Phonetics. Exercises

Exercise 1. Give the full characteristics of the following sounds:

[p, r, h, w, j, z, ð, t, m, f].

Exercise 2. Give the full characteristics of the following sounds:

[ɔː, ə, ɪ, ʌ, iː].

Exercise 3. Transcribe the folowing words and find the cases of sound reduction:

paper, awful, possibility, to project, psycology.

Exercise 4. Define the type of assimilation according to direction in the following examples:

desks, tree, pens, in them.

Exercise 5. Define the type of assimilation according to the change of the manner of release of plosive consonants in the following examples:

bookcase, button, little, went down, stop moaning, candle, that child.