prof Hugo Bowles
facolta’ di Lettere, Universita’ di Roma “Tor Vergata”
WEEK 3
LESSON 3A
CONSONANTS
1.
a.
How many consonant sounds are there in the word breakfast? Can you list them:
b.
How many other consonant sounds can you think of?
c.
Which kind of articulation is required by:
d.
These sounds are called plosives (or stops). How would you define it in terms of articulation?
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
/b/
/d/
/g/
/k/
/p/
Make a hissing sound and then lower your tongue. What happens?
Make a long /f/ sound and then take your lower lip away. What happens?
What are these sounds called?
Which consonant sounds are being contrasted in these examples?
i
fan – van
safer – saver
half – halve
ii
thumb – thus
ether – father
breath – breathe
iii
sip – zip
facing – phasing
rice – rise
iv
Russia – measure
Irish – garage
What is the basic difference between the sounds?
3.
What are the two affricates of English?
4.
What are the nasal sounds of English? What does nasal mean?
Are these words pronounced the same? finger, singer, anger, hanger, longer
5.
In which of the following words in the /r/ sound pronounced?
red
arrive
hearing
car
ever
here
How would you describe the articulation of /r/
6.
/t/
hard
verse
How would you describe the articulation of /l/, /w/, /j/
EXTRA PRATICE MATERIAL (VERY IMPORTANT FOR PASSING YOUR EXAM!!!)
Go to this website address: http://davidbrett.uniss.it
- click on “The Articulation of speech sounds” in the Index (on the left of the screen)
- click on “Match phonemes with pictures”
- do the exercises for “Consonants: diagrams, symbols and definitions”
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LESSON 3B
A.
1.
2.
3.
B.
4.
MORPHOLOGY
What is morphology?
Explain the difference between grammar, syntax and morphology. How are they related?
What is the morphology of these words:
boy
a
yes
elephant
What is the name of the meaningful dependent elements before and after the base form of a
word?
Prefixes and suffixes
5.
Is there any difference between the morphological structure of
and
How many derivational suffixes can you think of ?
6.
Write down as many derivations of the word grace that you can think of :
C.
walked = walk + -ed
kind = kind + -ness
Compounds
7.
How many words?
black bird
blackbird
8.
Are these compounds?
greenhouse
green house
9.
Compound verbs (CV), compound adjectives (CA) or compound nouns (CN)?
air-condition
blackboard
dry-clean
hairnet
hyperactive red-hot
overcoat
sky-high
stir-fry
swearword
underestimate
10.
Compound verbs - identify 1 example of:
verb-verb
noun-verb
adjective-verb
preposition-verb
11.
Compound adjectives - identify 1 example of:
noun-adjective
adjective-adjective
preposition-adjective
12.
Compound nouns - identify 1 example of:
verb-noun
noun-noun
adjective-noun
preposition-noun
13.
What kind of compounds are the following:
earthquake
scarecrow
sunrise
postman
maneating
homesick
white house
haircut
goldfish
White House
sightsee
birdcage