Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Facolta' di Lettere, cdl in LLEM
Esame del modulo Lingua Inglese 1 (Bowles)
COGNOME …………….…….. NOME ………………..
ANNO DI IMMATRICOLAZIONE:
2006-7
2007-8
MATRICOLA ……..……
SAMPLE EXAM (40 marks)
PHONOLOGY (32 marks)
N.B
the variety of English referred to throughout the exam is Standard British English.
1.
Label the pictures with the symbol and description of the phoneme represented. N.1 has already
been done (10 marks). Choose from the following:
phonemes:
/
descriptions: voiced bilabial nasal stop, voiceless alveolar stop, voiced interdental fricative, voiceless
bilabial stop, voiced post-alveolar fricative
1
Phoneme
Description
2.
2
3
4
5
6
/z/
Voiced alveolar
fricative
What processes do the following examples of connected speech display (5 marks):
/
Red box
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Postman
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Did you go?
/
He’s supposed to
/
Do you smoke?
/
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3.
big
ran
4.
Transcribe the following words into phonemic script, e.g. cat/kæt/ (8 marks)
push
hard
care
son
toy
pleasure
Which Standard British English pure vowels or diphthongs can be found in the following positions (5 marks):
a
b
c
d
e
5.
Multiple choice. Select the most appropriate answer (4 marks).
i
Which of the following sounds is difficult for an Italian speaker?
Answer:
He kissed his
girl.friend
ii
Which syllable is the ‘head’ of this tone unit?
a)
he
iii
What is the tonic syllable of the above tone unit?
a)
he
iv
Which of these sounds is a not a closing diphthong?
b)
b)
kissed
c)
kissed
his
c)
his
d)
girl
e)
friend
Answer:
d)
girl
e)
friend
Answer:
Answer:
MORPHOLOGY (8 Marks)
6.
Identify the morphological components of the words below using the following categories:
derivational suffix (DS)
prefix + derivational suffix (PDS)
i rethinks
……..
ii engineer …….
iv careless …….
7.
inflectional suffix (IS)
prefix + inflectional suffix (PIS)
v harder
prefix (P)
…….
iii singing
……
vi disgraceful …….
(6 marks)
By what process have the following words been formed? Select from the following:
humpty-dumpty
……………….…..
telly (from television) ………………….
smog (from smoke + fog) …………..……
bike (from bicycle) …………………… (2 marks)
For Office use
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Total:
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