Icao 4 Phonetics

ICAO LEVEL 4 TRAINING
Phonetics assessment test

Phonemic Chart Exercise
1. Which of the following symbols is called "Schwa"?

/ə/ /θ/ /dʒ/
2. /ʊ/ is a short vowel

True False
3. Which of the following is a long sound?

/ɪ/ /uː / /e/
4. Which of the following is a voiced consonant?

/s/ /ʃ / /ʒ/
5. /d/ is a plosive consonant.

True False
6. Which of the following is a short vowel?

/iː / /ʌ/ /ɔː /
7. /ɜː / is a long vowel

True False
8. Choose the long sound…

/ʌ/ /uː / /b/
9. /v/ is a front vowel.

True False

/ɜː / /ɪə/ /z/
11. Which of the following is a vowel?

/tʃ / /ɪ/ /dʒ/
12. Choose the long sound…

/ʊ/ /t/ /ɑː /
13. Which of the following is a diphthong?

/dʒ/ /æ/ /ɪə/
14. /m/ is a front vowel.

True False

/t/ /f/ /v/
Phonemic Symbols Exercise
1. /iː /
Ski Pit Tip
2. /ɪ/
Bee If Girl
3. /ʊ/
Lounge Thong Would
4. /uː /
Think Those Two
5. /e/
Bee Pen Bird
6. /ɪə/
Stage Cinema Year
7. /eɪ/
Rain Man Pearl
8. /ʊə/
Tourist Journey Four
9. /ɔɪ/
Noise Money Deceive
10. /əʊ/
Go Moon Walk
11. /p/
Bear Open Clause
12. /b/
Away April Bubble
13. /t/
Third Tree Other
14. /d/
Play Placed Food
15. /tʃ /
Watch Bath Bush
Transcriptions Exercise
1. Fleece
/fliː s/ /fliː / /fiː s/
2. Bid
/bɪ/ /bɪd/ /ɪd/
3. Book
/bk/ /bʊ/ /bʊk/
4. Choose
/tʃ uː z/ /tʃ uː / /ʃ uː z/
5. Dress
/dɹ s/ /dɹ es/ /dɹ e/
6. Net
/ne/ /et/ /net/
7. Water
/wtə(ɹ )/ /wɔː tə(ɹ )/ /wɔː t(ɹ )/
8. Nurse
/n(ɹ )s/ /nɜː (ɹ )/ /nɜː (ɹ )s/
9. Port
/pɔː (ɹ )t/ /pɔː (ɹ )/ /ɔː (ɹ )t/
10. Trap
/tɹ æ/ /tɹ æp/ /tæp/
11. Nothing
/nʌθɪŋ/ /nʌθŋ/ /nʌθɪ/
12. Brother
/bɹ ʌðə(ɹ )/ /bɹ ðə(ɹ )/ /bʌðə(ɹ )/
13. Cinema
/sɪnəə/ /sɪnəmə/ /sɪnmə/
14. Zebra
/zebə/ /zbrə/ /zebrə/
15. Pension
/penʃ n/ /peʃ n/ /pnʃ n/
Intonation Exercise
1.Intonation is used to express different ideas when speaking.

True False
2.We use Rising intonation…

in Wh- questions to sound determined in Yes/No questions
3.Which tone would you use when asking, “Can I help you”?
Rising Falling Fall-rise
4.If you use fall-rise intonation when saying "I think it’s blue", you mean...
...that you are not sure... that it’s blue for sure... that it’s not blue
5.Which tone would you use if you want to give an order?

Rising Falling Fall-rise
6.There is only one kind of intonation.

True False
7.When you request information and want to sound polite, use…

Rising intonation Falling intonation Fall-rise intonation
8.Intonation refers to the tone that we use when we say something.

True False
9.If you want the message to be very clear, you use…

Fall-rise intonation Rising intonation Falling intonation
10. We use Falling intonation to invite somebody to do something.

True False
11.Falling intonation indicates…

How the voice rises how the voice falls the stressed syllables
12.Fall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls at the end of the sentence
True False
13.Which tone would you use to ask "where are you"?

14.Which tone would you use to ask for more tea politely?
15.If you are looking for a Yes/No answer, which tone would you use?
Spelling Rules Exercise
1. One syllable words usually have short vowels.

True False
2. What does "Silent e" mean?

