

3

300

Give three examples of diphthongs 

/oI/ /ou/ /au/ /eI/ /aI/

400

Which of the words below doesn't belong? word / nerd / herd / bird / heard / blurred / third

heard

500

Which of the words below doesn't belong? bad / sad / dad / fad / wad / glad / mad / grad / 

wad

Consonants

100

Which word contains the voiced TH sound? thin / then

then

200

What is the correct past tense ending sound of the verb "listen"? /d/ or /t/

/d/ (listend)

300

Name two consonant sounds in which air flows through the nose, but NOT the mouth, and give some examples

[n], [ŋ] and [m]

400

Which word doesn't belong? thick / thin / third / math / that / three

that

500

How many consonants sounds are in this sentence? "Why tie the white tie?"

6

Intonation

100

What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following question? "Will you stay?"

rising 

200

What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following question? "Where is my book?"

falling 

300

What kind of intonation (rising, falling) is used for the following statement? "I'm not positive."

falling

400

What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following statement? "Do you like green cabbage or purple?

level and falling 

500

What kind of intonation pattern is used for the following statement? "I really, really, really need to go to the bathroom!"

level and falling