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).

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).

/I/ sit, fit, ship /ɒ/ on, not, fox /i:/ see, feel, sheep /ɔ:/ more, call, four/e/ bet, egg, met /u:/ shoe, two, food/æ/ cat, hat, mat /ʊ/ good, book, foot/ʌ/ up, but, cut /ə/ camera, at, was/a:/ far, car, star /ɜ:/ word, work, girl

/p/ pen, pin, pill /f/ fall, false, fault/b/ bad, bed, ban /v/ van, value, vanish/t/ tea, two, turn /ɵ/ thin, thing, think/d/ did, dad, dam /ð/then, this, the /k/ cat, cab, calf /s/ so, saw, soar/g/ got, go, god /h/ ham, hang, hand/tʃ/ chin, chip, chilli /j/ your, yawn, yucky/dʒ/ june, judge, joke /l/ last, laugh, law

/m/ mad, made, maid /z/ zoo, zip, zebra/n/ name, nest, nine /ʃ/ sh, ship, station/r/ red, race, rag /ʒ/ pleasure, vision/w/ wall, watch, war /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

Monday / ‘mʌndeII / Tuesday / ‘tju:zdeI I /

Wednesday / ‘wenzdeII// Thursday / ‘ɵ3:zdeI I /

Friday / ‘fraIIdeII /Satursday / ‘sætədeII /

Sunday / ‘sʌndeI I /

January /’dʒænjəri/ July /dʒʊ’laI/I/ February/ ’febjuəri/ August /’ɔ:gəst/ March /’ma:tʃ/ September /sep’tembə/April /’eIIprəl/ October /ɒk’təʊbə/May /meII/ November /nəʊ’vembə/June /dʒu:n/ December /dII’’sembə/

Aries /’eəriz/ Libra / ‘li:brə/Taurus /’tɔ:rəs/ Scorpio / ‘skɔ:piəʊ/Gemini /’dʒemIInaII/

Sagittaurius/sædʒI’I’teəriəs/Cancer /’kænsə/ Capricon /’kæprIIkɔ:n/Leo /’li:əʊ/ Aquarius /ək’weəriəs/ Virgo /’v3:gəʊ/ Pisces /’paIIsi:z/

Find errors in the transcriptions below and provide correct transcriptions. There is only one error in each word.

Word Faulty transcription Should be

crime /craɪm/wishing /ˈwɪshɪŋ/wives /waɪvs/stopping /ˈstɒppɪŋ/yelling /ˈyelɪŋ/sixteen /sɪxˈtiːn/juice /dʒuɪs/climb /klaɪmb/

cop /kop/leave /lɪːv/hand /hend/broad /broʊd/split /split/wall /uɔːl/file /fajl/

Word Faulty transcription Should be