Assignment - Unit 2 The Study of English

Module 2 Pronunciation: Intonation, Stress and

Sounds
 TASKS FOR SUBMISSION TO YOUR TUTOR

Submission of Unit 2 Module 2 for Assessment (180 hour)

TASK 1

Read the examples below and decide for each one if the tone is rising or
falling:-

A) Is Pierre French? Rising......................................

B) No, he's from Belgium. Falling....................................

A) Which area? Falling........................................

B) Bruges, I believe. Rising.....................................

A) Will you lend me £10? Rising.....................................

B) Certainly not. Falling.........................................

A) Who goes there? Falling....................................

B) It's only me. Rising....................................

A) Bread? Rising.......................................

B) No thanks. Falling................................

A) I'm not going to Paris. Falling.................................

B) No? Rising........................................

A) Do you travel to France by boat or by plane? boat - Rising,

plane - Falling...............................
B) Oh! We always fly. Oh! –Rising
Fly - Falling...............................

TASK 2

Imagine there is logical stress on a particular word in each of the

sentences below. You should give an explanation of why that word is
being stressed, ie what exactly the speaker is trying to say by stressing
that words. For some sentences you will be asked to comment on two
words that can be stressed.

Hint: Read out each sentence several times with your chosen word
stressed so that you can work out the reason for that stress.

Example: I haven’t seen him since Monday.

In this sentence, ''Monday' is stressed as the speaker wants to emphasise when the
contact took place - perhaps to correct somebody who thought they saw each other
on Tuesday.
Or perhaps the speaker wants to point that a very long period of time has elapsed
since the contact, because Monday was a long time ago.

1. He telephoned the police yesterday.

(Give two versions of the sentence.)

 He telephoned the police yesterday.

“Yesterday” is stressed as the speaker wants to be precise and wants to
reinforce the information.

 He telephoned the police yesterday.

“The Police” is stressed as the speaker wants to point that the incident
took place long ago and the police was informed much later.

2. Can you show me the diamonds?

(Give two versions of the sentence.)
 Can you show me the diamonds?
“Show” is stressed as the speaker might has doubt about the possession
of diamonds and wants to confirm by asking to show them at the time of
meeting.
  Can you show me the diamonds?
“The diamonds” is stressed as the speaker might not be interested in
viewing rest of the things the other person wants to show.

3. Paul has gone to the theatre.

* Paul has gone to the theatre.
“The theatre” is stressed as the speaker wants to emphasis that Paul
has not gone to any other place but only to the theatre or perhaps, Paul
never used to go to the theatre and on that day he went to the theatre.

4. Have you heard about Marcella?

* Have you heard about Marcella?
“Marcella” is stressed as the speaker wants to share some news about
Marcella or perhaps the speaker wants to confirm that the news about
Marcella has reached every corner and everybody is aware of it.

5. She's won £50,000 on the lottery.

* She’s won £50,000 on the lottery.
“£50,000” is stressed as the speaker wants to highlight the amount won.

6. I'm not doing anything this evening.

(Give two versions of the sentence.)
I'm not doing anything this evening.
 “This evening” is stressed as the speaker is busy every evening
and on that particular evening he/she does not want to do any
work.
I'm not doing anything this evening.
 “Anything” is stressed as the speaker wants to make sure that
everyone is aware of his/ her decision and he/she doesn’t want to
be disturbed for any reason.
TASK 3

Indicate what part of the sentence in each QUESTION should be

stressed in order to elicit each of the answers as in the example.

0. Does she live near London?

a) No, she does not. (Does)

b) No, she lives near Bristol. (London)
c) No, she’s only visiting. (Live)
d) No, her brother lives near London. (She)

1. Did you say you were leaving tonight, for Wales?

a) No, I said Wells, in Somerset. (Wales)

b) No, I'm off tomorrow. (tonight)

c) I most certainly did not. (Did)

d) No, my twin brother said that. (you)

2. Is he going to take that job as a salesman abroad?

a) No, he's staying in this country. (abroad)

b) No, he's changed his mind. (is)

c) No, he's been offered a job as a divisional manager overseas.

(salesman)

3. Are you seeing Colin this afternoon on the promenade?

a) No, I'm seeing Roger. (Colin)

b) No, it'll have to be this evening as I'm busy. (afternoon)

 c) Yes, most definitely. (Are)

d) No, I'm seeing him in the arcade. (promenade)

4. Is your son flying to Paris?

a) No, he's off to Brussels. (Paris)

b) No, it's my daughter who's going. (son)

c) No, you know he's scared of flying. (flying)

d) Yes, he's going tomorrow night. (Is)

TASK 4

Underline the weak forms in these sentences as in the example:

0. They went to the cinema

1. A quarter to eight.

2. She can speak Spanish.

3. The book that I want.

4. Where does the bus go?

5. How do you do?

6. I bought a present for my brother.

TASK 5

Highlight or underline the stressed syllable in the following words as in

the example:

0. Philosophy

1. vocabulary

2. permanent

3. spoken

4. however

5. procedure

6. produce (verb)

7. produce (noun)

8. beyond

9. encourage

10. linoleum
TASK 6

Look at the words below and highlight or underline those syllables

containing the 'schwa' sound as in the example. Note that there may be
more than one schwa in a word.

0. Professor

1. newspaper

2. director

3. industry

4. omelette

5. recognise

6. photograph

7. photographer

8. furniture

9. hesitation
10.approximate

TASK 7

Find a word of your own to assign to each symbol on the chart provided.
For this, fill in the box above each symbol as in the example.

Leaf big book school clear day

iː ɪ ʊ uː ɪə eɪ
men America word sort sure boy old

E ə ɜː ɔː ʊə ɔɪ aʊ
cat cup part dog wear my house

Æ ʌ ɑː ɒ eə aɪ əʊ
pen bed time do church judge kilo go

P B T d tʃ dʒ k g
five video think the six zoo short casual

F V θ ð S z ʃ ʒ
milk name sing home live read window yes

M N ŋ H L r w j
TASK 8

Now look at the consonant section of the phonemic script chart. Which
phonemic symbol represents the letters underlined in each of the
following words? Please write them in the boxes above the symbols as
in the example.

lorry mash

vast ring

then yellow

nylon measure

hope go

road weep

joke fast

choke crisp

think plus

puzzle press

press choke joke crisp go

P B T D tʃ dʒ K G
fast vast think then plus puzzle mash measure

F V Θ Ð S Z ʃ ʒ
nylon ring hope Lorry road weep yellow

M N Ŋ H L R w J