MP Board Class 12th English A Voyage Workbook Solutions Unit 1 Listening and Speaking
1.1 Phonetic Transcription
See Workbook Pages 1-2
I. Pronounce the following words and list them in the given table separately according to the vowel sounds used in them. Also, look up these words in a dictionary and check your answer.
II. Pronounce the following words and list them in the given table separately according to the consonant sounds used in them. Also, look up these words in a dictionary and check your answer
III. Transcribe the words in the two exercises above, using the symbols given. Also, look up these words in a dictionary and check your answer.
IV. Look for the marked similar sound in the given words and pick the odd one out. First, one has been done.
1.2 Syllable Division
See Workbook Pages 6-7
I. Indicate the number of syllables in each of the following words.
II. Transcribe the following words, divide them into syllables with a hyphen (-) and describe the structure of each syllable in terms of CVC.
See Workbook Pages 10-11
I. Give five examples of each of the following consonant clusters. Lookup a pronouncing dictionary and correct your answers.
1. Initial : CC
2. Final : -CC
3. Initial : CCC
4. Final : -CCC
- place, play, pray, scream, A school.
- fixed, student, pump, task, adopt.
- Do yourself.
- Do yourself.
II. Some Indian speakers of English find it difficult to pronounce certain English consonant clusters, depending on their mother tongue. List four initial or final clusters which indian speakers find difficult to pronounce. Give three examples of words in which they occur.
See the dictionary and find yourself.
1.3 Word Stress
See Workbook Page 12
Try and pronounce the following words. As you pronounce them, mark the stressed syllables and refer to a pronouncing dictionary to correct your stress marks.
Workbook Pages 12-14
I. Transcribe the following words marking primary stress on them as given in the example:
II. Mark the stress and pronounce the following words as noun/adjective with accent on the first syllable and as verb with accent on the second syllable.
Find them in the dictionary and do yourself.
III. Write the derivatives of the following words and show the shift of stress.
Find in the dictionary and do yourself.
See Workbook Page 16
Listen carefully and mark the correct stress and intonation, using the information given below.
- I like tea.
- The train leaves at five o’clock.
- What do you want?
- It is quite strange.
- You are happy, aren’t you?
- What a stupid mistake!
- Drop the letter.
- How did you know that?
- What a beautiful picture!
- Stand up.
- Do as I tell you.
- Well done.
- Can you meet me at eleven?
- Good Morning!
I. Divide the following conversation, held at a medicine shop, into tone groups, using the markers
(/,*) Also locate the nucleus and mark the appropriate tone (i.e fall, rise, orfali—rise).
- Customer : Hello.
- Chemist : Hello. Can I help you?
- Customer : Yes, please. Can I have these drugs?
- Chemist : Let me look at the whole prescription. I want to make sure that we
have all the drugs. Yes, I’ll take just five minutes to make it up.
- Customer : Can I have a look at that face-wash?
- Chemist : Certainly.
- Customer : Is this effective?
- Chemist : Yes, very much. It helps in reducing pimples.
- Customer : How much it costs?
- Chemist : Fifty rupees only.
- Customer : Oh, that’s quite expensive.
- Chemist : But it’s very effective.
- Customer : Please give me the bill for the medicines.
- Chemist : O.K. That’s fifty-five rupees.
- Customer : Here’s a hundred.
- Chemist : Here’s your change.
- Customer : Thank you.
II. Listen carefully and divide the following sentences into tone groups, using the markers
(/,*) Also locale the nucleus and mark the appropriate tone (i.e. fall, rise, or fall—rise).
- Although it was winter, the sun shone brightly.
- Last week they had a birthday party
- Suddenly they heard a loud explosion.
- They weren’t angry, were they?
- I went to see the doctor but he was not there.
- “Don’t play on the road,” shouted the father to his son.
- Its very late, I think.
- It was a film for adults only; so I went to the circus.
- I simply told him, “Truth always wins.”
- Your answer is correct, in my opinion.
Mark the stressed words in the following sentences with the sign (‘). Also divide them into tone-
groups (II) necessary, showing the correct intonation.
- Phonetics is an interesting subject.
- Work hard if you want to pass the examination.
- I’ll see you the day after tomorrow.
- I met my friend after a gap of ten years.
- The prices of essential items are increasing day by day.
- If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we’ll go for a picnic.
- Some of the things I enjoy most is swimming and cooking.
- I met with an accident, but luckily, I escaped with minor injuries.
- Divide it between the two of us as it is in surplus.
- Many foreigners who visit India are impressed with the diversity of culture it has got.
- Look before you leap.
- There is the house my father has built.
- Whenever you want a break, you are welcome to ask For it.
- Get me the book lest it might be lost.
- What Is allotted can’t be blotted.
Transcribe the sentences given in the previous exercise and underline the words which have undergone reduction.