It’s not written It’s not pronounced It’s next to a schwa
3. In words ending with "-er", the final sound is…

/ə/ /tʃ / /ɑː /
4. Which phoneme represents the sound of the "Hard G"?

/dʒ/ /j/ /ɡ/
5.Which of the following words include both "Soft" and "Hard G" sounds?
Ginger gigantic good
6. The schwa is not a common sound in English.

True False
7. Which phoneme represents the sound of the "Soft G?"

/ɡ/ /dʒ/ /j/
8. When "C" is followed by "Y", the "C" sound is...

Soft Hard None
9. Which of the following words includes both "Soft" and "Hard C" sounds?
Vacation cease vacancy
10. When the final spelling of a word is “ee”, the sound is…
/ɪ/ /iː / /e/
11. When "G" is followed by "A", the "G" sound is...

Hard Soft None
12. If there is a vowel between two consonants, the vowel sound...

is long is voiceless is short
13. The schwa is the most common sound in English.

True False
14. /k/ represents the sound of the Hard "C".

True False
15. Some consonants can represent different consonant sounds.

True False
Stress Patterns Exercise
1. What's the stressed syllable in "transportation"?

Ta trans tion
2. Word stress is the accent given to a syllable in a word.

True False
3. The stressed syllable is emphasized.

True False
4. What’s the stressed syllable on the word "politics"?

Li tics po
5. A word can have more than one Main Stress.

True False
6. The Secondary stress is like a half stress between the strong Main Stress and no stress at all.
True False
7. What’s the stressed syllable in "important"?

Im por tant
8. The vowel in an unstressed syllable is shortened and, sometimes, is pronounced as a…

Consonant diphthong schwa
9. What’s the stressed syllable in "development"?

Ment op vel
10. Sentence stress is the accent given to some words in a sentence.

True False
11. What's the main stressed syllable in "creativity"?

Cre ty ti
12. The schwa appears in stressed syllables.

True False
13. Sentence Stress can also be called…

Word stress Prominence Rising
14. What’s the stressed syllable in "interesting"?

Ter ting in
15. What’s the stressed syllable in "quality"?

Ty qua li

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ICAO LEVEL 4 TRAINING

Phonetics assessment test

1. Which of the following symbols is called "Schwa"?

2. /ʊ/ is a short vowel

3. Which of the following is a long sound?

4. Which of the following is a voiced consonant?

5. /d/ is a plosive consonant.

6. Which of the following is a short vowel?

7. /ɜː / is a long vowel

8. Choose the long sound…

9. /v/ is a front vowel.

10. Which of the following is a voiced consonant?

11. Which of the following is a vowel?

12. Choose the long sound…

13. Which of the following is a diphthong?

14. /m/ is a front vowel.

15. Which of the following is a voiced consonant?

1.Intonation is used to express different ideas when speaking.

2.We use Rising intonation…

5.Which tone would you use if you want to give an order?

6.There is only one kind of intonation.

7.When you request information and want to sound polite, use…

8.Intonation refers to the tone that we use when we say something.

9.If you want the message to be very clear, you use…

10. We use Falling intonation to invite somebody to do something.

11.Falling intonation indicates…

13.Which tone would you use to ask "where are you"?

1. One syllable words usually have short vowels.

2. What does "Silent e" mean?

3. In words ending with "-er", the final sound is…

4. Which phoneme represents the sound of the "Hard G"?

6. The schwa is not a common sound in English.

7. Which phoneme represents the sound of the "Soft G?"

8. When "C" is followed by "Y", the "C" sound is...

11. When "G" is followed by "A", the "G" sound is...

12. If there is a vowel between two consonants, the vowel sound...

13. The schwa is the most common sound in English.

14. /k/ represents the sound of the Hard "C".

15. Some consonants can represent different consonant sounds.

1. What's the stressed syllable in "transportation"?

2. Word stress is the accent given to a syllable in a word.

3. The stressed syllable is emphasized.

4. What’s the stressed syllable on the word "politics"?

5. A word can have more than one Main Stress.

7. What’s the stressed syllable in "important"?

8. The vowel in an unstressed syllable is shortened and, sometimes, is pronounced as a…

9. What’s the stressed syllable in "development"?

10. Sentence stress is the accent given to some words in a sentence.

11. What's the main stressed syllable in "creativity"?

12. The schwa appears in stressed syllables.

13. Sentence Stress can also be called…

14. What’s the stressed syllable in "interesting"?

15. What’s the stressed syllable in "quality"?

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