Transcript TRANSCRIPTION

Phonetic transcription
(or phonetic notation) is the visual system of
symbolization of the sounds occurring in
spoken human language. The most common
type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic
alphabet (such as the International Phonetic
Alphabet).
VOWELS
/I/ sit, fit, ship
/ɒ/ on, not, fox
/i:/ see, feel, sheep
/e/ bet, egg, met
/æ/ cat, hat, mat
/ʌ/ up, but, cut
/a:/ far, car, star
/ɔ:/ more, call, four
/u:/ shoe, two, food
/ʊ/ good, book, foot
/ə/ camera, at, was
/ɜ:/ word, work, girl
CONSONANTS
/p/ pen, pin, pill
/b/ bad, bed, ban
/t/ tea, two, turn
/d/ did, dad, dam
/k/ cat, cab, calf
/g/ got, go, god
/tʃ/ chin, chip, chilli
/dʒ/ june, judge, joke
/f/ fall, false, fault
/v/ van, value, vanish
/ɵ/ thin, thing, think
/ð/then, this, the
/s/ so, saw, soar
/h/ ham, hang, hand
/j/ your, yawn, yucky
/l/ last, laugh, law
/m/ mad, made, maid
/n/ name, nest, nine
/r/ red, race, rag
/w/ wall, watch, war
/z/ zoo, zip, zebra
/ʃ/ sh, ship, station
/ʒ/ pleasure, vision
/ŋ/ sing, finger,long
/eI/ name, lame, lane
/aI/ life, knife, light
/ɔI/ boy, oil, poison
/əʊ/ nose,home
/aʊ/ house, now
/Iə/ here, near
/eə/ there, care, hair
CATEGORIES
Days
Months
Signs of the zodiac
DAYS / deIZ /
Monday / ‘mʌndeI /
Tuesday / ‘tju:zdeI /
Wednesday / ‘wenzdeI/
Thursday / ‘ɵ3:zdeI /
Friday / ‘fraIdeI /
Satursday / ‘sætədeI /
Sunday / ‘sʌndeI /
MONTHS / mʌnɵs /
January /’dʒænjəri/
February/ ’febjuəri/
March /’ma:tʃ/
April /’eIprəl/
May /meI/
June /dʒu:n/
July /dʒʊ’laI/
August /’ɔ:gəst/
September /sep’tembə/
October /ɒk’təʊbə/
November /nəʊ’vembə/
December /dI’sembə/
Signs of the zodiac
/ sainz əv ðə zəʊdiæk/
Aries /’eəriz/
Taurus /’tɔ:rəs/
Gemini /’dʒemInaI/
Cancer /’kænsə/
Leo /’li:əʊ/
Virgo /’v3:gəʊ/
Libra / ‘li:brə/
Scorpio / ‘skɔ:piəʊ/
Sagittaurius/sædʒI’teəriəs/
Capricon /’kæprIkɔ:n/
Aquarius /ək’weəriəs/
Pisces /’paIsi:z/
Find errors in the transcriptions below and provide
correct transcriptions. There is only one error in each
word.
Word Faulty transcription
crime /craɪm/
wishing /ˈwɪshɪŋ/
wives /waɪvs/
stopping /ˈstɒppɪŋ/
yelling /ˈyelɪŋ/
sixteen /sɪxˈtiːn/
juice /dʒuɪs/
climb /klaɪmb/
Should be
Word Faulty transcription
cop /kop/
leave /lɪːv/
hand /hend/
broad /broʊd/
split /split/
wall /uɔːl/
file /fajl/
Should be